Liliana & her 4th of July "To Do" List

Liliana's 4th of July "To Do" List

Her Successfully Completed Activities from the first week of July:

• Catch a lightning bug all by herself
• Play with little sister
• Help Grandma make a berry pie
• Eat berry pie
• Construct a mermaid palace using shells

• Watch all the hopping frogs that big cousin Elijah caught and placed in a bucket with lily pads
• Help color in a "Happy Birthday" banner for Aunt Emily, Uncle Jeremy, and Cousin Rachel (and then eat cake)
• Fill a pan with sand and water to use as a beach scene for playmobile toys
  

  

  
  
• Sing through our patriotic book pile

• Learn to do log rolls in the grass
• Eat smores made over a bonfire 

• Listen as Uncle Jeremy reads The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe aloud at bedtime
• Talk with Aunt Emily and "help" her pack baby clothing
• Go to an antique store
• Blow bubbles
• Spill the bottle of bubbles
• Find more bubbles
• Sail boats in the pool and splash in the water
• Pick and eat gooseberries and black raspberries

• Peak in at the baby robins nesting in the black raspberry bush
• Walk Elijah's dog

• Help Grandma water flowers
• Pick lots of flowers
• Pick peas and green beans from our garden

• Ride the rocking horse with cousin Maren

Note that Maren's best friend of the week, Uncle Sam is riding the horse too!

• Eat lots of outdoor meals, including salmon tostadas, fish tacos, and of course, popsicles
• Say good-bye to cousins moving to Chicago area (we miss you so much already!)