July List Update

It is hard to believe my two months of time off is coming to a close as of August 1. I have thoroughly enjoyed this extra time with the girls as well as having some extra moments to do other things I enjoy - nap, read for pleasure, and complete household projects to name a few. I have had a couple of great garage sale finds this season that I will have to post at some point. But, this entry is to update where we are in our list of summer fun. It really has been awesome to have this list. When I've had a day where I'm not sure what we are going to do, I already had the brainstorming complete and could just choose what was feasible for that day.

Our most recent list item occured today when we visited the animal shelter. We stopped at Kroger on the way to get some treats, pet food, and toys to donate while we were there. The girls thoroughly enjoyed playing with the cats. Rather than having the cats caged, they have 'cat colonies' where the cats could roam freely in a room. 

Elise also attended 'Spirit Camp' last week, which was the Vacation Bible School at Faith Lutheran. She had a wonderful time, and now is very excited for preschool to get started again.

I don't think we'll thoroughly complete this list before the summer's close, but we'll keep chipping away at the remaining items into the fall.

Elise on the last day of Spirit Camp

Making a mailbox wasn't on the list, but I didn't have any other list pictures to share. We pinned this tutorial on Pinterest and when we ordered a new carseat, we had the perfect box for the occasion. The girls, especially Elise, spent a good hour and a half making, depositing, and opening mail. (This is a great feat because very little holds Elise's attention.)

1. Go to Holiday World
2. Go to Columbus, IN for children's museum and indoor playground
3 Indianapolis Children's Museum with friends
4. Paint a canvas
5. Outside tea party
6. Go to the Splash Pad
7. Visit Blythe, Uncle, Tim, Aunt Molly and Colton in Chicago
8. Potato Stamps
9. Make Giant Bubbles with the kiddy pool
10. Invite friends over to swim
11. Go to every public playground in Bloomington (there are 15) - About half way through
12. Visit Nana and Papa J
13. Invite Katherine down from Indy to swim
14. Go to the zoo with Katherine
15. Go to the Paynetown Beach for a picnic and splashing
16. Go on a nature hike
17. Visit the animal shelter
18. Go to a farm
19. See the True Story of the Three Little Pigs  - Had to replace this with Beauty and the Beast because the other sold out before we bought tickets - Elise and Wes are going this weekend
20. Go to Jumping Joey's when it opens
21. Walk to Bruester's (hopefully we'll do this more than once this summer!)
22. Swim lessons
23. Vacation Bible School
24. Ride bikes on the B-Line Trail
25. Ride city bus to the Chocolate Moose
26. Lunch with Papa T at the IMU
27. Read all 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know - Only 22 more to go!
28. Build ice cream sundaes
29. Make fruit pizza
30. Visit the Pioneer Village at Spring Mill State Park
31. Bowling
32. Do something kind for someone else