Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Halfway Through Summer

My children recently discovered Phineas and Ferb on the Netflix.

And they are so in love.

That theme song ran through my head the entire time I was putting this post together.

It's only appropriate that it is sung while these pictures are looked at of our 79 Days of Summer so far.

So. Go ahead. Sing.

You've got 40 pictures to look at here, so ya might as well.

I'll start ya:

There's 79 days of summer vacation
And school comes along just to end it.
So the annual problem for our generation
Is finding a good way to spend it.

Like maybe:


Having a birthday party


Eating frozen custard


Visiting a pet store


Attending Adam's baptism in Phoenix


Melting broken crayons to make new ones


Having a picnic dinner at the park + playing at the park


Going to storytime at the library


Having family game night


Swimming in the pool


Celebrating the 4th of July


Making s'mores


Building a fort


Feeding the ducks at the park


Making homemade popsicles


Playing at the splash park


Walking to get ice cream cones


Having family movie night (with caramel corn)


Visiting the aquarium at the Silverton


Eating Frosty's at the park


Going to a magic show at the library (Adam was chosen to help!)


Bringing cookies to the firestation


Flying kites


Visiting the temple


Making a nature rubbing


Being aliens at the library


Riding the carousel


Watching a movie under the stars (Jumanji)


Making homemade ice cream


Having the missionaries to dinner


Eating lunch at work with Dad


Donating our clothes and toys to D.I.


Getting a free book from Barnes & Noble


Learning about a new culture (Egypt)


Making a new snack (hummus + baked pita chips)


Having a science day


Playing chalk games


(We also wrote letters to friends, did the kids' annual handprints, started the Friend Summer Reading chart and put on a puppet show).

Yeah, it doesn't rhyme. But you get the general idea.

And I was right. Having a plan for fun has made this summer so much more enjoyable. I'm loving it, in fact. I soooo don't want school to start again!

I am so glad there is still half of the summer left to enjoy!!!

3 comments:

Kathy said...

Looks like so much fun!

Grammy Suzzy said...

Hey...where's Perry the Platypus? Nate LOVES that show...Grammy, well, it kinda grows on you. It was fun to have the music playing in my head as I saw your adventures...and yours are MUCH better that either Phineus' or Ferb's. And there's no "Whatcha doin..." going on.

Blissful & Domestic said...

I love all the pics and thanks so much for including us in your summer fun!