One of my favorite blogs (and bloggers) is Kelly at Little Wonder Days. I have to visit LWD first thing in the morning, every morning, when I check my email. Kelly does the neatest projects with her three kids. I have never met Kelly in real life, but I believe we would be good friends- she is definitely “my people”!
Kelly does a Summer Bucket List with her kids each year and has invited other bloggers to get in on the action. I LOVE this idea, so I decided that we would hop on the bandwagon. We broke the list into two categories- things to do during the day with mommy, and things we can’t do until daddy is with us on the weekend or evenings.
When I told Vincent about the Bucket List he went crazy. He has come up with lots of the items himself. I had to draw the line when he suggested a 5 day trip to Argentina.
Summer 2011 Bucket List
Day Time Activities
- Go for donuts
- Go to the indoor bounce house
- Make S’mores
- Go to the park
- Make a Pill Bug terrarium
- Make Jello
- Play hopscotch
- Visit Pretend City
- Have a “Food on a Stick” Day
- Go on a scavenger hunt
- Visit the library
- Go to Sonic for Happy Hour
- Fly kites
- Camp in the backyard
- Bake cookies for the local fire station
- Picnic at the lake
- Use only chopsticks for the day
- Make tin can ice cream
- Play foursquare
- Learn a new patriotic song
- Have lunch at Chik-Fil-A
- Play in the inflatable pool
- Stay in our PJ’s all day
- Sleep in the bedroom hideout
- Make play doh
- Picnic and play with friends
- Breakfast at Bagels and Brew
- Go to Dairy Queen
- Visit the Santa Ana Zoo
- Make fresh squeezed lemonade
- Visit Mother’s Beach
- Play in the sprinklers
- Make homemade pizza for dinner
- Walk around Fashion Island- stop at the fountain.
- Ride the carousel at the Irvine Spectrum.
- Toss water balloons
- Drive the RC cars on the field
- Make leis
- Learn a Hula Dance
- Visit the Discovery Science Museum
- Play at the rec. center water park.
- Plant our summer and fall garden
- Finger paint
Days/Nights when Daddy is Home
- Boulder, CO trip
- Orange County Fair
- See Cars 2
- Aquarium of the Pacific
- San Diego Zoo
- Legoland
- Evening Movies at the Lake
- Dig for sand crabs
- Picnic dinner at the harbor
- Visit the tide pools
- Go for a walk at Rodger’s Gardens
- Go ice skating
- Zoomars
- Get ice cream at Farrell’s
- Go to an Angel’s game
- See the Grunions run with Grandvader
- Get sushi for lunch
You can see more Summer Bucket List ideas at
Happy Summer!
Oh, pillbug terrarium sounds interesting! I hope you have a great summer!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great!I'm so jealous that you guys have a bounce house nearby! : )
ReplyDeletehahah, I have chic-fil-a on my bucket list too!!
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Here is our list:
http://michellescharmworld.blogspot.com/2011/05/our-summer-bucket-list.html
Great list! You reminded me that we are due to do something nice for our local fire station too!
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Love your list! We don't have pill bugs. We have stinkbugs, but I sure wish we didn't!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea about making cookies for the local fire station. My kids love to visit. Next time we will do that!
ReplyDeleteHilary, you are beyond sweet! Yes, I think we would be great friends. Isn't it funny how we meet people on line that we look forward to talking to or hearing from just like our friends in everyday life. Anyway, I love your list, it looks like a super fun summer. Thanks for linking up to the party. I'm going to have a hard time just picking one of your fun things to add to our list. I really like the hula dancing though!
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I like how you broke yours down. I may have to whip out our list and add a lot of stuff! I left off the simple things!
ReplyDeleteSonic happy hour is a GREAT idea!
ReplyDeleteAnd what's wrong with a trip to Argentina? LOL! Very cute! Great list!! And even borrowed a few ideas!! Visiting you from Little Wonders' summer bucket list post!
ReplyDeleteAll of your outings sound like fun! It is the simple lunch or snack out that can make a fun outing.
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