Ever since I read Mrs. Cowgirl’s original Summer Fun List two summers ago, I have wanted to implement one of my own – I thought the idea was completely genius! I am a huge checklist person… it just makes me so happy. Sometimes I even put things on my lists that I’ve already done just so I can get the satisfaction of checking them off! I knew I had to keep it somewhat realistic because I work full-time, and there are only so many weekends in a summer… but with summer also comes lots and lots of daylight, giving us so many more hours to do all sorts of things!

We’re only in mid-July, but we’ve already checked off practically half the things on our list. I cheated a little because some of these I knew we could probably do multiple in one day… like go to the beach and build sandcastles.  I also put the date we did things as we checked them off.  At the end of summer, I’ll snap a final picture as a keepsake of all the things we did (and when we did them) this summer!

I tried to mix it up a little – some of these cost money, others are completely free, still others could be done in the comforts of our own home… though I’m thinking I probably could’ve saved the create forts out of cardboard boxes for our Fall/Winter Fun List. Fall/Winter Fun List you say??  That’s right! I’m loving this list so much I want to make another one after summer’s over!  Lots of ideas churning in my mind already.

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Mr. Heels teaching the kids how to build a sandcastle


It was such a joy taking them to the Long Beach Aquarium – it was the first time for all of us.  Noelle got a huge kick out of touching the jellyfish.  You could even touch baby sharks and manta rays too.  Pretty neat!

It’s so nice to have a visual right there to give us ideas on what to do when we have a free and open weekend.  It forces us to try new things too, instead of reverting back to our default activities.

Are you doing a summer fun list this year?

Summer Fun Lists part 4 of 4

1. Summer Fun List by Mrs. Cowgirl
2. Summer Fun List Printable! by printables
3. Summer Fun List 2013 by Mrs. Cowgirl
4. Mrs. High Heel's Summer Fun List by Mrs. High Heels