What should be on our "Summer list" this year?

For the past two summers I have compiled a list of fun things to do with the kids in the summer and posted it in the mud room so we could see the items, check them off etc.  We were able to get 20 out of the 25 things listed done last summer.  Here is my list from last summer to get an idea:

1.  Make bouncing bubbles

2.  Go to the beach

3.  Ice cream from the ice cream truck

4.  Go to Busch Gardens

5.  Have a picnic

6.  Go to Pump it Up

7.  Make fancy popsicles

8.  Go to a "u-pick"

9.  Make something from the u-pick items

10.  Go to a waterpark

11.  Make s'mores

12.  Play in the sprinkler

13.  Catch fireflies

14.  Go to an outdoor concert

15.  See fireworks

16.  Go to a baseball game

17.  Make forts

18.  Scavenger hunt walk

19.  Make our own rock candy

20.  Have a water balloon fight

21.  Go to the movies

22.  Play flash light tag

23.  Go to the zoo

24.  Donate toys to goodwill (they have no idea that I do this all year-lol)

25.  Have a family movie night

So what should I add this year?  I know I want to add "Go to Luray Caverns" on the list because Travis really wants to go there and I know he would really enjoy it.  Last year when I posted about this someone mentioned going to a "u pick" which both boys LOVED doing so we will definitely be doing that again this summer.

Trying something new........

L to R:  Thai basil, sweet basil, cilantro and rosemary

Keeping plants alive has never been my strong suit but I am going to give it a shot.  lol  I am using fresh herbs more and more these days so I wanted to try and grow (read: keep alive lol) some here at the house.  So I'm starting small---one long box with 4 different herbs.  If I can keep them alive maybe I will get some other herbs or more of the ones I use a lot (like cilantro and basil).    They all say "lots of sun" so the back deck is a great place for them.  Keep your fingers crossed I can keep them alive---any tips you have would be great also.

Brody's soccer pictures

Brody hasn't been very "into" soccer this season.  In the fall he was LOVING it and I was hoping to get the same reaction out of him this season but.......no.  :(  Soccer is 45 minutes every Saturday and he is generally out on the field participating for maybe 15 minutes of that time.  Apparently this is the last season of soccer for him---next spring he will play t-ball.  :)

Here are his soccer pictures from the fall and this spring side by side.  He looks SO grown up in his spring picture----not the best picture of him but you can still see the difference.  I should note that half a second after they took this picture he flashed them an awesome smile----of course right?  LOL

"Kid pitch" baseball has begun........

Note:  I wrote this last week and kept forgetting to add the pictures and post it.  OOPS!

We have already learned after game 1 of "kid pitch" that most of the pitches are over the kids' heads.  lol  Which is why they don't ever walk in his league---after 4 balls the coach tosses a pitch from the side of the plate.   On Saturday Travis went 3 for 3 with 3 singles and one of those singles was actually off of the pitcher.  ;)  He also stole 4 bases and scored every time he got on base.  In his league they can't steal home---or he could've stolen home probably 3 times as well.

He played 1st base, 3rd base and catcher in the game and his team won 15-4 I think--well at least that was the last score I had heard and his team didn't even bat in the bottom of the last inning because they were ahead by so many runs.

A video of one of his singles---clearly it is one of the ones his coach tossed to him.  :)