Our Bucket List

My dear friend (who runs http://pwcmoms.blogspot.com/) is running a fabulous giveaway and asked for bucket lists (and progress made on them). My first thought was, how can it be almost a month into summer? I guess getting settled and fixing up a beautiful foreclosure answers that, but summer doesn't last forever and I need to get a move on accomplishing some FUN stuff for a change! (Thanks for the reminder, most awesome friend K!) That said, this is the bucket list that my family came up with. It's sort of jumbled by who asked for what, but it's pretty comprehensive!

Go to the beach - The VA Marine Science Museum has a stingray pool, and you can actually touch the stingrays! I love it there. And we could stay at Great Wolf Lodge on the way down - that would be awesome!

Go to the park - I think Ian was talking about Kids Dominion, so that one may have to wait until school starts as we're not Montclair residents, although I'm also very interested in checking out Clemyjontri in Mclean.

Go to Pepere's house - DONE. We were there in June!

Make smores - I have no idea where this one came from, but it sounds yummy to me!

See a movie with the kids - Jason took Ian to see Cars 2 (and I was appalled at what I heard about it, so I may be glad I wasn't there even though I love Pixar like mad), and I have plans to take them to see one or two movies at Regal's Dollar Days in August (I'm not impressed with their selection's appropriateness).

Sign up for the summer reading program - DONE!

Go to the pool - DONE, pretty much every day!

Find a farmer's market - I miss the Dale City market so much, there must be an equivalent here in B'stow?

Plant a small garden - This one will have to wait until next year, unless my dying fruit bushes and tiny cherry tomato plant count! LOL

Go to a PYO fruit place and pick our own - This one pretty much speaks for itself. Want to do it, never been - maybe in the fall when it's cooler?

Go to Burke Lake Park - yep, we've lived in NoVa for YEARS and never been (but we've heard fabulous things about the carousel!).

Go to House of Bounce - this is a new addition. Since moving out to Bristow, Ian has felt the lack of Kids in Motion keenly - plus, I made the mistake of telling him we were getting tickets at the library last week (not knowing the libraries gave out different coupons - whoops, my bad). Needless to say, I've heard of little else since then!

Head to the National Aquarium in DC - Very interested in their toddler-specific area, and along the same lines...

Head south to Children's Museum of Richmond - Yep. Lived here for years. Never been. You'd think we never get out, but I swear we do. :)

The National Zoo in DC and the Baltimore Aquarium are on the list as well, but with the heat they'll probably be "Fall Bucket List" items as well.