Our winter bucket list!

It's that time again to do our bucket list!

We have had so much fun with our summer and fall bucket lists that we didn't have a hard time compiling a list of things we want to do this season.

Our list is pretty easy.

 

1. Learn what the Christmas season truly is about

2. Build a snowman (hopefully we get enough snow)

3. Read Christmas stories

4. Watch Christmas movies

5. Drink hot chocolate by the fire

6. Sleep by the fire

7. Make Christmas cookies for Santa

8. Make Christmas crafts as a family

9. Listen and have a dance party to Christmas music

10. Sing Christmas songs

11. Send out Christmas cards

12. Make our own ornaments

13. Drive around and see Christmas lights

14. Go to "Zoo Lights"

15. Take family Christmas photos

16. Make Christmas shape pancakes

 

I love our bucket lists. They really make us spend even more time as a family doing fun things! Also, if we are ever having a day that we don't know what to do, I can always revert to this list and see what we haven't done!!

 

♥ Julie

 

Our summer bucket list

I honestly have not even thought much about this bucket list since I wrote it... Oops. Luckily now that I am looking at it, we did so much this summer and I am so happy to see that we accomplished quite a bit! 

#1 was read lots of books. I subconsciously remembered this one because I took pictures of most of the books we read. We love to buy the big Disney books that have multiple stories in them so I didn't include those. Also, my kids seem to like the same three books over and over and over. Our weekly visits to the bookstore were great though. I really enjoyed some of the books we read! 

#2 was put on a show with paper bag puppets which we also did. I think my little ones are still a little young for this one, but we did it anyway. They had plenty of giggles over the mouths 😉

#3 ICE CREAM!! 

#4 go to the zoo and match patterns to the animals. We did this! It was apparently really easy too. My three year old ran around yelling what the animal was before we were anywhere near it! 

#5 The Colorado Balloon Classic was absolutely amazing! We got up at about 4:30 in the morning for the drive but both of the girls, hubby and I really enjoyed it! 

#6 Go to a cupcake/ cake shop was unfortunately not done. We went out for ice cream several times because that is always what Chloe wants for dessert :) 

#7 Look for shapes in the clouds... I think we may be a bit young for this because we had NO luck 😩

#8 Go to 10 different parks! We managed that! We went to Lac Amora, Zang Spur, Midway, Outlook, Northmoor, Waneka, Peter Pan, Erie, Lousville Community, Wildgrass and Big Dry Creek!! 

#9 Make paper plate masks. We didn't do, we actually bought a little kit and made eye masks which was fun!! 

#10 Go to the pet store! We did! The Park Meadows mall has a pet store with the cutest little puppies! We all loved it!! 

#11 Donate some clothes & toys, check!! 

#12 Scavenger hunt, sad! We never got around to this

#13 Movie night. We had several of these. But off of the top of my head we watched Free Birds together 😊😊😊 

#14 Feed the giraffes, this is still totally on our bucket list and we WILL be doing it sometime! 

#15 Have a picnic. We did this a few times when we went out for play days :) 

#16 Have a play date with three different friends! We had a few play dates over the summer! Play dates are great!! 

#17 have an overnight campout in the living room. I think we skipped this one. 

#18 Go to the movies. This one was hard. When we decided to try to go there were no kids movies anyone wanted to see in theaters so hopefully we can so this soon!! 

#19 take a walk. We love walks! We walked to the store, to Starbucks, to the park! 

#20 Go play at the new Discovery Zone in the Museum! Chloe adored this! For anyone in the Denver area, I highly suggest this! There is so much for the kids to do and it's awesome!! 

V

This summer was such a good summer for us! We got to go to Water World, have my sister visit (and although I loved her being here I think the girls enjoyed her visit more,) see the mermaids at the aquarium, to to the zoo, play with friends! I love living where we have all the opportunities we do!  

Toddler Summer Bucket List

Our Summer Bucket List

I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it would be neat to do it with my toddler.

Unfortunately, whenever I ask her what she wants to do, she says one of three things.

She loves the zoo, she loves the aquarium, and she loves the bookstore.

I had to do some digging for this, but I have compiled a list that hopefully we will be able to get done! I feel like some of these things are things we do all of the time, so I added a twist to them to make them a little bit more educational for her. Also, we are getting ready to move, so I am adding some things that will help me out too!

1. Read lots of books. With how often we end up at the bookstore, this should be easy!
2. Put on a puppet show with paper bag puppets. We haven't done puppets yet and I think that she will absolutely adore them!
3. Go out for ice cream! Who doesn't love ice cream?
4. Go to the zoo and match patterns to animals. This will be a new twist. I will print out a few patterns and see if she can match them to the animals!
5. The Colorado Balloon Classic. I think she will LOVE hot air balloons, and admission is free! It'll be a bit of a drive, but I'm sure it will be totally worth it!!
6. Go to a cupcake/ cake shop. Another treat, what can I say, I love food ;)
7. Look for shapes in the clouds. This one may be tricky as she does not like to sit still, but I think that if I can get her to, we will have a lot of fun!!
8. Go to at least 10 different parks. We have been doing pretty good on this, but I think she and I will start a list of every park we go to throughout the next few weeks.
9. Make paper plate masks. I will have to take a trip to the craft store for this!
10. Go to the pet store. She loves animals and this will be a fun way to get her out!
11. Donate some clothes & toys. This can be one of those days when we are packing. I may have a hard time getting her to give up toys, but we can try!!
12. Scavenger hunt. How fun will that be?
13. Movie night. We can watch just kids movies, make popcorn and have a special dessert! Just have to make sure Daddy is home!
14. Feed the giraffes! My husband and I bought Zoo Tycoon and she loves to watch play, how cool will it be for her to actually be able to feed them like in the game?!
15. Have a picnic. We will probably save this one for a cooler day.
16. Have a play date with three different friends. Maybe not all at the same time as that will probably get rowdy.
17. Have an overnight 'campout' in the living room. We have done this before and she enjoyed it, so if we do it again, I'm sure it will be just as fun!
18. Go to the movies. We don't do movies often, they're kind of a hassle, but as it is something that's a special treat I felt it would be a good idea to put it on the list.
19. Take a walk. We love taking walks! This one will be easy!
20. Go play at the new Discovery Zone in the Museum. We have been there once, and she loved it!!

I feel like this list is reasonable! It isn't too expensive, and it gives us a few days to just be lazy! I have to say spending time with my girls is one of my favorite things to do, and this will give both my hubby and I a great opportunity to bond with both of them over some fun things!!

Julie