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
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| 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!)
