At the beginning of summer, I started noticing how a lot of families were making Summer Bucket lists.  It looked like a lot of fun, so I thought my kids and I would sit down and write one as well.  Then Honey, from Sunflower Schoolhouse asked if I would like to be a part of a Summer Bucket list series.  So a group of bloggers will be posting about what all is on our list, hopefully to  give you a little inspiration and extra ideas!  I hope you will join in with our fun!

After Honey had asked if I would join in this series, we got some news that we would be moving cross country away from family and friends.  So I thought I would add a little twist to some of the activities we would do.  Why not see how many activities we could do with our friends before we moved?  Needless to say, the kids have been having a blast and making memories with friends they won’t see for a while.

Our first activity that we had was a sleepover with a friend.  They had been asking for a long time if their friend, Jacob could come spend the night.  My kids had the whole visit planned!  The biggest highlight of the sleepover, was getting to play some video games.  They played several different games on the XBox and the Wii. My favorite was watching them play the Just Dance games.  It is so funny watching them dance to the songs.  What they don’t know is they are getting exercise when dancing AND was wearing themselves out for bedtime! 😉

The kids did go outside to play when it cooled off a little.  They had fun jumping on the trampoline and playing hide and seek.  During the hottest time of the day, they cooled off with popsicles and even watched a couple of movies with bowls of popcorn and kool-aid to wash it down with.

Jacob has been my son’s best friend for several years and I am so glad that we finally had a chance to have him over for a sleepover.  I know my son is going to miss him a lot, but we will always have the memory of this fun and fantastic sleepover for years to come.

Have you ever made a Bucket list before?  Do your children have sleepovers?

Be sure to stop by these other bloggers to see what fun they are having this summer!

Honey @ Sunflower Schoolhouse

Tonya @ The Traveling Praters

Jeniffer & Melissa @ Sisters ‘N Cloth

Tara @ Feels Like Home Blog

Lisa @ Creativlei

Nancy @ Proverbs 31 Jewels

Jennifer @ Teaching Boys

Kelli @ Adventurez In Child’rearing