I'm still shocked that the school year is over and it's already partway through summer break. Gosh where has time gone? These are my summer goals for myself and the kids. The things in bold have already been completed.
The Cheerleader (age 17):
get a summer job
learn to plan, shop for, and cook at least 5 meals
learn to make a budget
learn to balance a checkbook
read at least one book per month on 3rd book already
have fun
The Daughter (age 5):
turn 6 years old
take lego robotics class at local community college
learn to play chess
learn to tie her shoes
learn to count money
read at least 25 books
practice baiting her own hook while fishing
practice swimming
have fun
BabyBoy (age 1 year):
attempt potty raining
attempt to wean off bottle
try new foods (watermelons, blueberries, ice cream, hushpuppies, shrimp, squash)
learn at least 3 new words (two so far, "thank you" and "ball")
have fun
Me (age 30something):
turn a year older
get job
read all unread books on shelf at home
exercise daily
keep pool from turning green
practice speaking en espanol
have fun
Places to go, things to do, stuff to see:
swim almost daily
go camping
go to beach
library summer reading program
library storytime
chuck e cheese
zoo
botanical gardens
kids museum
regular art museum
science center
aquarium
3 comments:
What a great idea to write down your goals! But really, you have such reasonable goals for the kiddos (I might question the chess-learning goal for The Daughter, but just because I never figured it out doesn't mean that a young one can't) and maybe too much for yourself. (Okay, maybe I'm projecting. Again. Just because I have 15 unread books plus the three from the library and don't have time to read any of them because I'm looking for a new job as well, and I don't even have kids to be looking after yet doesn't mean that you reading all of your unread books is impossible. I'm still working on making sure that my brita pitcher doesn't turn green; a pool is a much bigger proposition.
Thanks for the inspiration; I'm going to go make a list of my own goals.
The Daughter is very scientific minded and has observed her PawPaw playing Chess, so I bought her a set with instructions for kids. On each piece it has arrows of which way it can move, etc. It will be a fun thing for her and my dad to do together. He has tried for 30 years to teach me to play but it's just not happening.
I threw my Brita water pitcher thingy out because I couldn't keep it clean. And reading all the unread books on my shelf at home has been my goal for at least a decade now. I have an overdue library book in my bag that I don't have time to read. LOL
Great idea, I'm going to copy you...if you don't mind, and post my goal list on my blog. Imitation is a form of flattery right? :) Then I think at the end of summer I'll repost it, crossing off what I/we got accomplished. That may make me work a little harder.
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