Each summer I imagine all the things we can do now that we
don’t have to compete with homework and after-school responsibilities and I try
to cram all the stuff we don’t get around to from September to June into the
two and a half remaining months of the year.
Despite not getting anywhere near through the list last year, this year
will be no different. I still imagine a
photo gallery wall going up our staircase and cleaning up my garden into a
beautiful, functional outdoor office.
Here’s a few other items on my summer to-do list (with input
from my kids)
- Find all the terrapins at the University of Maryland College Park campus and get ice cream from the dairy
- Catch a few movies – we’ve already started with opening day viewings of Fault in our Stars and How to Train a Dragon.
- Find more fresh-made ice cream spots near us. Or during our travels. We stopped at a road-side stand o Route 50 (Maryland) for scoops of Princess pink and Cookies & Cream.
- Plan our roadtrip for the summer (we’re thinking about heading north)
- Read a lot
- Pack up for a local daytrip or some hometown touristing.
So far, we've had a good start. Unlike our normal routine - we actually cancelled a few weekend plans and rearranged our schedule to get away to the beach for the weekend. We
had a nice small town visit to Berlin, Maryland - America's Coolest Small Town - located just before you get to
Ocean City, Maryland. We walked through town (it’s something quaint about a
town that’s still sleepy and quiet on a Sunday morning), ate cupcakes in the
sweets shop, played with toys in an antique toy shop, and bought a few skeins
of yarn at the small-town requisite yarn shop.
We've started off with a small departure from our normal hustle and bustle days. Looking forward to another beautiful summer.
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