Summer Fun 2016: A Month to Go

I haven't been keeping up with the official Summer Fun list, even if we've been doing many of the activities.  Here's the reckoning with about a month to go (we haven't done the things in bold.)

1. Party/activity in honor of Aunt Sis--yep, Zentangle classes
2. Go swimming at Y with friends--not at the Y but at a friend's pool
3. Inspirational Art Rock Drop (decorate rocks and leave them in public places)--numerous times
4. Playgroup Open House idea
5. Meet friends at ice rink--we tried, but no one could play
6. Attend town festival in June/volunteer at historic house--yep, annual town festival
7. Birthday trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando--YAY!
8. Beach trip in city--yep, with beach and movies but no ice cream truck
9. Look for sea glass at beaches--maybe this Thursday
10. Putt-putt golf--yep, on 4th of July weekend, at a new place for us
11. Create Minecraft server
12. Make ice cream--yep, raspberry chocolate chunk
13. Have a lemonade stand (Bud asked to do it for Autism)--we raised $76
14. Play in sprinkler
15. Go to zoo
16. Biking
17. Celebrate 4th of July--went to a kung fu friend's picnic
18. Celebrate Solstice--not really this year
19. Celebrate Mama's birthday--does Harry Potter World count?
20. Birthday parties for kids--slumber party and rope course
21. Decorate chalkboard for summer
22. Learn to cook weekly dinners
23. Make ice cube candles
24. Make soap
25. Learn an ASL sign a day
26. Create a Zentangle tile-a-day--I've done this
27. Make friendship bread starter and share


Attend friends' Friday Night Dance Party--not as often as I'd like, but we've been a few times
Start afternoon tea party tradition
Kite flying
Wash car
See Finding Dory--yes
See Secret Life of Pets--yes
See Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them--ooops, November
Harry Potter and the Curse Child book party--Mama and I went
Set up tent in backyard
Zentangle classes with Sis and Bud helping--great success!

Plus a few things not on the original list:
 38.  Learn a new game--for me, Dragonvale; the kids have picked up Slither-io.  We have all tried the "retro" game 5 Seconds
39.  Do some of our summer homework NOT the last week of school--yep, both have done a lot of reading and a little math at khanacademy.org
40.  Harry Potter tag--with special rules for spells like "incendio" (can't cross a certain fire line), "expelliarmus" (can't use wand for 20 seconds), and "stupefy" (can't move for 30 seconds).
41.  "B" movies--Sharknado!
42.  Those pre-80s TV shows--"Gilligan's Island," "Love Boat," "Happy Days," "Brady Bunch"
43.  Watch "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." with kids
44.  Mommies' nano-honeymoon weekend
45.  Watch the Great British Bakeoff
46.  Sis starts horseback riding
47.  Mama and Sis take sailing lessons
48.  Sis has rock climbing camp
49. Bud does computer camp--and spends one night

Coming Soon:

• A week with Gommie
• Overnight camp for a week for Bud
• lobster dinner sailing cruise
• Great Hawk Migration program

And the one thing that never, ever crossed our minds for the summer:  getting Eris!