Pickin' Blackberries with Gigi  (5-29-12)

Feeding the Ducks at the Park! (5/31/12)

Icees(5-29-12)

                                                               

YUMMY!!

Pick a 2012 Summer theme song

Okay....we didn't go half-way....we made a whole playlist.  (see bottom of blog)

Making a Water Wall  (5-27-12)

Swimming as a family(5-27-12)

Water Balloon Fight

It actually was a water balloon throw instead, but the kids still had a blast. 

Sprinkler Day/ Running through the Sprinkler

Build Something

I am so thankful for the Lowe's Build and Grow clinics.  This week the kiddos were able to make little ice cream trucks.

        

   

Use lotion, soap, or shampoo that smells like coconuts

Listening to Cicadas

I love listening to their unique sound.

Make a Fairy Garden 5/21/12

A Work in Progress! 

The fairies' bed

Their sitting area :)

The girls even left them pillows to rest!

Go to the Splash Pad (multiple times!!)

Make a Pie (5/17/12)

 (photo from: Bites with Brandi)

This is Daddy's favorite pie!  We surprised him with it when he returned from working in Leesville.  There are no pictures of our actual pie because it didn't last long enough :)  !

Summer

Summer by cdupuy featuring oversized sunglasses

'12 Summer Bucket List

Have a water balloon fight
Go for a walk along the beach or a wooded path  
See the sunrise
 Have a picnic
Watch the sunset
Make playdoh
Read a chapter book aloud to kids
Read a novel (Mommy)
Go to an amusement park/festival
Go fishing
Make homemade ice cream
Sit outside, and sip iced tea
Make fresh lemonade
Take a picture of the "little piggies"  (feet)
Catch fireflies(if possible)
Take pictures of the kids having fun!(Mommy)
Eat watermelon outside, and let the juice run all over the place!
Walk in the grass barefoot
Use lotion, soap, or shampoo that smells like coconuts
Get out the kids' watercolor paints and paint a picture of summer means to you
Collect seashells and make something decorative 
Sleep in at least once
Hang your bed sheets outside to dry, and bask in their clean sunshine smell
Eat strawberry shortcake
Get someone else to take your picture with the kids, smiling and sun-kissed
Write a letter to a friend, and include at least three great things that have happened this summer
Thank someone who has helped you out
Eat your favorite summer fruits and berries
Go swimming as a family
Go to the Splash Pad(multiple times!!)
Go for a walk
Play at the park
Go to the library/summer reading
Take a road trip
Share your artistic talents
Visit a museum
Go crabbing with the kiddos
Bake cookies! Yum
Cook together
Scavenger hunt
Dig for treasures
Pick blackberries/fruit
Run through the sprinkler
Sprinkler day
Make rootbeer floats 
Go to a Farmer's Market
Pick a 2012 Summer theme song
Geocaching
Make a complete meal over a fire: include hot dogs, potatoes, and S’Mores
Do nothing day!  Just read and give yourself a break!
Lie on the grass watching the clouds float across the sky, without a care in the world
Go on a picnic
Put a puzzle together
Help someone in need
Surround yourself with the smells of summer
Go on a nature walk
Sing a song together
Learn a new word
Go to weekday Mass
Pray a Rosary
Watch fireworks
Collect "treasures"
Outdoor family game night
Paint toenails(girls)
Spa night
Paddleboat
Miniature golf
Color a picture
Make some homemade bread 
and butter
Play on an indoor playground
Make sun catchers
Develop a disposable camera (kids will be the photographers)
Tricycle race
Bike ride
Get snocones
Make a birdfeeder
Tricycle car wash
Wash the car
Make jello
Bake/make a pie
Make a rocket ship
Make foam snakes
Make tissue paper sun
Write our own story
Make popsicles
Blow bubbles
Plant something
Climb trees
Pick flowers
Make a craft
BBQ
Visit a botanical garden
Be a sidewalk chalk artist
Play frisbee golf
Feed ducks at the park
Make a necklace
Kid's choice day
Ice cream sundae contest
Play a game of cajun horseshoes
Do a simple science experiment
Get an Icee
Throw coins in the fountain and make a wish
Look at the stars
Fake tattoos
Make mudpies
Go to the zoo
Make a fairy garden
Build something 
Have a puppet show
Celebrate a silly day
Bubble wrap pop-a-thon 
Have lunch with Daddy at work
Listen to the cicadas
Make and speak through a tin can telephone.
Build a fort
Go bowling
Watch a movie
Collect bugs and see what they are
Make cards to tell each other why you love each other
Make a time capsule
Make shish kabobs
Plan a dream vacation together and look up airlines, hotels, and site seeing activities. Make a travel brochure for your trip
Grocery store scavenger hunt
Make a pizza
Tea party
Make a "people we love" photo album
Learn to tie shoes
Poprocks!
Take a pigtail picture
Paint hand prints
Snuggle day!
Make water wall
Potty Train Noah

        Summer is right around the corner, and I can almost taste it.  Summer is my favorite time of the year!  It just always seems to be magical.  I'm not sure if it is the longer days, BBQing, or swimming, but I just love it ALL!  As a mom, I hope to share this magical feeling with our little ones.


      My Hubby and I have three sweet little kiddos.  Sunshine Fairy is 6, Princess Firefly is 4, and Shooting Star is 2.  They are our continuous source of joy.  Sunshine will be going to first grade, Firefly will be starting Pre-K, and mommy will be having to go back to work :(!  I am hoping to fill this summer with LOVE and LAUGHTER. 

      A few years back I watched the movie, The Bucket List.  It really struck a chord in me.  Life is so very precious.  We are living in a world that is so fast-paced, and we have forgotten how to truly savor the moments of life we are given!   This summer we decided to make our very own bucket list.  This blog will hopefully be a reminder of our memories together and blessings the Lord has given to us!


     We would like to welcome you on our summer journey.  Have a seat on the porch swing, put your feet up, and have a sip of ice cold sweet tea!  Enjoy!