SUMMERTIME!!!  WOO HOO!!

Well, it has been a while.  Babies can really keep you busy.  My little one is 18 months now and I have found a little more time to get back to my blog. 

Every year I make a decision that we are going to have an awesome summer.  Time flies by and before you know it summer is over and it is time for school, and all you did was a vacation (if you are lucky) and some swimming.  NO, not this year.  I want to have fun!!!!  So we decided to make a "Summer Bucket List."  These are things that we want to do before the summer is over.  We counted the days in the summer vacation and came up with that many activities.  Don't worry, I built in my break days.  Some things can be matched together on the same day. We wrote our activities on popsicle sticks and color coded them with lines that tell us about the activity like if it costs money, for a rainy day, etc.

 I am going to post our summer bucket list ideas, and post pictures when I can.  I am totally stoked, because we have actually been doing them so far.  These are the ones we have done:

Eat Chicken Fried Rice (put some favorite meals on the lists)

Go to the Library

Play badminton

Hang out with cousins (they played badminton with them)

Go Swimming

Have friend stay the night

See the Temple

Go to the Splash pad

Make cookies

Learn to crochet

 Family Day (we went shopping, splash pad, Factory @Franklin, and saw the Temple,  BAM! 3 in 1)

This week we are going to:

Make snack necklaces

Have a stuffed animal fight

Make "fluffy stuff" http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/08/summer-snowball-fight-with-fluffy-stuff.html

Have a glow ring toss

Go Bowling or Movie

Go to Park

Eat Chicken and Rice Casserole

Some other things that are on our list are:

Go to Chuck E. Cheese (of course!)

Go to the Zoo

Balloon Volleyball

Make mood sand (8 cups of flour and 1 cup baby oil)

Get ice cream

Fly kite

Eat Birthday Cake (we have two kiddos with birthdays this month)

Build a fort

Go to the Discovery Center

Go to Nashville Shores

Scavenger Hunt

Bubble prints

Go to Library Storytime

Walk the greenway

Rainy day art http://littlepageturners.blogspot.com/2010/05/rainy-day.html

Build tin can robots

Wash the car

Movies in the park

Make flubber http://www.livecrafteat.com/craft/homemade-flubber-for-kids/

Laser tag

Go to Farmers Market

Have a field day in the yard

Water balloon fight

Tin foil river with ice cube boats http://www.camoandbows.com/2011/08/river-runs-through-it-in-our-front-yard.html

Play super heroes

Take cookies to a neighbor

Go to Drama Camp (like Vacation Bible Camp, but cooler :)

Paint rocks http://coastalways.blogspot.com/2012/08/rock-monsters-pebble-magnet-tutorial.html

Turn painted rocks to necklaces

 Fishing in the bathtub (we will make fishing polls) http://craftsandartforchildren.blogspot.com/2011/07/bathtub-fishing-make-your-own-fishing.html

Try it, make your own bucket list.  Use my ideas.  Make sure to post pics of your kids  having fun!

Here are some other sites that have some good ideas to add into your bucket list.

75 things you can do with your kid for spring that cost next to nothing

No Time for Flash Cards

50 Outdoor Summer Activities for Kids