Summer Bucket List 2013 - Hamer Style ;)

If you follow us over on FaceBook or Twitter, you saw me post earlier this week about a summer bucket list and The Happy Family Movement!

I've been putting ours together with a little input from the boys, Jas and even our cub scouts Fun for the Family book! We have 100 fun things we are planning to do over the summer, starting THIS weekend!

Without further ado:

Our Summer Bucket List 2013 - Hamer Style!
(in no particular order)

1. Visit Toledo 5/25-5/26
2. Play charades
3. Make ice cream sandwiches
4. Read-a-thon - read aloud book(s) with everybody taking turns (cub scouts 3P) Didn't really take turns reading, but mom read aloud from a chapter book. We never did finish it :(
5. Cookout with friends
6. Dance party
7. Go to Jungle Java
8. Technology-free day - Boys pick activity for the day
9. Pajama and movie day with snacks
10. Catch frogs
11. Fly a kite
12. Obstacle course (cub scouts 5L)
13. Puppet Show
14. Play cornhole
15. Money games - Monopoly/PayDay (cub scouts 2K)
16. Watermelon seed spitting contest
17. Celebrate the Date (cub scouts 1B) - Moving to a Fall activity :)
18. Go to the beach
19. Heritage party (cub scouts 1I) - Fall activity, due to planning :)
20. Story Creator - write a story by taking turns adding to it (cub scouts 3R)
21. Tour Morley Candy 
22. Go to the library weekly - after school is out only made it once so far, but we did get a ton of books :)
23. Make homemade sorbet 
24. Go fishing
25. Catch fireflies
26. Make "recycled robots" 
27. Make your own pizzas
28. Picture scavenger hunt - use pinterest for inspiration on lists/ideas, can be nature, or in a city, even around the house!!
29. Make - or paint - suncatchers 
30. Drive in movies - Field of Dreams Drive-in or Ford Drive-In (Find one near you here) 
31. Lemonade stand - here's some cute printables 
32. Have a garage sale
33. Make tie-dye shirts
34. J's baptism - hopefully first Sunday in July!! (also satisfies "church visit" cub scouts activity 3B) - moved to later in the year
35. Water "sponge-bomb" fight 
36. Try a new restaurant 6/2
    
37. Visit River Raisin National Battlefield - check out free National Park days for a park near you! - Fall activity:)
38. Kids' Workshop at Home Depot June 1st - Lawn Mower Pencil Holder 9am
39. Kids' workshop Home Depot July 6th - Despicable Me 2 surprise craft! 9am  - missed this one due to a trip to their grandparents :)
40.  Banana splits/ice cream sundaes 
41. Play Simon Says
42. Go to Bay-Rama Fishfly Festival missed this one :(
43. Nature Honor - grow a small flower/plant (cub scouts 5J) - moving to spring :)
44. Go apple picking - Fall activity :)
45. Make chalkboard paint and make individual chalkboards for each boy
46. Face paint
47. Go to a Farmer's Market
48. Go bowling - up to every week!! Check out kidsbowlfree.com - 2 free games for each kid, every day at a nearby bowling alley from now till September, plus a family pass available for sale for up to 4 adults (not necessary but if you want to bowl with the kiddos, it's a great deal)! went twice so far but hope to go a time or two more before the end of summer.
49. Star Wars movie marathon - all 6 may end up taking a few days to complete with littlest.
50. Family campout in backyard (cub scouts 3D)
51. Memorial Day parade (and cub scouts potluck after) (cub scouts 3H) 5/27
    
52. Make homemade doughnuts 7/7
53. Backyard Angry Birds - some great inspiration on pinterest
54. Build a city with blocks
55. Make sidewalk chalk/paint and draw all over the driveway Never made the chalk but we did have a cool looking driveway ;)
56. Go to the Detroit Zoo or Toledo Zoo
57. Visit the DIA
58. Picnic
59. "Hamer" family reunion
60. Hide and Seek
61. Go to the playground/park 5/27
62. Treasure Hunt (Geocaching) - tried, but no luck so far
63. Family Game Day/Night (cub scouts 2F)
64. Water gun fight
65. Make S'mores
66. Play Sardines
67. Have a bonfire
68. Go swimming 
69. Take a hike at Stony Creek Metropark or Wolcott Mill Metropark
70. Visit Michigan Adventure 
71. Go to Tons O' Trucks - June 1st 10am-1pm
72. Watch fireworks
73. "House upon a rock" - build a sandcastle (cub scouts 1K)
74. Play mini-golf - Jason took the two older boys :) We did go a second time and Jack enjoyed watching us play.
75. Go on a bike ride (cub scouts 4a)
76. Wash the van/truck together ;)
77. Paint rocks
78. Star-gazing
79. Make a butterfly feeder
80. Watch the sunset
81. Make a name-book (cub scouts 1o)
82. Baseball game - Detroit Tigers or Toledo Mud Hens
83. Ice cream truck
84. Build a fort
85. Family restaurant (cub scouts 2d)
86. Play in the rain
87. Carriage ride - next summer possibly, with Mackinac Island
88. Go to Mackinac Island  - moving to next summer possibly, due to constraints
89. Play a card game
90. Collect shells
91. Fudge from Mackinac - next summer with 87 & 88
92. Neighborhood pixie (cub scouts 4n)
93. Finger paint
94. Make cookies
95. Video game tournament
96. Make mini-marshmallow guns
97. Guess who? (not the board game!) (cub scouts 2h)
98. Make a pool noodle race track and race cars
99. Pillow fight
100. Adventure Time marathon 

Pictures to come later of our bucket list "cards", if blogger will let me upload some pictures!

The boys are excited to do this, so even though they have about 3 weeks of school left, we are starting this weekend with 1, 48, and 51. Talk about a great start to a fun summer!