MamaCta!

Those shoes are adorable! I love kids shoes. Lena and Pilar are both shoe girls. I fear my future. :)

You always come up with some great ideas. We too are staying home for summer. Another idea (although it isn't free), but really fun to do at least once is the Drive-in Theatre in Riverside. It is $7 per adult and $1 for children 5-9. They usually always play a double feature, and bring in your own food and blankets. My kids aren't real big fans of regular movie theaters but they love this. We usually go with a couple families and we all park next to each other and car hop. Last summer we watched Ratatouille and the 2nd movie was Pirates 3. It really is tons of fun. Just an idea :)
http://www.vanburendrivein.com

Hey, thanks that was helpful. Might check out those bible camps.

I love all your suggestions I printed out the movie schedules for the park and krikorian. We had such fun at the movies last summer. :)

Good luck in your run - I love seeing how you are always trying new things. Later this summer The Packinghouse is also going to start the book club again, I'll email you the info once I get it. Ok, God Bless.

thanks for all the cool ideas...
My husband just asked, "What are we going to do with the kids, to keep them busy over the summer"? I said let me go to Claire's blog and find out.. ha!.. Thanks

Hi to the 5 C family,
We appreciate SO MUCH all your brilliant ideas. I would like to share one idea about an outing to another library: the new Highland library and environmental learning center. It's off the 210, exit 5th street, go West to Central.
Address: 7863 Central Ave.
Location: Highland, CA 92346
Phone: 909-425-4700
www.sbcounty.gov/library/home/
Enjoy the visit you'll be amazed!
p.s: The upstairs outdoor garden is opened only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays 11 a.m.-3p.m.

Found your site through Metropolotin Mama. Thanks for all the great info. And those shoes are too cute! Love the glitter.

This summer we plan on visiting the zoo a lot. My feet don't walk very far since I'm always to tired from chasing my two year old around the house.

There's a drive in theater in Santee as well and they do double features for I think $8 a person. The first, and last, time we went 2 years ago was right after we bought our (used) car. We didn't know you can't leave the car running with the engine off (young new car owners) so they battery died and we had to have somebody there give us a jump. The whole time we were fuming thinking we bought a car with a bad battery. When we got home and told my parents what happened they informed us of our mistake. Whooops... I would love to go again, but the second movie usually starts around 11.

Our feet walk around the block, but we're too far to walk many places. So for the rest of the summer our feet will walk us to the car, which we'll drive to the park, the zoo, the mall play area, our family bible study, church, and friends' homes! Thanks for the great giveaway. Erica, gumbi1313@msn.com

Our feet will take us to the park, the pool, the backyard, and...San Francisco! Well, actually our car will take us to most of those places...but you get the idea! :)

I wish we could walk (literally) to more places!

Our feet will take us to the weekly Loma Linda Farmers' Market. It's fairly new; it began in November '07 and is held each Sunday from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on the Barton Road frontage road between Loma Linda Drive and Benton Street. Music, sometimes performers, handcrafted items, fresh fruits and veggies, wonderful snacks...fun! One of our favorite vendors is an Argentinian baker who sells their delicious dulce de leche empanadas and facturas. Yum! The recently remodeled Loma Linda Library is within walking distance across Loma Linda Drive behind the fire station. We haven't checked out the library yet, but will soon!