Thinking of stuffs to do this summer

It being the first day of summer and all, I thought I'd sit down and write a list of things to do this summer with my girlies.  We need to find a bunch of stuff to do inside during the day since I can't do the heat with my MS, and we need to find stuff to do that doesn't require a whole lot of prep, or being around a whole bunch of people.

SOO, I've got some stuff in mind.

 

First, I think we are going to make some really pretty pet rocks.  Gonna go for a walk down by the water canal and pick up some rocks one morning, and then come home and paint them up.  I think the girls would have a blast doing that, and it would let them be creative.

 

Gonna do a "stained window" art project.  Gonna use some tissue paper and some aluminum foil to make really pretty decorations for our windows.  At least a couple of the smaller ones. That way we can block the sun out when it starts to get too hot around the house since we don't have central heat and air anymore.  I think it would be a really pretty way to handle the situation

 

Then I think I'm going to do a few painting projects with the girls.  Gonna buy some poster boards and some cheap paint and let them go at it.  Probably out on the back deck.  Let them paint up whatever they want to paint, and then we can hang them in their bedroom for a while.

 

Gonna work on our "Homeschool" project ideas.  Gonna sit down with the girls and talk about things they'd like to do when we start homeschooling.  I know they've got a LOT of ideas, and I want to get them all in a binder so they are easy to find once we do get started.

 

I think I'm going to start teaching the girls how to play the violin. At least my oldest. I think she would enjoy it, and it would make me SUPER happy to have someone else love the thing that I've been in love with for SO MANY YEARS, lol.  And depending on how much she likes it, we might try to write some music together. And eventually I could buy her her own violin and we could write duets to perform for people.  I think that would be fun

 

Gonna do a pretty photo shoot with the girls this summer too.  While their daddy is at work, we will dress up and go outside and take some pictures that we can share with their old teachers, and with family and friends.  I know they'd love it (They are such little hams) and I enjoy taking pictures too, so that would be fun for me as well.

 

Then I think we are gonna do a few fun science experiments.  The baking soda and vinegar with some food coloring.  Gonna make the cloud dough (basically it's ivory soup in the microwave - once we replace the microwave). Gonna teach them how to make mystery matter (cornstarch and water mixed up just right so it's a solid when you're poking at it and liquid when you just let it sit) and I'm sure I will find some other stuff to do. They always like to experiment, and that will be something to do that actually teaches them something too.

 

We are going to create journals, and have them put something in them every day.  Be it writing, or drawing, or stuff they find around the yard. It's going to be our own version of an art journal.  I think it would be good for them, because they both need to write better, and that would be a good way for them to do it with something they enjoy.

 

If you guys have any other ideas or webpages that you can recommend, please send them my way. We are always looking for new stuff to do.

 

hope everyone had an awesome day
LATER TATER
LYNZ