…when the kids are driving you crazy:

1. Throw a blanket over a card table for a “house” or a “fort”. Or, if you don’t have a card table, put sturdy string between two points and throw a blanket over that for a tent.

2.  Play hide and seek (this works better if your house is big).

3.  Have a scavenger hunt by hiding items around the house and giving each kid a list of things to find.

4.  Back in the days of hardwood floors, my brothers and sisters and I would sit on pillows and fly down our stairs.  We had a blast and it would occupy us for hours.

5.  Play charades.

6.  When my kids were really little, I used to put them in our empty laundry baskets and push them around the house as fast as I could go, making car noises as I went. They loved it and ole’ Mom got some exercise.

7.  Encourage them to put on a talent show.

8.  A deck of cards or box of crayons and blank paper are always welcome.

Okay…that’s all I can remember right now…if I think of any more, I’ll be back.