Summer Bucket List

This summer we didn't have any major vacation plans so I decided to come up with a Summer Bucket List that we could work on the entire summer.  The girls have had a fun time checking their list to see what activities they can plan for the week.  Some examples are: Go Swimming, Make Homemade Cookies, Have a BBQ, Go our for Ice Cream, Play at a Park, Put the tent up in the Yard, Star Gaze, Make Homemade Pizza, and Make a Sidewalk Mural.  This is a picture of the girls decorating Flip Flops - the picture turned our blurry but their flip flops were super cute.

Another activity was playing in the sprinklers.  I made a sprinkler run with six different sprinklers that covered the whole yard and they had lots of fun running through the water and even doing cartwheels and somersaults in the grass.

An activity that I really liked was making their own "Book Nooks."  It could be inside or outside and they just created a space that they could go to regularly when they want to read in quiet.  Emma chose to take her bean bag, lamp, and pillow and create an area behind the love seat in the corner of the living room.  Sometimes I can't find her anywhere in the house but when I check her book nook she is curled up and engrossed in a book.

Sam was pretty creative and found a place outside.  We have a nice bench in one corner of the yard under a tree that is covered in shade.  She takes her pillows and blanket out and gets comfy on the bench and will read for hours.

She even made a sign that she takes outside with her each time and hangs on the shed next to the bench.  DO NOT BARGE IN.......PLEASE OBEY THE RULES!  She takes her book nooks very seriously!

Even Clara made a little spot for herself on her bean bag behind the recliner.  She is more of a "wanderer" and makes different spots for reading, depending on her mood.

It is the middle of summer and we have lots more to do on our bucket list.  We've only done about half of the 70 activities we came up with.  I think tonight we are going to go eat Snow Cones!  Happy Summer!