The Summer List

With summer here (well it is raining and feeling terribly summery today) and the school holidays have just begun so I thought a list of things to so will be the best way for me to collate my results.  My mind is jumbled with lots of things I want my little family to try and things that I must do while the weather is warmer.

So it would be fun to

• find some more walks through the reserves similar to Hunia
• take the children to an off road biking venue
• take Andre to the beach to help improve his confidence in sea water
• take Andre fishing I think we all can go
• Have a go at surfing after some lessons
• Playing some board games.  I especially like Cranium but any fun games will do

Then maybe we could make

• some seasonal cookies like these peppermint cookies,  rocky road,  chocolate pretzels, shortbread cookies
• special treat cookie dough fudge
• a vege garden....the key being start small and at the end of summer as I have a clay soil and will need to create a raised garden while planning to protect it from the rabbits I see in my yard.
• a new desert for when guests are around lemon meringue pie
• homemade freezer jam to be made

For the house I will need to

• work out what kind of edging I will need to do around the gardens I will have soon.  The flower need sorting and start working on that
• think about lighting and try to improve the quality of light inside and out.
• decide on the paint colour inside and out so paint can be purchase and curtaining can be decided on

Getting ready for the new school year

• sort out McKenzies musical instrument she has to learn this year.
• stationary will need to be ordered on line
• the last school skirt for McKenzie will need to be purchased when in stock

Craft things with the children

• a little recycling by making shrinky dinks
• make a keleidocycles
• Hang the tyre swing up
• help finish building the tree house
• tote bag

This looks like enough for the moment.

I can't wait to get started.