The Summer Bucket List Round-up

 



Since Evie has had mounds of homework lately we've been spending our mornings mostly working through it. Our evenings are full every week with family time, the gym, the dance studio, friends, and weekend shenanigans but we've managed to squeeze in some fun STEM activities, art and play here and there. Today we had hip hop class. She has been begging me to sign her up for karate and competition cheer but there just isn't enough time in the week right now and we're also entertaining girl scouts so it's just too much! 



This week is Spirit Week at school and today was crazy sock day. Evie chose one mermaid sock and one Halloween Harry Potter sock for her crazy socks today. She has been doing better about going to school and seems more comfortable being there but she still struggles with her teacher. I'm hopeful that if we choose public schools next year she will be assigned to a teacher who is more understanding, fun, and flexible. Her current teacher is very strict and rigid about rules and it's a lot for a 5 year old to live up to.



So...how did our summer bucket list go? Pretty well! I really thought we'd check off the zoo and mini golf but we just ran out of time. Overall we did really well. We planned to see two outdoor movies but then we got sick and while there is one in our neighborhood this week, Evie has decided that she'd rather go to Haunt at Kings Island and I'm honestly good with that. I think some of these would be more achievable with older kids so maybe we'll try to finish it up next year! Even though we didn't check them all off we definitely had a really epic and fun summer and I can't wait for the next one (but I'm also very excited for what the next seasons will bring us). :)

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