If it wasn’t so hot in the evenings, I’d try running everyone around the block until they dropped!
Elen will be at Girl Scout camp next week, so Sally can stay awake and play or read if she wants to, as long as she doesn’t hang around in the bathroom. (They hide books in the bathroom, too.)
Vlad has a new tooth - this makes 11.
Well, keeping them active is probably the only way to garner some sanity indoors. The P31W takes them to a couple of park days with other friends; usually once a week, but sometimes to both. There’s a swim lagoon out at a local reservoir where they go and spend the day with some other families every Tuesday during the summer. My wife can relax up on the grassy slope under a sunshade and chat with the other ladies while all the kids wear themselves out playing at the man-made beach, splashing around in the water, or playing “Marco Polo” in the deeper part of the pool.
Between that “Math Camp”, VBS, and just plain telling them, “Go out in the backyard and play”, we get them outdoors running around for long enough that we don’t have to mollify them with videos to maintain our sanity when they’re indoors.