Hugs.
Busy playing. Often before bedtime all I hear is they did not get enough time to play.
We have had lots of ants because of the heat and Evan loves to watch them.
The kids had played for several hours with Legos and complained when I told them we were going to the park. Legos are great... but at some point we need to just go outside and run around.
Score 0 for Mommy and 1 for James who had a blowout 5 minutes after we got to the park. And I left the diaper bag at home since I had just changed him and didn't think I would need it.