Summer Plans...

With two weeks left of school, ten days to be exact... we are really getting in the summer mood.  It's been a good school year, tough at times, but overall, the girls are educationally where I had hoped they would be and already excited about their new school books for next year.  

For the past two years, we have made a summer list of sorts to help curb off the boredom and make our summers more memorable.  Some blogs call them living intentionally, while others simply check off summer bucket lists.  I love all the ideas out there, but I've been working on this list (for longer than I thought it would take me!), gleaning from other brilliant moms and desiring to make this summer one that they'll always remember.  If we don't get them all done, that's ok.  I want to be home a lot, which is why several of these ideas revolve around the kitchen table and backyard.  

Summer Fun…

     1.  Summer reading program @ library (  )

2. Camping in the back yard (  )

3.  Outdoor movie night (  )

4.  Blueberry picking (  )

5.  $1 movies (  )

6.  Breakfast picnic @ the park (  )

7.  Potty training week for Sophie (  )

8.  Swim lessons (  )

9.  Pool time.. weekly (  )

10.  Farmers Market (  )

11.  Puddle jumping & walks in the rain (  )

12.  Car washing (  )

13.  Visit new parks (  )

14.  Ice cream @ Sunni Skies (  )

15.  Visit Grandparents (  )

16.  Melting crayons craft (  )

17.  Hair cuts for my girls (  )

18.  Make peanut butter bird feeders (  )

19.  Grocery Store scavenger hunt (  )

20.  Tea Party on the back deck or backyard (  )

21.  Family Water Fun Day (  )

22.  Visit museums in Raleigh (  )

23.  Write ABC’s with licorice strings (  )

24.  Go Cloud watching (review names of clouds) (  )

Cloud watching idea

25.  Teach moon-phases with Oreo’s (or Joe Joe’s) (  )

Oreo Cookie Phases of the Moon

26.  Fly Kites (  )

27.  Shoot off rockets with Daddy (  )

28.  Afternoon tea parties (  )

29.  Try geocaching as a family (  )

30.  Mini marshmallow construction (  )

31.  Go Dollar Tree shopping for a friend in need (  )

32.  Go bowling with friends (  )

33.  Day trip to the beach (  )

34.  Pick favorite baked good at Stick Boy (  )