Summer Bucket List

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A summer bucket list? Wait...it's summer already? Are you sure?

I'm so behind.

Ok, here goes. In the interest of fair play, I've decided NOT to copy and paste my To-Do list into this post. Because that would be cheating. And also very, very boring. So here's a list of 50 things, big and small, I'd like to do this summer.

1. Learn to make ceviche.

2) Drink sangria in the backyard (now that we actually have patio furniture, yippee!)

3) Take Baby N for his first swim

4) Hit the beach. A lot. 

5) Not freak out when sand gets on my legs.

6) Not freak out when sand gets in my car.

7) Not freak out when E gets sand all over the house.

8) Throw an amazing July 4th party

9) Let E hold her own sparkler without having a neurotic meltdown

10) Make our own ice cream

11) Find the perfect pair of wedge espadrilles

12) Get a fabulous tan while still using SPF 50

13) Host a backyard BBQ for my amazing neighbors (now that we actually have patio furniture, yippee!)

14) Master the art of blowing the perfect bubble

15) Break in my new picnic basket with dinner in the park

16) Hit the Friday night jazz fest at LACMA

17) See a concert at the Hollywood Bowl

18) Swim in the ocean 

19) Not freak out about seaweed touching me while I'm swimming in the ocean

20) Not freak out when E touches seaweed

21) Keep Baby N far, far away from seaweed so he doesn't attempt to put any in his mouth

22) Watch the sunset from the beach

23) Let J take E camping

24) Not freak out about letting J take E camping

25) Not call J every fifteen minutes to "check" when he takes E camping

26) Make a happy, enthusiastic face every time J mentions the word "camping"

27) Feed Baby N Cheerios

28) Paint my toenails hot pink

29) Rock the maxi dress trend 

30) Invite the girls over for Friday afternoon margarita playdates

31) Make lemonade and let E have the lemonade stand she wants so desperately

32) Teach E how to pedal her tricycle

33) Force E to wear her bike helmet while pedaling her tricycle

34) Go on vacation. Like, with a hotel and a pool and a beach and room service and everything. 

35) Take the kids on a family hike.

36) Re-master the hula hoop

37) Attend yoga class twice a week. For real.

38) Learn not to flinch and hold my breath when E goes underwater in the swimming pool

39) Cook a lobster feast at home

40) Not chicken out at the last minute because I can't stand the sound of lobsters screaming

41) Wear lots of gold jewelry to show off my fabulous SPF 50 tan

42) Not forget to sunblock the kids. 

43) Not forget to sunblock myself

44) Unpack the last remaining box from the move (yes, we moved over a year ago. Don't judge.)

45) Learn to grill fish...the right way

46) Girls night out reunion with my summer camp BFFs!

47) Wake E up in the middle of the night to look at the stars

48) Romantic getaway for J and I. Just for the night. Just the two of us.

49) Wear my beloved jean cutoffs. While I still can.

50) Drink a lot of carrot juice (and a lot of kale lemonade, and a lot of spinach ginger apple, and a lot strawberry watermelon lime, and...)

This post was written for Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop. The prompt? 

Create a bucket list of 50 things you want to do this summer (with or without the kids!)