Natalie has one more day of school and then summer is here! Ainsley is already on her second week of vacation. I’m excited to have the girls home, but a little overwhelmed with the fact they crave structure and I haven’t been very good with that lately. So this year I thought we’d give a summer ‘to do’ list a try. I saw it on my friend Courtney’s blog last year. With all we have going on I want to make sure we don’t forget to have a little fun.
Here is our list:
You will notice Natalie’s list consists of learning new things…. (she also said she wanted to learn knitting, but I have no idea how to knit and thought she had enough learning to do already!); and you can see Ainsley’s list consists of ice cream and different ways to snuggle. She threw in ‘learn to flip’ at the very end of the discussion and I put it on there, but she already knows how to flip so I’m not sure if that is considered cheating. Perhaps she’s just a girl after my heart. I’ve been known to write something on the list I already did just so I can keep track of my accomplishments!
Do you have a summer ‘to do’ list? If so, what’s on it?
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Comments (6)
my kids have volunteered to be the cousins that you all visit. we just want to help you out with that list. i might just have some ice cream when you come then you can cross out 2 things.
I must admit, I too put things on my list that I have already done…just so I can check them off. It gives me a sense of accomplishment! Great summer list. I don’t know how you do it!
Great idea to get the kids’ input on your list. I think I will try that with my kids. It’s hard to come up with things to do during the summer, so it would really help me out.
I bet ice cream will make the list at my house too. 🙂
I made a list of things I want the kids to do this summer (just a few words changed makes a big difference). 1. daily devotions, feed and walk the dog, learn to mow the grass (Riley), cook (Reid). Some one wrote in along the bottom “have fun!”. I think it was Reid.
Oh, mine had a whole sumemr packet that had chores, new skills, bible memory verse, mostly based around reading and reading skills – each one got a folder. I used to be really organized. Seriously organized. Something happened between then and now.
If you check everything off before the end of the summer, let me know and I will come teach her to knit. Seriously, I would love to.