I’m always looking for new ways to have fun with my kids as they get older and their tastes change. Right now, my boys are almost 10 and 7.5.

Here are some of our go-to games (with the caveat that they do not love playing board games with me):

• Connect Four
• Sleeping Queens
• Too Many Monkeys
• Uno
• Go Town

Here are some of our go-to activities in nature (with the caveat that they usually don’t want to do these things initially but end up loving it):

• Stand-up inflatable paddle boarding
• Bike riding around a track
• Hiking around creeks

Here are things I’m thinking about adding to our repertoire:

• Soccer in