This year we made a list of some things we wanted to do during the summer, and then I kept track of things we could cross off the list (plus other fun things that we didn't put on the initial list). Here is our Summer 2012 List:
*Balloon Fiesta Museum
*Visit 3 new local parks
*Fishing (Caelan caught her first fish....all by herself)
*Nature Scavenger Hunt
*Make a volcano with baking soda and vinegar
*Bowling
*Board Games
*Make a fort
*Geocaching
*Splash Park
*Sidewalk chalk city
*Swimming and waterslide
*Cheap Movies ("The Lorax" and "Mirror Mirror")
*Library Story Time
*Bird of Prey presentation at Tijeras Library
*Water Balloons
*Sprinkler on trampoline
*Homemade icecream
*Jambo's Amusement Park (in Phoenix)
*Snow cones
*Slip n' slide
*Teddy Bear Picnic
*Visit and tour gold mine (in Colorado)
*Hike
*Make kaleidoscope
*Barbeque with friends
*Banana splits at ice cream parlor
*Mentos and Diet Coke experiment
*Free lunch summer program
*Sleep on trampoline
*Visit the aquarium
*Make rain stick
*Free Slurpie Day at 7-11
*Galloping Grace Horse Ranch
*Daily reading time
*Visit lego store
*Wii family competition
*Hinkle Family Fun Center Free Friday (golfing and arcade)
*Boating
*Float down river
*Camping
*Outside movie
*Garden
*.....plus our big summer vacation
Sounds like a pretty successful summer. Let's do it again next year.
