Yikes! 30 days to Summer Vacation!

Holy Toledo! The boys get out of school 30 days from today!! I gotta get my behind in high gear. I need to finalize our "101 Summer Things to Do 2012" list.

Your what?!?! you ask.

Our "101 Summer Things to Do 2012" list.

Since Daniel started Kindergarten I have created what our family calls "Summer of Fun" or what I like to call "Mommy's Survival Guide to Summer with 3 Kids Under the Age of 10". It started out as a calendar with different activities to do each day in an effort to avoid hearing the dreaded phrase, "I'm bored!" Last summer it involved into "101 Summer Things to Do" This gave me more flexibility on a day to day basis. Some days we didn't get anything on the list done but other days we got to cross off multiple items. I try and keep it free or low cost. For example, "Catch a firefly" "Visit a new beach" "Build a sandcastle" "Watch salt water taffy be made" or "Walk across a covered bridge". The kids and I really enjoyed it and are looking forward to this summer's list. Now if only I could finish my scrapbook from last year's list before we start this year. The photos have been sitting in an album since last September but I need to journal all 101 things we did and I just haven't been able to do it for one reason or another.

I'm almost done with this year's list. Here's what I have so far:

1. catch a firefly    
2. play flashlight tag at night
3. watch fireworks
4. swim at night         
5. ride a ferry
6. ride a train
7. ride a roller coaster
8. eat cotton candy
9. watch salt water taffy be made
10. eat a homemade s'more
11. go camping
12. go fishing at a pond
13. go fishing at a lake
14. go fishing at a river
15. go to a baseball game
16. watch fireworks
17. eat an ice cream from ice cream truck
18. pick blueberries
19. pick strawberries
20. make homemade ice cream
21. swim in a river
22. swim in the ocean
23. swim in an above-ground pool
24. swim in an in-ground pool
25. swim in a kiddie pool
26. swim in a lake
27. visit 2 lighthouses in Massachusetts
28. visit 2 lighthouses in Rhode Island
29. visit 1 lighthouses in New Hampshire
30. visit a lighthouse in Maine
31. watch a parade
32. go to the drive-in
33. play mini golf
34. go down 30 different slides in one day
35. have a picnic in a park
36. have a picnic by the ocean
37. have a picnic in a city
38. have a picnic in the woods
39. have a picnic on top of a mountain
40. have a picnic indoors
41. visit an aquarium
42. visit a zoo
43. visit a museum
44. visit a farm
45. mail a postcard
46. hike to a waterfall
47. go hiking
48. paddle a kayak
49. build a sandcastle
50. walk across a covered bridge
51. visit an island (other than Rhode Island)
52. host 4 game nights with friends
53. eat a sno-cone
54. go to a concert
55. sell lemonade
56. go to a cookout
57. go to a birthday party
58. find a local location where a movie was filmed
59. make a finger paint drawing
60. have name announced at Pawsox game
61. learn a new card game
62. have a huge water gun fight
63. have a movie night
64.  read 20 new books
65. run through a sprinkler
66. play tennis
67. eat garden fresh veggies
68. bike ride on a new bike path
69. bike ride on an old bike path
70. pick cucumbers
71. pick green beans
72. pick tomatoes
73. ride a carousel horse
74. eat breakfast outside
75. eat lunch outside
76. eat dinner outside
77. watch a Perseid's meteor shower
78. learn to swim without goggles
79. photograph a tall ship
80. visit a cruise night
81. fly a kite
82. watch a sunrise
83. watch a sunset
84. decorate a pair of flip flops
85. make homemade ice cream sandwiches
86. kids make dinner night
87. go on a scavenger hunt
88. go on a photo scavenger hunt
89. ride 4 out of 8 antique carousels in MA
90. visit Vermont
91. visit New Hampshire
92. visit Maine
93. visit Connecticut
94. visit Rhode Island
95. have an underwater "steps" contest
96. go see Waterfire
97. do volunteer work
98. make a scrapbook of summer things we did

I need a few more to finish this year's list. Any suggestions?