Let’s Play Link Up: Share Your Favorite Images of Summer Activity for a Chance to Win!

Disclosure: I am currently serving as a “Play Ambassador” for Let’s Play. This is a sponsored post, however, the opinions expressed are my own.

A few weeks ago, our family took the Let’s Play Pledge to get the kids outside this summer more than ever before and a bunch of you agreed to do the same. Let’s Play is a community partnership led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group to get kids and families active by providing the tools, places and inspiration to make play a daily priority.

I didn’t really keep a log or journal to document every single minute or hour, but I kept the pledge in mind over the summer months and we ended up doing some super fun stuff.

We loaded up the new Radio Flyer wagon and went for nature walks along the wooded path in our neighborhood. We collected leaves (rocks and sticks were also used as weapons, ouch) and tried to identify which trees they came from.

We went to many playgrounds and had the chance to visit a game preserve while on a road trip through Georgia. We fed the animals and even got to see a peacock. Ava and Charlie got their hands dirty picking strawberries and we spent hours at the pool, learning to swim and just relaxing.

Charlie learned a little bit about the Civil War as he chatted with some Union soldier actors in Harpers Ferry, WV. He also turned three in July and I (along with my father-in-law) led him and his matey’s through the neighborhood on a secret treasure hunt.

Ava spent a few weekends learning how to ride a horse, while Charlie moved some real estate in his dump trucks. We visited some beautiful local places and as the blackberries came into season, we gathered enough for a few cobblers.

I hate to brag, but one of the best things about keeping your kids busy when they’re not in school, is that – for the first time ever, I got all three of them to take a nap at the same time.

It was the most heavenly 14 minutes of my life.

Link Up to Win!

We’d love to see what you guys did this summer to fulfill your @LetsPlay Pledge! Show us how you got active in the summer sun and maybe even leave a hint for us if you have something cool you still have planned before autumn arrives.

Drop a picture or link below and use the hashtag #LetsPlay and it will automatically enter you for a chance to win a $25, $50 or $75 gift card from our friends at Let’s Play to help fund more active play! You can link up blog posts, Facebook posts (from your fan page or business), tweets — anything you’ve shared with a link, as long as you use the #LetsPlay hashtag.

If you’re linking to a blog post that you are drafting for this sweepstakes, be sure to enter this disclosure in your post:  I received information about Let’s Play and am sharing my summer moments in this post for the chance to win prizes from Dad or Alive and Let’s Play. You can find out more about Let’s Play at LetsPlay.com.

Thanks for sharing and we all hope you had a great summer with your kids! Don’t forget to take your Let’s Play Pledge here and connect with Let’s Play on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

Open to US Residents age 18 and up, no purchase necessary. Contest will be open from post time on Wednesday, August 27^th to 1:00p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 14^th.