Summer Activities

Over the past few days, Alexander and I (with lots of help from friends and family) have been compiling a list of 50 things we'd like to do this summer. Some of these things will require some planning, others are simply boredom-busters. Some are things that we'll probably do several times over the course of the summer. I tried to have a mix of things that help us learn or connect us to the community, along with plenty of things that are simply FUN! I plan to blog about some of the more interesting things we accomplish. I hope we are able to do everything on the list!

Our List of 50 Things We'd Like to Do This Summer:

1. Make our own play-doh.
2. Hike "the white trail."
3. Sleep in a tent.
4. Take food to the food bank.
5. Visit a new playground.
6. Pick up trash in our neighborhood.
7. Visit Ava.
8. Go to the pool.
9. Have a picnic.
10. Go to the zoo.
11. Write a letter.
12. Do a science experiment.
13. Go to the lake.
14. Go to PopPop's house.
15. Read 10 new books.
16. Make pudding.
17. Go to the library.
18. Play in the sprinkler.
19. Walk around our neighborhood lake.
20. Ride bikes.
21. Use sidewalk chalk.
22. Make our own book.
23. Try a new food.
24. Make a new friend.
25. Learn something new about the solar system.
26. Go completely underwater at the pool.
27. Learn something new about our favorite animals.
28. Learn a new song.
29. Have a dance party.
30. Go a full day with no TV or video games.
31. Do something kind for a stranger.
32. Teach Jack to count to 10.
33. Teach Jack to sing the alphabet.
34. Plant/Grow something.
35. Learn something new about Maryland.
36. Make a family tree poster.
37. Draw self portraits.
38. Learn 5 new Spanish words.
39. Make puppets and put on a puppet show.
40. Identify 3 birds.
41. Learn how to help Mommy or Daddy with a household chore.
42. Find, identify, and press three flowers.
43. "Paint" with water on the sidewalk.
44. Make a family newspaper of recent happenings.
45. Make something useful/cool out of "trash."
46. Make a fort.
47. Send a care package to soldiers overseas.
48. Play Red Light, Green Light.
49. Play Hide and Seek.
50. Play "What I like about..."