Summer activities

Haha, it's been a while! Our youngest is now two and I'm pregnant for the fourth (and last!) time. We just found out that our youngest (to be born in October) is a girl as well, so among other things I'm currently working on wrangling together all the boy clothes too small for Thomas and getting rid of them. I've also been working on a list of ideas to do this summer so the kids won't be able to complain of boredom; I figured here is as good a place to keep the list as anywhere, especially since my notebook with my draft keeps getting lost. I plan to make fun little cards for them to pick ideas out, but a typed list is a good first step, right? Here goes:

water balloons
camping
stargazing
pajama/movie day
make ice cream
take a hike
swimming
bug hunt
cardboard box fort
picnic at park
campfire dinner
library trip
play in sprinkler/hose
take a nature walk, take pics; on a rainy day use those pics to make a nature book
scavenger hunt
attend an outdoor concert
build sandcastles
build a wood craft
fly kites
sewing project - make picnic blanket
make sock puppets
make and blow bubbles
excavate ice/plaster block
bike ride
hotwheels races on driveway
dress up party
tie dye ice cube shirts
make pinecone bird feeders
make silhouettes
pet rocks
toy swap
fingerpainting
zoo
make lemonade
treasure hunt
splash pad
visit animal park in Sandusky
make cookies for friends
visit a farm
feed ducks
handprint art
play post office
make pizza
lego contest/building
toothpick/marshmallow building
popsicle stick puzzles
color
play freeze tag
make an obstacle course
paint with water on driveway
play hide and seek
play red light, green light
play Simon says
play Mother May I
decorate superhero capes
visit museum of art
corn maze (September or October)

Edited to add a few more ideas another local mom posted on her blog:

1. draw self portraits
2. have hopscotch fun
3. go bowling
4. make beaded necklaces
5. go to a parade
6. visit youngs dairy
7. visit ice cream factory – ye olde mill in utica ?
8. build boats from juice containers and find a place to test their floatability
9. visit anthony thomas for a factory tour
10. build an obstacle course
11. draw a play city on butcher paper, tape to floor – add directionals, cars, etc
12. go to a fair – ross county, ohio state, etc
13. visit santa maria downtown pirate ship
14. go to a columbus commons friday funday
15. have a mini-olympics session

Hopefully this will get us started!