BUBBLES

One of the cheapest things you can get your kids to play with and they don't need batteries. The only cheaper thing may be an old paint brush and a bucket of water (to paint the sidewalk with) or maybe even cheaper yet rocks and dirt. But bubbles are cleaner although they are a little sticky. I don't think you ever outgrow bubbles. I know that I still get the urge to dip the wand and spin about making magic fly into the sky.
So if you are feeling blue stop at the local drugstore and for under a buck you can get yourself a bottle of joy with a magic wand inside....have at it go blow some bubbles!

Megan had her classmate Meghan (as in Meghan H. ) over to play after school yesterday. They played upstairs for a while then they came out and blew bubbles and jump roped.