Summer 2012

This year we made a list of some things we wanted to do during the summer, and then I kept track of things we could cross off the list (plus other fun things that we didn't put on the initial list). Here is our Summer 2012 List: *Balloon Fiesta Museum *Visit 3 new local parks *Fishing (Caelan caught her first fish....all by herself) *Nature Scavenger Hunt *Make a volcano with baking soda and vinegar *Bowling *Board Games *Make a fort *Geocaching *Splash Park *Sidewalk chalk city *Swimming and waterslide *Cheap Movies ("The Lorax" and "Mirror Mirror") *Library Story Time *Bird of Prey presentation at Tijeras Library *Water Balloons *Sprinkler on trampoline *Homemade icecream *Jambo's Amusement Park (in Phoenix) *Snow cones *Slip n' slide *Teddy Bear Picnic *Visit and tour gold mine (in Colorado) *Hike *Make kaleidoscope *Barbeque with friends *Banana splits at ice cream parlor *Mentos and Diet Coke experiment *Free lunch summer program *Sleep on trampoline *Visit the aquarium *Make rain stick *Free Slurpie Day at 7-11 *Galloping Grace Horse Ranch *Daily reading time *Visit lego store *Wii family competition *Hinkle Family Fun Center Free Friday (golfing and arcade) *Boating *Float down river *Camping *Outside movie *Garden *.....plus our big summer vacation Sounds like a pretty successful summer. Let's do it again next year.