Jay and I had considered for Labor Day weekend taking the kids away for a night somewhere or even just getting a hotel room in our town for a night just for a change...something to look forward to for the kids. There they could swim and have a change of scenery. But when we started adding up the numbers, we decided we could just change it up a bit and save some money yet still do lots of fun things. We ended up doing our 2 days of fun for pretty cheap so I will share with you the cost of things so you can see that you can do fun things on a low budget.
So, we decided on Friday night to go to a place about 20 minutes from our house called the Tunica Aquatic Center and it is cheap and tons of fun for the kids. We have been before but usually only go a few times a year. It has a kid-friendly pool with fountains and then an olympic size pool as well with high dives. It costs our family $20 to get in.
Instead of getting a hotel room, we decided to stay in the bunkhouse down at our camp for FREE. The kids love going down there and Lucy and Brayden (and myself) have never slept there. They LOVED the idea! After swimming, we went down and got our bunks ready and had a slumber party complete with Uno and our iPads. Karis and Lucy slept on top bunks next to each other and Brayden slept on a bunk close to Jay and I.
Such a fun night and the fun continues tomorrow. We have a "downtown day" in store for the rest of our "staycation!"
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