Bucket List Update

Well. Dan reports back this morning. And I get a faint hint of Fall in the air at times (especially on these rainy days we’ve been having).

Thought I should do an update on how the Summer Bucket List went.

Summer reading program – Honestly? We made this deadline by the skin of our teeth. Like, set the alarm for 40 minutes and don’t get off the living room floor with books until it went off…the morning of Deadline Day.

Homemade ice cream – Yeppers

Dry clothes in the sunshine – Only once or twice.

Picnics and cook outs – Uh huh

Camping with friends – Nope, but big plans for in the fall

Farmers’ Markets and Gardening – This was spotty at best

Eat at When Pigs Fly BBQ – Not yet

Dan’s Graduation Party – Check

Practice, practice, practice reading and writing – More like practice, practice…

Watch fireflies on the patio – This usually happened from inside the boys’ room looking out the window – on nights when they went to bed too late from other activities

Time with extended family – Yeah, baby

Jump rope – Nope. Do we even have one? Where did this one come from?

T-ball and Baseball – You better believe it

Run through the sprinkler – Tons

Riverfest – We honestly didn’t spend the money this year. We had talked about splitting the cost with friends, then didn’t do it

Bike rides – Regularly

Chore Dance Parties – Lots of music was played. Chores were done. Not sure these went together as much as I had in my head at the time of writing this

Pray for summer teams as a family – Yes, but not nearly as much as my idealist self wanted

Play soccer in the street – Yes

Make this from Pinterest…and this – I don’t want to talk about it

Adult Specific:

Trip to Colorado for my cousin’s wedding (sans children) – It was glorious

Make curtains for the office – Yes, but they’re too long and I need to hem them. But, happy they got done and thank you sweet friend who helped me power through on this before the Graduation Party