It’s hard to believe we’re a solid month into summer (technically), and 2 months in by normal standards! I thought it was about time to hold myself accountable for our summer bucket list challenge that I posted about early this summer and see how we’re doing with it!! (New notes in parentheses & italics next to those I have something to say about… and lines through those we’ve done!)
Here goes!!
- Go camping – (Turns out James doesn’t believe in camping in the summer. He’d prefer fall when it is chilly. I guess that makes sense, if we didn’t have 1 million weddings this fall… haha)
- Ride our bikes to get ice cream in Lincoln Square
- Take Chloe to the dog beach
- Read a book for fun – (I need to work on this. James bought me a fiction book to read for fun which I plan to start in August when things are slower around here!)
- Go to a water park
See a concert (preferably outdoors)– Going to see Justin Timberlake & Jay-Z tonight!! YES!!!Play in the backyard with the kids / grill out at my sister’s– Yup!! We played at home & out in Madison with the kids!Go to the Terrace& share a pitcher of Spotted Cow – We went to the Terrace, but we had ice cream instead of beer (there were children involved! haha)Take ballroom dance lessons– We’re 4 lessons into our classes at Arthur Murray with Charles and we love it!!Take James to get his tattoo finished– Done! But now he feels the need to add/fix/touch-up something on it – so this is kind of back on the list. Oh people and their tattoos. I will never understand… lol.Have a picnic dinner at Montrose Harbor by the skyline view at sunset– We watched the sunset at Montrose Beach, but didn’t have a picnic dinner. Does it count that we had dinner outside at a Mexican restaurant instead?! haha- Hang out at Jeanna & Mark’s house on the lake with friends from home – (I was hoping to do this over the 4th but little Greyson showed up late, so maybe we’ll make this happen in August!)
- Get a turtle sundae at Michael’s Frozen Custard – (We’ve been to Madison so many times already for work and never did this! Blasphemy!)
Eat popsicles & Luigi’s Ice as often as possible– Yes!!Read books & drink wine on the back deck at night– Well, it’s been to hot to do this on the back deck lately – but we’ve been doing this!- Make s’mores over a campfire – (I’m planning to cross this off at Turning Tides Retreat!)
- Go on a boat ride – (We just bought a Groupon to rent a boat to take on the Chicago River – so YES – SOON!)
- Go to a farmer’s market (preferably in Madison – because it is THE BEST) – (Not yet, but must do! I may have to go to a local one since I’m not sure we’ll be up in Madison on a Saturday for a while…)
Go strawberry picking & make at least one batch of fresh jam from mom’s recipe– I’m considering this done. I went strawberry picking, but used the berries to eat on cereal & put over ice cream instead. 🙂Find an outdoor pool in Chicago & swim more regularly– YES! We went 2 times last week now that we found a pool we like! Yeah free Chicago pools!!- Go to a drive-in movie & watch it from the roof of our car
How are you all doing on your summer bucket lists?! We have a lot to do yet – but I’m loving crossing each and everything off this list!! Summer has actually felt a bit like SUMMER this year and not just non-stop work! 🙂 Yay!!!
