With the opening of our neighborhood pool this past weekend and another year of preschool finished up, it’s time to switch gears and think summer activities! While we were able to cross a lot off our bucket list goals from last summer, we have some of the same goals and some lofty new goals this summer (note, “survive swim team”). In no particular order, here’s my kiddo-friendly summertime bucket list:
- Have a breakfast picnic in pajamas
- Visit the library
- Visit the Eno River State Park
- Camp in the backyard
- Try a new ice cream place
- Attend an outdoor concert
- Explore Downtown Raleigh via Segway
- Play with the slip ‘n slide
- Let the kiddos enjoy the water fountains at NC Museum of Art after a Stroller Strides class
- Go blueberry picking
- Discover three new parks (and be current on blog posts)
- Catch lightning bugs
- Explore the Prairie Ridge Ecostation again
- Survive swim team
- Go to the movies
- Attend a Durham Bulls game
- Discover a new (to us) brewery
- Make s’mores
- Fly a kite
- Watch a movie outside
- Grill oysters
- Go to the Durham farmers’ market
- Visit Beaufort, NC
- Visit a farm
- Enjoy a bushel of crabs
This might seem like a busy list, but I’ve got energetic girls who can hang! I know the next three months will fly by but we’ll have great memories and photos to cherish, so #bringonsummer!
What a great list! I really hope we can join you for a few of those fun activities!
I hope so too!
How about: Take a dinner picnic to RDU (http://www.rdu.com/observation-park/) or a small airport (e.g., UNC-Horace Williams Airport @ 1001 Estes Drive Extension, Chapel Hill … or … the Triple W Air Park in Fuquay-Varina) and watch the airplanes take off and land in the cool of a summer’s evening?
Love it! The RDU airport park would be great for that!
I’m in! Where do I sign up? Thanks for making my summer plans for me! S’mores can always be found at the McFire Pit!
Ha! Little did you know several of these were written with you in mind!
Sound like a fun and busy summer… and a great list.
Here are some quiet, back-yard activities:
Are there still four-leafed clovers to be found… that takes a lot of time!
And, sucking the sweetness from the stem of a sweet clover bloom… or making a crown of the blooms.
And watching ants carry big loads back to their anthill.
Love, Grandma Bev
Thanks, Grandma! Those are great quiet activities to discover!