WHEN does school start again?

Donna Marie’s summer school finished this last Friday and already she is in a deep funk.  She is so bored.  I tried to do some of the stuff they do in her class (some of the songs, routines, etc), but she just looks at me as if I may have lost my mind.  We try to go out but we can’t really do anything super fun (like the playground/beach) because I have her little brother (soon to 3) with us as well and they tend to take off in opposite directions. Plus I really have to stay on top of Donna because for example if she uses the slide, she will just sit at the bottom and not realize there is a whole line of kids waiting for her to move so they can go down the slide as well.  Basically we visit family or go shopping in double stroller.  Thank God I have this wonderful neighbor with a 4 year old son and sometimes we all go to the park and she helps keep an eye on my two because her son is much more independent.  I just feel bad because at times she seems to be miserably bored.  Her younger brother manages to entertain himself even though he is 14 months younger.  Any suggestions anybody?

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