There was a moment this weekend when poster board, marker and "Mom, I'm bored!" collided. I decided it was high time for a summer list. 
This wasn't my idea. Meg from Whatever has shared her family's summer list for the last two years. If I wasn't super lazy, I would go get you the links to her two posts. Sorry Meg. Instead, you can go browse around over there until you find them. Trust me. Her site is worth the browse. I want to be Meg when I grow up.
So there's my summer list. If nothing else, the kid's will use it to nag me until I try harder to make summer fun. They're little accountability machines, they are. I had to add a couple for myself. "Sandbox" is easy and requires no planning, thought or effort on my part. We'll do that one many times.
I'm thinking it will help me do a lot less of this....
And a lot more of this...
In the spirit of "It's my blog and I'll brag if I want to"...Yum! This picture of my man with our youngest makes me want to have 10 more babies.
What are you doing this summer?
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Kimba,
Life balance is so important, isn't it? Having the summer list puts it right in front of everyone to remember.
And I love the family photos!
It's a great list! Glad to see some photos of your family!
Love that last picture...and the new haircut on little man!
Ahem...did I notice something missing on your summer list?
Hmmmmmm...
Love the list, what a great idea! I need to try this!
Love your list! That last photo is just plain awesome! The colors are so bright and they look so happy. :)
Here's my to-do list for the summer:
http://serenitynow4amanda.blogspot.com/2009/06/hooked-on.html
;)
This is great! I need to do that w/ my son. No telling what would be on there - ride a dinosaur, fly to the moon, etc. LOL
Your husband and son are just adorable!
The computer will always be there, but your "little man" will only be little for such a short time. My little girl just graduated college, where has the time gone?!
Get outside and play (get dirty on the list). Enjoy the lazy days of summer with your kids. Make some memories and have fun!!!
We're making sidewalk paint (another fabulous idea from Meg), reading lots of books, growing dinner in our garden and having a tonsillectomy!
I haven't made a list (my little one is just 1 1/2) I just posted yesterday a little photo journal of our activities so far... many more to come!
I give myself a little computer time with my coffee in the morning and then I shut it off. We have done almost everything on your list except Chuck E Cheese (that is my husbands deal! Your list is a great way to stay focused during summer and have fun. Hope you have a wonderful summer of fun and activities.
Hey Kimba I am sooooo jealous that you have a Macbook!LOL Love the ideas and hope you have a great Summer!!
Love, Madison
Oh, please brag! What a great photo of your husband and son. It's so wonderful to see a pic of a dad and his boy. A big man and a little man. Hard to beat.
That IS a sweet picture of your littlest man with your biggest! And you better get busy with that list! Down here, summer is over half gone! School will start for us the very first week of August. On my birthday, no less! Hmmm...maybe we'll start a week later. : )
I'm bored is all too familiar around here with Kayla. I don't remember those words coming from my mouth in the summer time. Kids these days expect electronics and us parents to help entertain them!
We always begin with our special summer list each year, too. Then we work those things in to the rest of the schedule.
I've been really organized this year and it's helped me with the "I'm bored"s enormously! I blogged it here: http://hopestudios.blogspot.com/2009/06/feedback-friday-summer-vacation-plans.html
Happy summer!
Love that! You gave me some ideas for the summer!!!
We made one of these, too! Lots of fun, although ours ended up just a tad longer than I expected:
http://knittinginthenorth.typepad.com/knitting_in_the_north/2009/07/summer-things-to-do.html
Too cute! A great list, too. In additon to the usual SFG summer fun (swimming, parks, etc.) I've got to get BBC back to the fire station for another tour - he keeps asking. We are also doing the summer reading program at the library. Love the pic of your man and youngest - so sweet!
Love your list...ours includes lots of crafts, swimming, cooking, reading, and picnics with friends...we schedule a "themed" picnic once a week with a different group of friends...then spend time on the menu and decorations...so fun!
LOVED your sweet picture at the end! :)
Blessings!
Awww :) I feel like that when I see my hubby loving on our kiddos too!
Great photo!
i love making lists!!!
my summer list has all sort of stuff from: losing 10 poundsand taking my little sisters to the zoo to irrational stuff like travelling to 3 different continents!
but it doesn't matter cuz by the time i reaching #16 on my list summer is probably over=)
~ wishing you the best from saudi arabia
Hello. Just checking out new blogs and I really like yours. Feel free to come check out mine if you'd like. Love the photos, they're really great.
I need to take a lesson from you - you are so right! I spend a lot of time in front of the Mac myself. Thanks Kimba!
We just made up our list the other day and it has many of the same things on it. We've also set a spending budget each month and keeping an ongoing tally--let's see how that works out!
How I wish I had time to make a list here! My 10 yr old son is hoping from camp to camp while I work.
But, he's being resent to one camp (because he had to return early due to illness) and I may tag along. It requires a flight to another province so I may be taking in my own holiday in the mountains at the same time!
Then we'll come home and go camping. :)
July is hustle and bustle! August will be playful and leisureful. I love August best!
I have done Meg's list for two years too! We'll have to steal a few of your ideas now....especially the less computer one :)
Oh you are so right, that man of yours looks so sweet with your little one. I love pics of my hubby with our boys. I may have to steal this idea too, we have lots of company in the summer b/c we live close to the beach. We also spend about every weekend on the river. That is summer to us!
What a sweet post!
My hubs is away on a stateside deployment all summer long so I'm trying with all my might to make it a fun summer for both of my kiddos. It's kind of hard at times with their age gap though! Yikes!
Many summery hugs and good wishes to you and yours hun~ Les
Well, I'm having a heck of a summer! It's been a humdinger (I never tried to spell that before).
I was going to tell you the worst thing about remodeling a kitchen; but now I'll give you my bottom five:
1. Camping inside your own house isn't as fun the 38th day as it was on the 1st day.
2. Oh, the cost...
3. And how the project just grows and grows. It really isn't just a kitchen remodel, but a house remodel.
4. When it rains it pours. It is as though the other appliances die from a broken heart... like did the wash machine really miss the dish washer. Or maybe the lawn mower was jealous that the frig was outside on the back porch.
5. Is anyone sure that the granite, or the cabinet color that they pick today is one that they'll like 7 years from now? Especially since it is different for the decision make last week. Oh dear.
The good news is that in perspective, my kids will remember the summer that we did the kitchen and hopefully never take for granted running water or electricity.
Thanks for the idea of putting a summer fun list on posterboard and hanging it where I will be held accountable for everything. HaHa! I really love it. Here's what my kids came up with:
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