Many of these things are simple and free, some will require lots of planning and more money then I care to think about right now, while others will be spur of the moment experiences-but that's true to life. Some are heartwarming moments, some are thought provoking activities, most are silly fun- but that's true to OUR life. So here goes........this is what I have so far......
Travel
- Visit at least 2 other continents
- Visit Niagara Falls
- Swim together in the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
- Visit 8+ National Parks
- Camp in Yellowstone
- Visit hole in the wall beach in Niantic CT
- Tour all the Smithsonians
- Tour Washington DC-monuments and White House
- Visit Ellis Island and Lady Liberty
- Go up in the Arch in STL
- See a play on Broadway
- Take a train!
- Take a ferry to and spend the night on the Outer Banks, NC
- Visit Hershey Park, PA
- Visit Roloff Farm in Oregon and get pumpkins
- Visit the Coral Castle in Florida
- Visit Hannibal Missouri while reading/leaning about Mark Twain
- Ice skate at Crown Center
Nature
- Eggs- hatch- raise ducks (because they seem cleaner then chickens and I had ducks growing up)
- Catch fire flies in a jar
- Watch frog and butterfly life cycle in our home
- Go mushroom hunting
- Learn to skip rocks
- Fishing
- Horse back riding at the beach
- Snorkel
- Watch a meteor shower
- Dance and play in the rain
- Spend a week at a dude ranch doing cowboy things
- Plant a butterfly garden
- Chase a rainbow
- Watch the sunrise
- Catch snowflakes on our tongues
- Make a snow fort and have a snowball battle
Home
- Build a tree house
- Paint a mural in our home
- Camp in our tree house
- Make smores!
- Tire swing
Food
- Eat crabs in Maryland
- Eat pizza in Central Park, NYC
- Try all 31 flavors at Baskin Robbins
- Make our own noodles
- Make our own ice cream
- Pick our own pineapples in Hawaii
Family
- Watch Daddy "jump" AIRBORNE
- Bury a family time capsule - dig up in 10 years
- Read all the Ramona books
- Learn another language
- Make a memory quilt
Serve
- Serve as a family at a soup kitchen
- Adopt and love family for Christmas
- Foster a pet for a deployed soldier
- Become a pen pal to a deployed soldier and send care packages
Silly Fun
- Hang flowers on our neighbor's door to celebrate May Day
- Go on a mud slide
- BOO our neighborhood in October
- Mail out a Flat Stanley
- Carve our initials in a tree
- Host a block party
