Summer: Day in the Life

I'm excited to have June and July off with the kids!  We're the bosses of our days!  Hooray!

We have a few things on the calendar - appointments for all of us, meetings, lessons, tennis, swimming, etc.  But there's still lots of open time where we can do what we want.

Some years I put together a big bucket list.  Not this year.  We have traditions that we'll definitely do - the County Fair, strawberry picking, road trips, Sunflower maze, etc.  But we'll be doing more fly by the seat of our pants and see what sounds fun that day.  We will be open to last minute invitations and fun with friends.

Our routine will look something like this: wake up, enjoy some time at home while we eat breakfast and make a plan for the day, get out of the house, pack a lunch to eat on the go or outside, enjoy some time playing at home, swim, see friends, lots of grilling, bike rides and catching lightning bugs with neighbors.

We started making daily to do lists on Friday (our first day of Summer break).  The kids love getting a say in what we do and I love mixing in a bit of routine into our days.  I wrote the list and posted it for reference in a high traffic area.  The kids kept checking it to see how we were doing.  There was no pressure to cross everything off the list.  Just work through as many things as possible.  We got through 5 of the things on our list this day.

I plan to offer fun things like:
parks
picnic with Kevin on campus
favorite restaurants
pool
backyard pool
sprinkler
various art projects
movies
grilling
ice cream date
Summer reading program at library
Children's museum
road trips
overnight at a hotel
family gatherings
play dates with friends

Along with simple things like:
puzzles
movie night at home
popsicles
game night
book club
summer school = any at home learning
art free time
gardening
bubble bath
going for a walk

What things are you really looking forward to doing with your family this Summer??