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Coronacation Activities even Teenagers Enjoy


It's going by various titles.  What it is though, is full-on fun, old fashioned, quality family time.  Even though it came with an eerie and urgent onset, the novelty of the situation has felt a little bit like when summer rolls around each year. We are full of ideas about how the days will pass.  Our intentions couldn't be higher as we stock up on flour for baking lessons, pump bike tires for mandatory outside time, and Google free art lessons for cultural stimulation.
We will cook breakfasts big enough to stuff a starving cowboy, dinner will be opportunities to make sure everyone knows how to properly place silverware and anyone above the age of 8 will master one family recipe.
But before long, the novelty wears off, you run out of clever ideas, or heaven forbid your kids are old enough to tolerate your slick ideas for only so long.
So, in an effort to virtually join humankind in dolling out my two cents worth of ideas to be #TogtherApart...Here's my list.
This is not a list of quiet time solutions, it's not a list of high-level brain-stimulating objectives, and it's certainly not a list of dual-purpose trickery we parents sometimes use to fake our kids out into purposeful learning through entertainment.
This is a list for those of you who have teenagers in your home who you can't social distance yourself from.  Not that you would if you could, because Lord knows, they became teenagers quicker than we wanted them to, so any second we can spend with them is worth a king's ransom.

I am not a certified fun expert, but I play one in my house.
If you want some crackerjack ideas for some serious amusement with your teenagers, this list is for you.

~Family game of Lightning
~Let the boys build a bonfire - & go buy sausages so they can roast their own dinner
~Family game of Laser Tag
~Dance Party: Dad plays DJ
~ Let the youngest member of the family plan & make dinner
~Burn the Christmas tree you threw in the woods back in January
~Order dessert before dinner
~Let your daughters read your teenage diary
~Find an old piece of furniture to burn
~Combine chicken fights with ping pong - we recommend having spotters

Keep in mind, every one of these ideas is given on the basis that they have been personally tested. Each is a worthy endeavor and although I can not guarantee a tearless or argument free environment; I can guarantee that no matter what happens, you will be sorry if you don't document them.

Enjoy your family, enjoy the pace, enjoy week 2!

Wesley making Caesar Dressing
Our red cabinet - destroyed and bound for the fire pit
Spotters highly recommended

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