Summer!!

I. Love. Summer.  I didn't used to.  In fact, I was looking back through this blog and remembered a time when I joked I needed (extensive) therapy to be prepared to have all the kids home, all the time.  Though it remains a little chaotic, the challenge(s) of the day no longer include a brand new baby, which makes the chaos less...panic inducing.  This year, I was counting down the days along with the kids and making plans for all the fun things I'd like to do with them.  Yes, I made another list, it's sorta my thing right now, I guess.  At the risk of becoming "the list" blog, I'm posting it here, more for our own "family history" than anything else. I want to remember what we aspired to this summer.

2013 Summer Bucket List

ð  Bubble Painting

ð  Visit This Is The Place park

ð  Bubble Snakes

ð  Water balloon baseball

ð  Ice on the tramp

ð  Hot Rocks

ð  Water balloon target practice

ð  Homemade ice cream in baggies

ð  Make a bird feeder

ð  Giant Ice Cubes

ð  Make bouncing bubbles

ð  Marble Races

ð  Frisbee Tic Tac Toe

ð  Microwave Puff Paint

ð  Science Experiments with candy

ð  Have a Read-a-thon

ð  Squirt bottle water fight

ð  Wash the van (or the car)

ð  Write letters (and make cookies) for 
Uncle Matt & Samantha

ð  Write letters to Grandma Great

ð  Nature scavenger hunt

ð  Visit Wheeler Farm

ð  Visit the Living Planet Aquarium

ð  Alphabet Scavenger Hunt

ð  Complete a Secret Act of Kindness

ð  Have a picnic

ð  Put on a play

ð  Make popsicle stick puzzles

ð  Build something with mini marshmallows/toothpicks

ð  Build a giant fort for movie night

ð  Have a neighborhood “late night”

ð  Watch Fireworks

ð  Make pudding pops

ð  Make homemade ice cream

ð  Make homemade play-doh

ð  Go bowling

ð  See a movie

ð  Do the summer reading club

ð  Put together a puzzle

ð  Plant a garden

ð  Make S’mores

ð  Make a kiddie carwash

ð  Tour Welfare Square

ð  Make your own sidewalk chalk

ð  Tour the chocolate factory

ð  Visit the BYU Museum of Art

ð  Make a homemade sprinkler

ð  Water gun painting

ð  Make fairy houses

ð  Take a nature walk (with the camera)

ð  Make a nature book (use pictures from the walk)

ð  Make an obstacle course in the backyard and have races

ð  Make sock puppets and do a puppet show

ð  Take a picnic lunch to dad

ð  Make taffy

ð  Have a pajama day

ð  Make some scrapbook pages

ð  Make homemade suckers

ð  Visit a farmer’s market

ð  Soap boat races

ð  Sewing project

ð  Summer sponge bombs

ð  Make cards and send to loved ones

ð  Secret treats for neighbors

ð  Walk to the library

ð  Get shaved ice

ð  Cloud pictures

ð  Star-gazing

ð  Go to a splash pad

ð  Go to a baseball game

ð  Scottish Festival

ð  Art City Parade

ð  Cook a meal on a campfire

ð  Go swimming

ð  Lemonade Stand fundraiser

ð  Date with Mom and Dad