By Cathi Coppinger

The website CafeMom.com came up with a bunch of ‘lifehacks’ to try this summer. Some of these make complete sense and I am admonishing myself for not thinking of them! Like… Make ice cubes using aloe vera.  Then your kids, and hubby, can rub them on their skin after they’ve been in the sun . You can also just put a whole bottle of aloe in the fridge if you like it cold. I do that, at least I was thinking a little! Freeze a bunch of water balloons, and use them in your cooler instead of ice.  Then you can have a water balloon fight after they melt. I use old milk jugs for this. Cos then I have drinking water! These are pretty smart summer hacks if you ask me!