Cure for the Summer Time Blues!

Well it has been 8 months since I have had a new blog post. So many things have happened in this amount of time it will be to much to post about. It is the end of May, and my son has officially completed Kindergarten and is now a First Grader! He is so proud of himself, and he should be because this year has been full of a lot of ups and downs. He has worked very hard, and even though he won't know the significance of this until he is older, he tested out of his IEP and is no longer considered Developmentally Disabled! I am SO PROUD of him!!! The only thing he will now have an IEP for at school will be for speech, which was expected. Now it is time for us to enjoy summer with our summer fun list! :)

 

We have a cure for anybody's summer time blues! Check out our family's summer to do list that you can adapt to your own family plans. One of the things you'll notice about this list is that there's a lot of traveling around Kansas. The reason for this can be summed up by the words of Dorothy Gale at the end of the 1939 classic 'Wizard of Oz'; "If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard." Sometimes you need to explore your own home to really value it.  My great grandparents would sometimes just take day trips, pack themselves a lunch, and go down unknown roads to see where they would end up. Travel your city, go to the country, explore small towns, and other big cities. Find out what makes your state unique. I promise that your children and yourself will have a sense of pride for where you're from.

 

Summer Fun List

·       Summer Reading Program at the Library

·       Bike ride

·       Go to a baseball game

·       Eat Snow Cones

·       Have a water balloon fight

·       Go to the drive in

·       Hike on a nature trail

·       Go to the lake

·       Catch fireflies

·       Go camping

·       Go fishing

·       Wash the car with a hose and bucket

·       Summer Olympics

·       Have a bonfire at Aunt Amy’s

·       Go to Lego Land and T-Rex restaurant in KC

·       Ares’ 6^th Birthday Swim Party !!!

·       Go to a carnival

·       Go to Exploration Place

·       Go to the Art Museum

·       Go to Cowtown

·       Go to the Indian Center

·       Make fruit popsicles

·       Ice Skating

·       Go to Emporia to see Hannah, Callie, and Deirdre

·       Have a sleep over

·       Have a picnic

·       Go to the YMCA water park

·       Fly kites

·       Walking to DQ from Nana’s

·       Go boating

·       Go to the zoo

·       Have a scavenger hunt

·       Go on a treasure hunt

·       Play in a mud puddle

·       Explore the forest behind Grandma and Granddad’s house

·       Go mini golfing

·       Sidewalk chalk

·       Family game night

·       Go swimming at Grandma Janice’s house

·       Put the girls’ in big girl beds

·       Start potty training

·       Make our own design t-shirts

·       Make banana splits

·       Watch a fireworks show

·       Write and mail a letter

·       Go to the Salt Mines in Hutchinson

·       Go out to a country road and watch the stars come out

·       Go to a rodeo

·       Roll down a hill

·       Play at the park

·       Take a day trip to Monument Rocks National Landmark (Oakley, KS )

·       Demolition Derby

·       Go to the Observatory at Lake Afton

·       Go Cloud Watching

·       Take a day trip to Coronado Heights (Lindsborg, KS)

·       Go to the State Fair

·       Glow in the Dark Bowling

·       Glow in the Dark Ring Toss

·       Dart throw with balloons filled with paint

·       Blow Bubbles

·       Go to Riverfest