I was thrilled when Jack brought home a worksheet from school called “The ABC’s of Summer”! Here is how he (alphabetically) sees the summer:
A-awesome B-Boston C-Cape May D-Dairy Queen E-Easy F-Fun G-Good H-Hot I-Ice Cream J-Jersey K-Knoebel’s L-Limit (I asked him about this one---he meant unlimited fun) M-Mom (I told him, “Woo hoo! You are going to spend more time with Mom!” and he said, “I couldn’t think of anything else for M.” Little stinker.) N- Nice O-Ocean P-Pool Party Q-Quit R-Rainbow Snow (local ice cream place we love) S-Shay (his friend) T-Terrific U-Umbrella V-Very hot W-Waves X-Xylophone (because X is always xylophone) Y-Yippee Z-Zebra
There will be some carryover into my ABC list.
Last summer I think I accomplished almost everything on my list. If I recall correctly (and I probably don’t) we did not get to a Drive-In Movie, do the Rails to Trails bike ride, or make our own sidewalk paint. I pinned a sidewalk paint recipe on Pinterest, so maybe that will help me get my act together for that one! If anyone wants to join us at the Drive-In in Dillsburg, let me know.
Here’s my To Do List for the Summer:
A-arts and crafts-weekly and required participation!
B-Boardwalk in Wildwood
C-Cape May
D-Drive-In Movie
E-Empire State Building/Ellen’s Stardust Diner
F-Fruit picking (raspberry, apricot, peaches, sour cherries)
G-Gross experiments (Ben got a kit for Christmas that we haven’t even opened yet)
H-Hersheypark
I-Ice cream tour (hit all of the major ice cream places by the end of the summer)
J-Just Do It! Actually do lots of the things I pinned on Pinterest with the kids!
K-ChalK Games and activities like Snail Hopscotch, Box It, and Four Square
L-Lancaster County tour, checking out the Amish lifestyle and I’d like to ride in a buggy
M-Martha Stewart’s ice pops
N-Number Bond practice (Jack), daily schoolwork (everyone)
O-OMG, is it August 27th yet? No! I will maintain a positive attitude!
P-Pool Parties, Photo Booth at the beach
Q-Quittie Park hikes
R-Rails to Trails bike ride
S-Statue of Liberty
T-Twister outdoors-spray paint circles on the grass!
U-Utilize 15 minutes of DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) every day for all four of us
V-Volunteer at church festival
W-Whale watching in Cape Cod
X-No X-rays!
Y-Yearly trip to Lititz-feeding the ducks, walking to Sturgis Pretzels for the tour, finishing our day at Wilbur Chocolate
Z-Zucchini bread from all the zucchini in our garden
Wish me luck!
2 comments:
I think Jack was onto something with "D." And frankly, your "K" is more questionable than his "X."
We need to do ours again this year, though ours was a big, old, unorganized mess. Which meant we didn't have to do anything for the pesky letters so that was kind of nice.
Let the fun begin!
(Is it August 27th yet?)
Grrr. . . I tried to leave a comment before and blogger gave me an error message. I just know after I write and post this one, the first one will show up and I'll look like a moron. I want you to take me with you to do "E" and "S"! Also, I can't do daily school work with my kids anymore because the 7th and 8th grade work is beyond my comprehension. blah
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