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Motherhood · June 2, 2017

Summer Bucket List

Happy Friday, friends! Brandon’s parents have been here visiting from Iowa since Saturday, it was so fun having them and the girls have become totally attached. We are so sad to see them go today. Living far away from family is never easy, it breaks my heart when the girls have to say goodbye. This week has felt like a mini vacation, we went to the zoo & the splash pad, and have pretty much turned our backyard into a mini water park with an inflatable pool, slip-n-slide and sprinkler. Now all we need is the ice cream truck to swing by & we will be set! 😉

The girls are officially done with school so we wrote out our Summer bucket list & are ready to start checking things off. If you have never done one with your kids, I highly recommend it. It is so fun to compile the list & get the kids excited, but also always gives you so many ideas for where to start when you are making all of your Summer plans! Harper will be starting kindergarten so soon, which I can hardly believe, so I am going to soak up every last minute of having all three of my girls with me all day long. Even when it is 110 degrees outside, we are going to make it the best summer ever.

Can you tell which number was all Harper’s idea?

What are your summer plans?! Would love to hear your ideas & plans!! XO

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Posted By: Jessica Garvin · In: Motherhood

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Comments

  1. Stefani says

    June 2, 2017 at 1:47 pm

    Our summer bucket list sounds about the same minus the tutus (boy mom! lol!) ! 😀 Pizza on the grill sounds amazing! Maybe i should add that to my list too!

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  2. Allison says

    June 2, 2017 at 4:10 pm

    Love the bucket list idea; however, if I asked my 3.5 year old son, his answer would likely be “go on a snake hunt” for all items on our list. Might have to steal some of yours!! ❤️

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  3. Heather says

    June 2, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    Such a great idea! My little guy is almost 3, so I am so excited for a fun summer. I know that he will love the beach, and I also want to take him to first baseball game, first movie, and first fireworks. Also, Great Wolf Lodge for his 3rd bday!

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  4. Heather says

    June 2, 2017 at 4:22 pm

    So fun! My little guy is almost 3, so I can’t wait to take him to first baseball game, first fireworks display, and first movie. Also, lots of beach time and Great Wolf Lodge for his 3rd bday!

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  5. Heather says

    June 2, 2017 at 4:23 pm

    Ugh sorry that posted twice. It froze so I wrote again!

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  6. Celeste says

    June 2, 2017 at 4:35 pm

    So fun, we just put out a fairy garden yesterday! I got them to put it just outside the lanai within view of the slider door and they are constantly peeking out and checking for fairies, so cute. We are also going to a watermelon festival and a new laser tag place that just opened up, learning about medicinal herbs (we are currently obsessed with cinnamon and thyme tea and the Herb Fairy books) and learning to tie shoes bc they are slow at that shiz on school mornings. Your list sounds fun, I bet my girls would flip out to get ice cream in tutus, harper’s a genius!

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  7. Maggie says

    June 2, 2017 at 5:39 pm

    Wear tutus and get ice cream?! If not Harper, that’s my kind of summer 🙂 So fun, thanks for sharing!

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  8. Sara says

    June 2, 2017 at 6:37 pm

    Where tutus and get ice cream ?

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  9. Lindsay says

    June 2, 2017 at 7:23 pm

    Where did you get the blow-up pool? Thanks!

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  10. Kate Powell says

    June 3, 2017 at 4:41 am

    This list is so sweet, and I’m fairly certain that you are the cutest mama alive ? Tell Harper that tutus & ice cream sounds absolutely perfect 😉 ?

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  11. Ashley Green says

    June 3, 2017 at 12:34 pm

    I love this! Stealing all the ideas!

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  12. Annie Stroh says

    June 4, 2017 at 9:58 am

    OK….Does Eloise’s swimsuit say “Mac and say Cheese”? Because if it does, I want it in my life (for my daughter!). Where did you get it from?

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  13. brittney says

    June 5, 2017 at 7:33 am

    I was just beginning to make our summer fun list yesterday!! it’s the best in helping to not forget what you want to do!!

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  14. Diane says

    June 10, 2017 at 11:10 pm

    I live for the summer and so do my kids! We are in the process of putting a pool in and I really think that’ll end up being our summer hang out spot once it’s finished! Where is there a splash pad around here? I can see my older two loving that in the meantime!

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  15. Brend S says

    June 16, 2017 at 7:48 pm

    “Do Sparkles”
    Harper? Lol

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