10 Brilliant Ideas For A Fun Under The Sun Staycation

1. Have a camp out outside.

Grab some sleeping bags, a flashlight, some good books, and a tent if you’re able, and ta da – summer fun is at your fingertips.

2. Host a luau.

Grab a ton of fresh fruit, whip up some punch, make some grass skirts and leis , and swish and sway under the sun all afternoon!

3. Set up a lemonade stand.

Gather up friends or siblings and spend the day making and selling lemonade on your block. A great way to chill and hang with your friends while making a bit of moolah on the side. Also, if you use organic lemons you can charge more!

4. Run through the sprinkler.

For REALZ.  This can be the funnest thing ever.  Not so great in areas where you have water restrictions or dangers of drought, but if that’s the case….use a water tank and a pump set up – and keep recycling the water through.

5. Have a themed BBQ Block Party.

Pick a destination theme, such as Cuba, Italy, France or Mexico, and organize a block party for your neighbourhood where everyone comes and brings themed food and beverages. Decorate accordingly.

6. Build a butterfly garden.

Seriously,  gardening is great fun, and so is watching  the bees and butterflies at work.  Learn about building pollinator hotels, the kinds of flowers butterflies and bees like best, and what else you can do to attract them.

7. Create your own wine tasting tour!

If you live within driving distance of some wineries, great! If not, get a little more creative, and involve friends and local establishments. Choose a designated driver for safety and good conversation.

8. Hit the local pools, water parks, fairs and museums.

Make a whole day of it by packing picnics, and taking your time. Use a map to get around, and you can feel like a tourist. Rush there, but take your time heading home – like you would if you were on a vacation.

9. Host or arrange a friendly volleyball / badminton / tennis tournament.

Use balloons,  and you have great fun for all ages and all skill levels!

10. Have a summer reading book club.

Seek out all of the summer themed books you can find and invite your fellow book worms to have a read – a- thon.  You can do this well into the night if you want to combine it with option 1!

Grab your sunscreen,  fill up your water bottles, slip on your flip flops and get ready for some fun under the sun staycations!

I’ll never forget my mad dash in packing. I’d chosen 5 pairs of leggings and in eyeing the suitcase space remaining figured, what are the chances I’ll even wear one of these?

I took two pair of leggings with me on our Weddingmoon. Two. For eight days. Oh, how I wish I could go back in time… Seriously, I went a week without leggings and immediately regretted it.

I Went A Week Without Leggings, And Immediately Regretted It

Here’s the thing you should know about me: my thighs are enemies. Mortal enemies. Every time they touch, they try to fight to the death. It’s like someone shows, “FINISH HER” every time they touch. I have horrible issues with chafing, and there’s jack I can do about it. Regardless of how much I’ve weighed, be it 100 to 200 pounds, I have this problem no matter what. I can thank decades of riding horses for that. I’ve tried tons of different products, some work better than others, and suffice to say, the best bet for me is to just wear something knee length.

Poor, naive me figured going into our Weddingmoon that I could get away with wearing a mix of short and long shorts when we weren’t in the water. I didn’t really take into consideration how many off-resort excursions we wanted to go on or how much walking was involved.

I lasted until about the sixth day before I was literally bleeding from chafing and just wanted my LuLaRoe back. Yes, bleeding. Never fear, I had band-aids. The leggings were safe! At one point I was crying the chafe was so bad.

I’ll never forget the utter bliss of sliding into this pair of butter-soft, floral leggings. It was like wrapping myself in a piece of heaven. I didn’t hurt anymore. I was comfortable. My thighs each had their own room. They were no longer being forced to make friendly. And a happy bonus? My leggings were tropical print!

Suffice to say, I’ll never leave home without a full suitcase dedicated just to leggings ever again.

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I’m still a bit of a Daddy’s girl… and I’m not going to lie that I totally miss him.

But–how the hell do you do this? Do I need to schedule events and stuff for us to do? I mean–we can’t just sit around in the hotel room all day. But I also don’t want to ram pack our days full of crap either? How do I make the trip fun and worth the cost and so that it’s still a vacation? UGH!

I am at a total loss, and is there even anything cool to actually do in Miami that we can’t do in Dallas, anyway?

On a different note…I have been working on my puzzle pieces for the puzzle swap on my board. This is my all time favorite puzzle piece ever. It is supposed to be a where you’re from puzzle piece, and I am from Texas so this is my puzzle version of the Texas flag. I used to always make a giant glitter Texas flag for open house with my kiddies, and that was my total inspiration on this one. Besides, nothing says Texas like glitter! YeeHaw!