I would love to win this bike. Wouldn’t you? Ah, yes. Me riding with groceries or a kid in the back. How efficient!
Today is the first official day of summer vacation for us here, and we’re getting off to a good start. We talked about what we want to do for fun, and what I expect of the kids. We came up with our summer set of rules:
1-Be Respectful and Nice
2-Practice piano for 30 minutes 4 times a week (lessons on Wednesday).
3-Weed for 30 minutes every day
4-Do laundry every day (sort, fold or wash)
5-Do daily jobs and dish job
6-Make bed and clean up room every day
7-Kids make dinner two times each week
8-Scriptures at dinner time
9-Jobs before play
This may change, of course, because it’s all a work in progress with kids and family.
And summer’s all about the fun, so we’ve put together a list of some fun things we’d like to do.
-play in stream at the park
-Lagoon
-Jump on it
-Seven peaks waterpark
-Don’t eat Pete
-Camping in the back yard
-Family reunion
-Game night
-Organize food storage (that was mom’s idea, not the kids’)
-Sleep in the living room
-ride bikes to the library
-Picnic in the park
-Ryan Shupe concert
-Sleep over at Grandma’s
-Sleep over at Aunt Julene’s
-Neighborhood bike parade
-Lehi Horse parade
-Thanksgiving point
-Enter local art shows
-Go hiking
-Attend many, many softball games
-Go to a play!
-Hike to Timpanogos cave
-Summer movies
*Whew!* It makes me tired just thinking about it! And speaking of tired, I’d better get going on MY summer goal, which is 30-60 minutes of exercise every day. I haven’t done ANYTHING for over two weeks because of my dumb surgery and this stupid pain, but I’ve got to get back in the habit.
What are YOUR plans for summer? Do you have fun things that you always do with your kids in the summer? I’d love to hear your ideas.
We have one more week and I need to get serious now to make a “Plan Summer” list. I was in Israel with the people behind the Madsen bike.
I like the, ‘kids make dinner two nights/week’ one. Excellent idea (rubbing hands, evil laugh)
And – you MUST add “go to Hilmo’s and play in their creek” to your list. The creek dries up around July 4, so we’ll have to plan it before then!
Go visit the Ericksons….!!! :o)
Well you’ve just done half my work for me! I’ve been brainstorming a very similar list. Good luck with it all! I hope the kids cooperate and you can have a happily eventful summer!
Sounds like fun. My boys are in year round school and aren’t even out of school until July 2 so no summer plans around here yet. But hey good luck with the daily chores. I showed that to my 16 year old who thought it was so unfair that her dad and I asked her to plant some flowers today and then weed that flower bed for the summer. I didn’t tell her that she had to weed EVERYDAY.