Parents everywhere are  frantically trying to find things  for their children to do.  Or are they?  Has the downturn in our economy meant less children going off to summer camp and more kids spending their days at home exploring their backyard and neighborhood?

If my neighborhood  is any indication that is exactly what people are doing.  I have heard over and over again that people are just going to have a quiet lazy summer at home, maybe a week or two of a special interest day camp, but that is it.  Some parents seem happy about this.  Others a little nervous.  A few seem panicked by the endless hours they will need to fill.

Some of best memories are of being at the house of my cousin during the summer.  I would spend every day there while my parents were at work.  Other than a week or two of vacation bible school in the morning, all of our days were spent swimming in the pool, playing in the yard, and doing crafts.  I loved summer.  I loved waking up knowing that there was no agenda.  

I hope my kids love low key summers as much as I did as a child.  I think that the best memories happen when you aren’t trying.