On a Mission

I've been on a bit of a mission lately. A sort of obsession, you might say. You see, I've decided that this summer is going to be the most jam-packed and yet also the cheapest summer we've had. I'm determined to find every free event (or very cheap event) in town to take the kiddos to. And I've been doing pretty good so far. Here's the breakdown for the last month of activities (since May 9th):

• The 5 trips to the park: FREE
• The 4 trips to the arboretum: FREE
• The 3 birthday parties we've gone to (1 house party & 2 Pump It Up parties): $30 on presents for all 3 kiddos
• The visits to the Whitehursts' house to bounce in their bouncy house and play on their water slide: FREE
• The strawberry-picking adventure: $8
• The car show: $3 spent on rainbow kettle corn
• The picnic we recently went to with balloon animals, a bouncy house, tons of food, and a train ride: FREE
• The local visit to our community pool: $3
• The carnival on JMU's campus: FREE
• The Children's Museum visit: FREE (the first Friday of every month is free)
• Today (Sat) we're going to a festival in Woodstock, VA: FREE
• We're also planning to go to a planetarium show for kids this afternoon: FREE

I'd say we've done a lot in the last month. And it only cost us about $44 (well, only $14 if you don't count the money spent on birthday presents). Here's to the next month of fun and savings (two things I'm mildly obsessed with)!