Summer Bucket List

So I know that it's officially Fall now... but I just have to finally finish posting about our summer.  Our unexpected move put a little bit of a kink in our summer plans.  But we were actually able to still cross off most of our Summer Bucket List.

*Concert in the park & Picnic: 

We always love going to these free concerts.  We brought a picnic dinner and enjoyed the live music... even though it rained on us!

* Swim lessons--by the end of the two weeks we even got Alexander to stay in the pool the entire time!

 

* Go to the spray ground: We went a few times in Mooresville and love that there is one so close to our home in Las Vegas.

 

* Nature Museum &; Play at the park: We love this nature museum in Charlotte.  Afterward we had lunch at a nearby park and fed the ducks.

 * Hike

* Beach

 

* Family reunion

* Science museum

* Children's museum: My friend took the boy (plus her own 3) one morning while I packed the house.  It was such a blessing to have those hours to focus on the massive task that lay ahead.

* Swim: We tried to do this as much as possible!  The boys were very sad when we moved and no longer had a neighborhood pool.  But our wonderful neighbor has invited us to swim at her house whenever we would like.

*Play in the Rain: This wasn't written down on our list but I'm glad that we took the chance to do it!  We will miss the summer downpours of North Carolina!

* Movie day

* Picture shoot of the boys

* Eat from our garden

* Water fight

* Deliver treats to someone who needs some extra love: One of James' kindergarten teachers lost her husband the last week of school.  Since she lived just around the corner we brought her some cookies.  I think a big hug from sweet James made her day a little brighter.

* Service: We brought some dinners over to James' teacher as well and the boys would go visit with her while Rich mowed her lawn.

* S'mores

* Library reading program

* Homemade popsicles

* Bowling

*Watch fireworks

* Build an indoor fort

* Attend a baseball game: Technically we did this after school started... but it was still hot as heck so it counts for our summer list.  We were super lucky because a man gave us free tickets as we walked up to the stadium.  And there was a promotion so most of the food was $1!

* Root beer floats

* Visit the zoo: Not technically the zoo... but this may have been even better.

* Have a day with no electronics:  Everyday on our roadtrip!

* Collect seashells

* Play the ice cube game

* Play "drip, drip, splash"

* Make crafts: We discovered perler beads and my boys were obsessed with them for at least a week.  If I pulled them out again I think they'd go nuts still.  They even made little "toys" for Henry's birthday.

*Go to the ice cream parlor: In addition to going to our favorite ice cream parlor in Mooresville, we took one last trip into Davidson and bought a treat at the ice cream shop there.  

 *Make and play on a water blob

 Even though it wasn't what we had planned we had such a fun, memorable summer!