Summer Bucket List

Well, it's done!  We've moved several states away from our hometown.  Pretend I wrote some witty and sweet post about the bittersweet nature of this change.  I intended to, and maybe I still will, but if I don't get this bucket list up and running, summer will be over before I know it. :)  Especially considering the kiddos start school on the first of August.  Seriously folks, that gives us only a month!  So in no particular order, here's what we'd like to try and do this summer:


Find our local public library. {I would say participate in the library's summer reading program, but I suspect we've missed the window.}


Swim, lots.


Find a cool museum nearby for kids.


Make my own sushi. {Kiddie sushi for the munchkins and real stuff for us.}


Meet our neighbors. {AKA be more outgoing than I feel.}


Find and use our local Farmer's Market. {Seriously, thank goodness for GPS.  How did people relocate before this technology!}


Organize my pantry. {The kids will LOVE this activity!}


Find some good gluten free local eats. {We already found one, but we're on the lookout for more!}


Write, lots.


Do some creative, outdoor activities that I pinned. {I'm thinking one a week wouldn't be too overly ambitious with the number of boxes that I still need to unpack.}

Biker Girl

Life has been a little on the crazy side lately (more on that later).  There hasn't been much time for photo snapping, much less blogging! When we had the crazy, unseasonably warm weather in March, I snapped these photos of Mia on her new (used) bike.  She thinks she's super fast on it.  And, I love the way she puts the kickstand down each time, despite the fact she still has training wheels.

Chalkin'

The kids were playing, so I thought, in Bubba's blue car tonight.  The unseasonable weather meant that I had the doors open, listening to their imaginative chatter in the garage.  I suddenly noticed that the voices were fainter and went out to investigate.  Best $2.50 spent this weekend. :)

They called it their "Chalk Party" and wanted help spelling party.  We sounded it out, and they wrote all the letters they heard.  Here's Ben's:

They brainstormed and drew all the people they'd need to invite.  Sammy, Mrs. Buist, Jeff, Riley, and every cat and dog they could think of made the cut.

  

We had all the ingredients for a great party drawn in the road-- balloons, music, friends, dancing dogs, and dirty hands to rub all over our clothes.

Best Friends

Update: The Hansel and Gretel Effect

Shortly after we returned home from making our family gingerbread house I became concerned.  The kids kept asking when we would be eating it.  I can understand why they though that, but we assured them more times than I can count that it was just for decoration.  NOT for eating.  As these pictures demonstrate, the message didn't stick!

Exhibit A: Missing candy corn.

Exhibit B & C: Licked gumdrops and peanut butter cups.  

It's no longer a beautiful, though kid made, centerpiece, that's for sure!