kids' summer biz!

(FROM LAST YEAR...)
aside from the usual beach outings or visit to the provinces, perhaps you are one of those parents who want their kids busy during summer. some of our parent-friends would opt to leave summer as really a time for doing nothing, just relaxing, catching up on deprived sleep and have their brains and muscles rest. i think it's a good idea to save the extra money you have to shell out for summer activities. Besides, you can always tell everybody "hey don't bother me I'm on vacation!". i can vividly remember my childhood days playing, eating, resting, and just bumming around because that was vacation time. nowadays you can choose from so many activities that you think your kids have interest in (or at least you do). is it our economy or some business minded people's idea to entice you into spending more during summer? anyway, aside from the usual art classes or sports clinics, here are some of the things that our children have tried and maybe you can also choose from:
- advanced swimming lessons (hmmm, why do they always dog paddle during resort outings?)
- learn soccer! (we'll never excel in basketball)
- join a reading club (like Bookhive! - check my other blog on this)
- enter advance art classes like Acryllic and Oil painting. ( I prefer watercolor)
- train at McDonald's kiddie crew - (kids find it fun and filling!)
- enroll at voice lessons - (my eldest tried classical years ago, too bad she stopped, I think she'd be good at it)
- enroll at modern dance lessons (hiphop / street dancing - this is what ate Isay like instead)
- earn 50 pesos a day working at a medical diagnostics center (my other kids envy Ayi on this!)
- cooking and baking lessons (if mommy knows how then she can teach the kids instead)
- install a wifi or lan connection in your home and have a grand multiplayer PC games instead! (my son and I definitely enjoy this!)

FAST FORWARD THIS SUMMER>>
the blog above was posted last summer. this time around, our kids are going to try to be entrepreneurs.
together with their mom, they bought some fruit juices, Milo, sugar, extenders and ice candy plastics.
they will be selling ice candies this hot summer and they plan to spend their earnings at our Bohol trip sometime this June.

they made ice milo, grape and strawberry ice candy flavors, and yeah, ice! they were very excited indeed!
I was still in the office (Holy Tuesday) when I called home to ask how their first day was. My daughter Ayi told me that they sold about seven pieces already. one from nanay's househelp, one from our ironing lady, and the rest from my children. uh-oh!

later in the afternoon, i found out that they sold more - from the garbage haulers, from our neighbors and yes, we almost made 'luge' one piece that day. our youngest son Pio was giving away one ice candy to our neighbor's kids because he said 'friend kita eh". it was really funny but i guess the most important experience for them here is their exposure to the business world. glad we still don't have any competition along our street.