eighteen down...a lot to go

As I mentioned a few posts ago, we've been making some great progress on our summer to do list.  Now that approximately one third of the summer is under our belts, I wanted to check in to make note of all of the  summer that has been had.

And to prove that I'm not THAT much of a procrastinator...

Here's the updated list:

1. Go for a ride on the Seadog
2. Go to Sailabration
3. See the Blue Angels
4. Attend a Free Family Sunday at the BMA
5. Check out the Mr. Potato Head exhibit  at Port Discovery
6. Have a water balloon fight
7. Walk from our house to Federal Hill and back
8. Feed ducks 
9. Eat a snowball from Walther Gardens
10. Read 100 books (Sadira)
11. Read 10 books (Nasrene)  I guess we can see who the overachiever is in this family. 
12. Go bowling
13. Make homemade ice cream
14. Go to a drive in movie at Bengies
15. Eat steamed crabs!!!
16. Build a sandcastle
17. Go on a picnic
18. Attend an outdoor movie night
19. Ride the dragon boats at the harbor
20. Take a tour of Camden Yards
21. Visit Pierce's Park and West Shore Park
22. Cookout
23. Make a robot
24. Eat a funnel cake
25. Go to the farmer's market
26. Do a service project for the community
27. Go to the zoo
28. Visit Our Playground at Stadium Place
29. Go to a water park
30. Spend a whole day at Annie's Playground
31. Catch lightening bugs
32. Make it through all four ballet recitals
33. Go roller skating
34. Make Cherry Blossom art
35. Make flour stars for the 4th of July
36. Glowsticks in the bathtub
37. Make a ballet recital shadowbox
38. Make frozen yogurt strawberries
39. Study the phases of the moon...using Oreos
40. Go swimming at Sandy Point State Park
41. Get faces painted
42. Play sidewalk chalk
43. See Brave at the movies
44. Plant a garden
45. Dinner at By The Docks
46. Go to the ocean
47. Ride bikes
48. Spend a day at the Fort
49. Get matching pedicures
50. Run the bases at Camden Yards.
    
    

#45. Dinner at By the Docks

We actually did this for Father's Day with my mom and grandparents.  We have no pictures from inside the actual restaurant, but this one is a cute shot of Sadie and Pop after dinner.

#14. Go to a drive in movie at Bengies

  (Bengies, an East Baltimore landmark)

Watching from inside the car:

Or outside:

And just to kill two birds with one stone, we.....

43.  Saw Brave at the movies

 

(These are the only two photos I sneakily took, because photos are NOT allowed at the drive-in! Shame on me..)

We made it home with minutes to spare before the crazy derecho storm passed through our area, and knocked out our power. 

#36. Glowsticks in the bathtub

 

(Pics don't do it justice...seriously, this was AWESOME!)

 #32. Make it through all four ballet recitals

Dress rehearsal

 

Performance #1

 

Performance #2

 

Performance #3

 

Performance #4

(Whew!)

#37. Make a ballet recital shadowbox.

#49. Get matching pedicures

Not to be confused with her very FIRST pedicure, which was this day:

 

 That's all for now...Brandon and Ashleigh are visiting us the weekend, so I'm sure we'll be knocking more off the list...happy Friday the 13th! ;-)