truckin' through our summer list

 

 We've been making some progress on our summer to do list since the last time I checked in.  I'm absolutely LOVING this project.  I'll admit that about halfway through the summer I started to feel a bit...overwhelmed by my plans, and underwhelmed by my lack of energy.

Thankfully I think that had more to do with the crazy heat and less to do with any true lack of motivation on my part.  

And soon I found myself re-energized.  Many of the things on this list can be done in the evening after I get home from work and Sadira and I have dinner, with little extra effort.  Cause let's face it, the last thing you want to do after working all day, then coming home and fixing a meal, are more TASKS.  

 These things have been fun.  I'm not sure who's enjoyed this more...me or Sadira.

So an update:

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 

#8. Feed ducks

 

 

#17.  Go on a picnic

 

#22. Cookout

 

#34. Make Cherry Blossom art

 

#38.  Make frozen yogurt strawberries

 

(Unfortunately I forgot to take pics of the finished product, so this second hand cell phone pic will have to do...sadly they were not quite as delicious as I was hoping...but pretty yummy dipped in Nutella. Like, ya know, practically ANYTHING.) ;-)

 

#42. Play sidewalk chalk

 #47.  Ride bikes

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once in a blue moon

Today's post is a two-fer.  Cause that shot is most definitely my phursday phavorite photo.  I mean, seriously, look at that moon!  I love it.  I'm in love.  And the best part?  I took it from my front steps.  LOVE.

So I had this really great idea yesterday as I was about to leave work that Sadie and I could go rollerskating at the park near our house and take a picnic dinner with us...knocking out two of the items on our summer list, and having some fun before the Olympics came on tonight.

But then I walked outside, and it was hot.

And then I got in my car (that still has no A/C) and it was even hotter.

And then I drove home in traffic, and it was hot AND humid.

And by the time I picked Sadie up from daycare and got home, I really just wanted to lay low and stay indoors.

So I thought it would be fun to do the Oreo moon project that I had thrown on our summer list (orginally spied on Pinterest) when all of sudden I heard Brian Williams on the NBC Nightly News mention that it was a full moon tonight.  And not just any moon...a BLUE moon month.  Meaning that in the month of August there will be TWO full moons, one on the first (last night) and one on the 31st.  The second full moon of the month is called the blue moon.

This is special because it apparently only happens every 2-3 years.  So the last one was in December 2009, and the next one won't happen until  July 2015.

Well, hot damn!  If that isn't good timing, I don't know what is.

So we did our project:

Added a very special BLUE moon:

Took a peek outside to observe the real moon for ourselves

And then while Sadira enjoyed eating the moons from our lesson,  I enjoyed my very own Blue Moon--the beer, not the Oreos.

Happy Thursday!

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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! ;-)

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