For the past several summers, I've written out a summer bucket list of sorts. Last year was more organized, systematic, perhaps too ambitious, so this year we're going a little more low key. It will still be fun, but a little less formatted, yet some new summer ideas for my imaginative girls to look forward to. My greatest desire this summer is honestly to become more disciplined on a daily basis. My prayer is to spend more time reading, training my girls in His Word (Psalm 15), and catching up on projects that have been put off for the last year. Hopefully, there will be a little purging of stuff, simplifying of rooms, and focusing on what God has for our upcoming school year.
Summer bucket list for 2014:
- take each girl on a date
- farmers market
- road trip to Greenville, SC and Atlanta, GA with my girls
- go to museums (Life & Science Museum in Durham and the planetarium in Chapel Hill)
- outdoor movie night
- print pictures from the past year & put them in photo albums
- memorize a Psalm
- teach the girls something new
- finish Sophie's baby scrapbook
- a week of summer camp for all three girls
- watch Anne of Avonlea
- go camping (backyard again?)
- summer reading
- free summer bowling
- $1 movies
- swim with friends at the pool
- ABC's of summer writing
- Morning Mind Stretches
- outdoor photo scavenger hunt
These free printable lists allowed the girls to write (or draw) their own summer bucket lists as well. Sophie got a little happy with the red marker. Her four items are #1 Go camping #2 Beach #3 Go to Japan to visit Nana & Papa (how I wish!) #4 Go hunting (for butterflies). My favorite on Naomi's list was #5 Family Shopping (not sure what exactly that means, but it sounds good to me). Chloe was a bit more ambitious. Her's involved lots of reading (200 books to be exact), skateboarding, handstands, and splits. But my favorite is #7 Get into the habit of doing my devotions. Let it be real, Lord!
Summer Movie Schedule
Barnes & Noble's Summer Reading Program
Free Summer Bowling
Printable Summer Bucket Lists
ABC's of Summer Writing
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