WIsh us luck!

Here are the kids lengthy bucket lists for the summer. In case you can't read them all, here they are. We'll see how we do:

Lemonade stand, go swimming (100 times according to Tanner. We are at 15 I think right now), go to a baseball game, read 50 books, water day (with slip-n-slide out back), watch the Olympics, visit Natural Science Museum, grow flowers, have two FHEs a week (their wish for two treats a week), watch NBA finals, visit fairy trail park, visit ALL the splashpads, make popsicles, host the Wilcox Olympics, learn to read (Tanner; he is doing well so far), see the caves in San Antonio, go to the beach, craft stuff, game nights, ice skating (not sure about this one...), have a picnic, lots of playdates, and make tie-dye shirts.

 Ashton copied most of this on her own paper and added a bunch including: try new foods, go to the library, go to new parks, see new animals, new rides at SeaWorld (in August), extra BBQ nights, build a fort, make playdough, make slime, see fireworks, go strawberry picking, go to zoo, water balloon fights, go bowling, extra movie night, play with friends, fancy meals, learn a sport, go on a family bike ride, and go flower picking.

Needless to say, we will be very busy this summer, but in a good way. Our district seems to be pushing the "summer slide" a lot. I wonder if it is due to COVID and many students still falling behind. Of course, I looked into the research that drives this notion/mentality. And it has some flaws in it. I think we'll stick to our list instead of the virtual summer school option. I am good to not think about school for the next two months.