Summers End

We have officially reached our last day of summer. There is no better time than now to look back over our bucket list we had at the beginning of summer. Just a few weeks ago I was looking over this list thinking how are we ever going to get through this. I never would have thought we would have gotten as far as we did.

We managed to get 45 things crossed off our list! There was a lot of things on our list that we didn't get to, but several surprise outings came up along our journey this summer so we were able to substitute some of those for the items on our list.

Below is all we got accomplished.

Our List

1. camping

2. visit Vinny and Sophia (their cousins)

3. Bradford beach

4. Random Lake beach

5. Fire works

6. Go to grandpa's cabin up north

7. Go fishing

8. Zoo
9. See a parade

10. Sprinkler parks (1, 2)

11. Regner Park

12. Bonfire with s'mores

13. Make Popsicle's

14. Pick strawberries

15. Go out for ice cream

16. Library adventures (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

17. Help mom pick veggies from garden

18. Go for a bike ride

19. Harrington beach

20. Picnic dinner

21. Feed fish at a pond

22. Picnic lunch

23. Water gun fight

24. Geo caching (1, 2)

25. Make smoothies

26. Lemonade stand

27. Go hiking

28. Day trip to Bay Beach

29.Breakfast picnic

 30. Have friend over for ice cream sundaes

31. Visit Pioneer Village

32. Water balloon fight

33. State Fair

34. Play at possibilities playground

35. Visit great grandma Krocka

36. Take a long boat ride

37. Catch bugs

39. Play at Port outdoor pool

40. Go to drive in theater

41. Visit Farmers market

42. Find a treasure at a rummage sale

43. Send a post card

44. Find a treat at a candy store

45. Discovery World

46. Lunch with Dad

47. Card board  box fort

48. Make and use side walk paint

49. Fly kites

50. Camera day (everyone gets their own disposable camera to take their own pictures with )

Here are the extra things we did this summer that weren't on our list:
1. 4- Wheeling with Grandpa
2.  Mulberry Farm
3. Timber Rattler Game
4. Saukville Night Out
5. Milwaukee Air Show
6. Jumping Country
7. Bookworm gardens

This summer I made sure to take plenty of pictures of each outing we had. I uploaded all the pictures to a photo book for the kids to have as a memory and a way to look back at all that we did.

My goal now is to have a bookshelf full of these books by the time the kids are well into their teens....or at least until they grow tired of these special Mommy summer adventures.