Summer Fun List!

I had this great idea. A couple weeks ago I was telling the girls that I didn't want to let the summer pass us by without doing some really fun things that are classic to summer. Summer is always supposed to be such a relaxing time, but it always seems to fly by faster than I would prefer. And I wanted to make sure we didn't just let it slip by and forget to do the fun summery activities we always talk about.

So one day we went out to the beach and while we were these we all brainstormed about things we'd like to do this summer. Some were places to go, some were crafts to make, some were just fun things to do .... and we made this huge list until we finally said 'ok, I think our list is long enough for now!'

THEN, in the same week I saw AT LEAST two other bloggers who did the same thing - PLUS I got my Family Fun magazine in the mail and they had the same idea too! So I guess my idea wasn't too original, but still, we're pretty excited about it!
Of course, I had to take it one step further and buy this super cute poster and add all of our ideas on there - it's now hanging on the front door so we can see all the ideas every day.

Some fun ideas are:

*go to the drive in movie

*pick fruits and make jams

*make tie dye shirts

*have sleepovers with friends

*beach days

*go camping

*watch fireworks

*go to some local farm that sell fresh made ice cream

*go to the sunflower farm

etc, etc, etc .... I added a few more after taking this picture. On the right side I wrote things like beach days, bike rides and camp fires and we will add tally marks each time we do those since they will be more than once.

I told the girls I'd love to get to the end of summer and feel like we had a summer full of fun stuff - almost like Summer Camp - with a ton of amazing memories. Maybe I will even print out some pictures at the end of the summer and let the girls put together a summer scrapbook.

Much better than sitting on our duffs watching TV all summer, dontcha think?!