We had these! They're good quality and easy to take along when traveling.

If you're bringing this on an airplane and find it doesn't stick well to the tray table, try the window instead.

My daughter loved this sticker book when she was little, and it was a great road trip activity. There are tons of stickers and different scenes, so she'd be happy playing with it for hours. The quality is also great, and the stickers are easy to peel, stick and restick, so she wouldn't need any help in the back seat.

We waited a while to watch this one because there are a few parts that I thought were a little too adult for elementary schoolers, but my kids loved it as a tween and young teen. Perfect for family movie night!

These bags are great. We used them for dirty cloth diapers, but they have so many uses.

Musical movies, 80s movies, Toy Story, Jurassic Park, and Mission Impossible movie marathons could all be fun.

My teen tries to live every day like it's PJ day over the summer!

We really don't follow baseball, but I don't think you need to in order to have a blast at a game. We try to go every summer.

We did this one summer, and it was really fun! We were holding on to a lot of games just because we might want to play them "someday," and this forced us to do it (and decide if they were really worth keeping around).

Volunteer organizations often have more volunteers than they know what to do with around the winter holidays, so summer is a wonderful time to step up and help out.

I am so sad that my kids have aged out of Barnes & Noble's summer reading program. It is the best! I like that the reading log has them write about their favorite part from each of the books they read, so they have to think about it a little. The selection of prize books to choose from is great and changes each year, and the kids get to pick the one they want directly from the shelf (unlike our local library's program, which chooses for them). My kids would always get great ideas for other books they'd like to add to their reading list, too.

What kid wouldn't want to do this?! We let each family member have 3 attempts, and marked them with chalk so we could tell them apart. I think it is helpful if your kids are a little older, because our youngest was at a disadvantage with the spitting skills.

We love to make fried rice with leftover rice.

This gets a lot of use in our house! The cold brew tastes really smooth, and the mesh filter is so fine that you don't end up with grounds in your coffee. Remember that this produces a concentrate, so you need to dilute it if you don't want to drink jet fuel!

My husband has had a pair of these for years and they are still going strong. You can buy replacement inserts that really help to give them new life after a couple years, and the inserts are great stocking stuffers.

This movie is so much fun, and my tween is a big fan. Glad we waited until she was a little older, because there's a lot of innuendo.

I have noticed that these are a hot commodity among the girls in my daughter's musical theater productions. I got her a tin of them for Christmas, and she was thrilled. They are NOT cheap, so they are nice for gift giving.

My tween daughter uses this every morning and asks me to keep repurchasing. Since it contains both moisturizer and SPF, it's a nice 1-step product.

My tween likes this for smoothing down her little baby hairs. Works well and smells nice!

This is a hit with my family, and is so fast to make. We use the mini chicken wontons from Trader Joe's or Costco (both are great), and serve with sliced cucumbers on the side. Don't skip the shiitakes! They're easy enough to pick out for those who don't like them.