Opposite Summer 2012

As we get closer to summer, we have a lot of things we want to do. I was talking to my friend about how hard all the "one years" were going to be. She told me she was going to do the opposite of the things she was doing last year and I think I might try that too. Instead of bedrest, contractions, c-sections and NICUs, I am making a list of things we want to do and experience this summer. I'm not calling it a "bucket list" because, well...you can probably figure that one out. So it's our Opposite Summer Extravaganza. We have been blessed with a curious, adventurous baby who is soon to be a year old. Danny and I both like to be outside doing things and after a long year and a long (LONG) winter inside, we are ready for summer. We are are ready to have a "normal" baby and do "normal" things with him. Here is our list so far. I'm sure it will get added onto.

* Go to Deception Pass

* Make homemade ice cream

* See Cohen walk

* Go tent camping

* Cohen's birthday party

* Whatcom Falls Park

* Visit Edaleen Dairy many, many times

* Keep making diapers

* Go to the zoo

* Go to the beach

* Take a road trip
* Get a tan (save me your lectures, I don't plan on being Ms. Hawaiian Tropic,
 I just would like to not be day-glo pale)

* Go Hiking

* Roast marshmallows

* Meet Elliott Archer Dahl

* Pack a lunch and go on a picnic

* Go to the Fair

* Get/Build a firepit

* Make a stepping stone for the garden 

* Go strawberry picking

* Make freezer jam

* Swim in Gramma & Grampa's pool

* Take a road trip

I also need to make a summer reading list, any suggestions?