School's Out, Now What?

Today is the first day of summer break that we have had to just stay home and do fun things with no other plans. I decided that I had better hold "school" each morning after breakfast to help Eric remember what he learned in second grade and to get Charles ready for Kindergarten. Eric did a few Mad Minute math sheets. No problem getting him to do them because he really enjoys school. Now, trying to get Charles to play a game to help learn more letters and their sounds was a completely different story. He cried and threw a fit and said it was stupid. After trying several things to get him to come around having his brother be the teacher's helper did the trick. He's a smart kid but getting him to do school related stuff for me is like pulling teeth. Katie painted with watercolors (mostly on her face), then played with play dough (more licking, less playing) then joined us reviewing letters. Now they are running around pretending they are ghosts trying to scare Katie. She yells "boo!" at them and they run away. The noise level and energy level is definitely higher with everyone home but were having a good time (for now). Eric just came in and said there is nothing to do, at school there is always something fun to do. I guess I need to plan some fun things to fill our days.