Finally, the weather has turned warm enough for the kids to play outside for more than five minutes before begging to be let back in. 
This past week has been great. Instead of listening to my first-grader and his friends play (and squabble) in my house, I can send them outside. It's not like there's nothing to do.
On a beautiful day, they can ride bikes on the sidewalk. They can draw on the driveway with chalk. They can toss baseballs and footballs in the backyard. They can blow enough soap bubbles to keep the Lawrence Welk Show stocked for a week.
Then there's the new Nerf guns my little guy got for his birthday. If it's not so windy that the ammo would blow into the next zip code, they can "shoot" each other with foam darts until they get tired from all that dramatic "dying."
And I thought my kids were getting too old for the sandbox, but I was proved wrong this weekend when my husband brought home a new load of sand. The Tonka trucks came out, and they're already begging me to hook up the hose so they can make rivers and moats.
COUPON TIME
We're set for Tonka trucks and bubble soap, but my youngest does need a new bike helmet. And it needs to look awesome.
$10 off your order of $75 or more when you use PayPal at ToysRUs.com 
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Free shipping on orders of $90 or more at FAO Schwarz 
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Free shipping on orders of $65 or more at Constructive Playthings 
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Valid through: March 31, 2009
$5 off an order of $50 or more at Highlights.com 
Use this link to activate the coupon.
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SPRING SALE 
Up to 40% off select Toys, Apparel, Collectibles and more at DisneyShopping.com
Discounts will appear on item pages.
Valid through: April 12, 2009 11:59pm PT
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Use promotion code WT9FT3 in your shopping cart.
Valid through: April 30, 2009, 11:59pm CT
