2014 Summer Lovin'

Another year... Another Spring and we are now beginning to dream of Summer Adventures.  We the count down till our school days are done... the kids are itching to make plans.  Like in years past we will likely do some repeats and we hope to add some new things to consider.  As always we strive to do as many as we can.  And let adventure be out guide.  Please share with us what your up to and what your summer bucket list entails.

The 2014 Summer Lovin' Bucket List (in progress).

1.  Starting JACS' Movie Theater (an outdoor theater at home).
2. Stay Up 24 hours
3. Tie Dye T-shirts
4. Set up Club House in the Shed.
5.  Put funny sticky notes with messages on random cars.
6. Silly String Fight
7. Family Artwork Project
8. Family Bike Ride We still need to get Daddy a Bike
9.  Go to an Arcade
10. Make a 2014 Family Flag
11. Make Homemade Lemonade
12.  Our annual trip to Mt. Evans
13. Get a Zoo Membership
14.  Make a Photo Nature Journal

Well spring has hit and it is time to start thinking about 2013 and what  we want to do.
We will probably still work off of last year's list.   Do some repeats and add some new items.

Please feel free to use as many as you like. Check back and see our progress.THIS IS OUR LIST TO CHOOSE FROM... LETS JUST SEE HOW MANY WE GET DONE BY SEPT 1ST, 2013

The 2012 "Not Bummer Summer" list

1.  splatter paint fight
2. watch the sunrise and sunset on the same day
3. tie dye shirts
4. movie marathon- Back to the Future Movies! Done
5. slip n slide
6. play in the rainDone
7. build a awesome fort Done
8. Eat Cookies for dinner
9. draw on sidewalk and driveway with chalk
10. Sand Castles at our wannabe beach (Cherry Creek Reservoir) 
11. Sleep in a Tipi
12. Read all 7 of Jules Vernes novels as a family  Finished
    
13. Water Balloon Fights
14. Gorge on Popsicles (fruit ones)- submitted by Mr. J
15.  play board games
16. Hike Roxborough State Park Done
    
17. Hike Castlewood Canyon Completed 6/16/12
    
18. Play in the River at the Lair O' the Bear
19. Suck Helium out of balloons and record the kids talking DOne
20. Star Gaze Check
21. Go camping... again, again, and again Check 1
22. Put funny sticky notes with messages on random cars
23. Do a Random Act of Kindness
24. Visit a Museum Check
25. Make Smores! Check
26. Decorate the minivan with washable window markers!
27. PJ Day!
28. Family Bike Ride (we need a bike for Daddy!)
29. Make a new family flag
30. Find a theme song for our "Not Bummer Summer!" Check!!
31. Silly String Fight  Check!
32. Silly String Fight Part II
33. Have a picnic Check!  But we will be doing it again and again.
34. Go to a concert
35. Stay up for 24 hours-
36. Our annual trip to the Colorado Renaissance Festival  Check
37. Make a puppet show.
38. go geocaching  Done 6/20/12
39. Go to a CO Rockies Game Check
    
40.  the Denver Zoo
41. Go to IKEA-  Check
    
42. Make homemade lemonade
43. Family Lego building Night
44. Family Photo Shoot- Lots of ideas on my Photo pose Pinterest Board
45. Throw a paper airplane off a high place Done 6/20/12
    
46. Throw a Boomerang
47. Make everyone hammocks- and then sleep in them.
48. Play Light Tag at night
49. Photograph random art found throughout the Denver Metro Area
50. See a waterfall-
    
51. Buy a ton of glow sticks\bracelets/necklaces and light it up! Check
52. Take Pictures with an underwater camera and get them developed!
53. Visit a Planetarium
54. Fill the backyard with Prayer Flags
55. Pick Berries at the Berry Patch Farms
56.   Make foil dinners Check!
    
57. Pillow fight 
58. Go Fishing
59. Make Mud Pies and a Mud Kitchen
60. Make homemade Ice Cream
61. At the end of the summer, print up lots of pictures and let the kids make their own scrapbook of our "Not Bummer Summer 2012"
62. Make Wildflower/Leaf Crowns
63. Do Fireworks in a Jar
64. Go to a professional Fire Works display for the Fourth of July- Most all of the Firework shows were cancelled due to the Colorado Wildfires and the Statewide Ban. =(
65. Make Homemade Marshmallows  Check
66. Make Homemade Taffy 
67.  Make a Model...
68. Our annual trip to Mt. Evans
69. Visit Barr Lake State Park for the first time Check!
70. Visit Red Rocks Amphitheater... again (its a family favorite)
71. Go to the new Colorado History Museum Check
72. Do the Hammond's Candy Factory Tour
73. Start Muffin Tin Monday's again.  We haven't done that in a long time!
74. Visit the Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Wildlife Refuge
75. Do a five mile hike
76. Campout at Rocky Mountain National Park CHECK
77. Go to the Urban Street Farmer's Market in Denver
78. Make a Summer Book Basket with the kids
79. Make Some Memory Jars
80. Make Waldorf Window Stars
81. Keep a log of our Summer Reading Books
82.  Make Baked Goods in a orange Skin on a campfire. Orange Rolls ? Campfire Muffins? Camping Cakes?
83. More Random Acts of Kindness
84. Re-set up our Nature Table
85. Paint the Chicken Coop
86. Fly a kite
87. Make BLTs with Tomatoes from our garden
88. Running in the sprinklers CHECK
89. Candlelight dinner
90. Make a movie
91. Eat Sushi
92. Make Cookies and deliver to friends and neighbors
93. Learn the Star Spangled Banner
94. Try Wet on Wet Water Colors
95. Go Skating Check!
96. Release wishes in helium balloons (biodegradable balloons).
97.  Make homemade yogurt or kefir
98. Make and use stilts
99. Make playdough
    
100. Make homemade kid boats to sail on a stream or river. (maybe for Lair O'the Bear???)

Need some ideas for your bucket list? Try some of these:

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Our Pinterest Board for our 2012 "Not Bummer Summer"