The Summer List. Oh, but it is so much more than that! The summer list is my saving grace in an otherwise uncharted, weeks long stretch of time that, admittedly, sometimes scares me. The Summer List has plans to make, ideas to toss around when the inevitable I’m bored! starts to rear its ugly head, and lofty goals that might never be met but are fun and interesting to talk about. For the past four summers we have brainstormed as a family all of the things we wanted to do over the summer, both grown-up and child friendly ideas fill out the page and we cross off our achievements as we go. At the end of the summer, we have proof of our escapades and our kids are armed with plenty of ventures with which to answer that classic first day of school query, What did you do all summer? This is the best sort of to-do list, with only fun things!
Here, the beginnings of the 2011 version, to be updated as we go along:
- go to Crandall Library
go swimming in our poolgo to camp (our family’s camp)- go to the Great Escape (Six Flags)
- another tour of the beaches at different Lakes
go out for ice creamgo fishing- go to the drive-in
- try making hypertufa troughs
- go to the movies
- start a cutting garden for flowers
- dig in Pie and Mike’s compost pile for worms
- learn to ride bikes without training wheels
- go to concerts in the park (Shepard’s Park, City Park, Crandall Park, etc.)
- go to Crandall Park and play
go kayaking- go for lengthy after dinner strolls
- Farmer’s Market!
- go to a baseball game
play tug of war with Ginger (this from Miss Emma)- go to the ocean…Cape Cod!
- tie dye t-shirts
- make our own hula hoops
- make a worm bin for compost purposes (and little boy worm digging purposes)
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