Summer Bucket List for Families
Summer stretches out before us full of possibility. Here is a bucket list to make the most of every sunny day. Catch fireflies in a jar and release them before bedtime. Build the most elaborate sandcastle on the beach. Have a water balloon fight in the backyard on the hottest day. Make homemade ice cream in a bag. Sleep under the stars even if it is just in your own backyard. Visit a farmers market and let each child pick one unusual vegetable to cook together. Go on a family bike ride to get ice cream. Have a picnic dinner at the park. Run through sprinklers in your clothes. Watch a movie outdoors with a projector and a white sheet. The best summer memories rarely involve expensive vacations or elaborate plans. They happen in the ordinary moments when you are fully present with your family and the sun is warm on your skin. Pick a few items from this list and make this summer one your children will never forget.
Home is not a place. It is the people who make you feel most like yourself.
Families are not perfect. They are perfectly imperfect, and that is what makes them real.
Family life is messy, loud, exhausting, and the most beautiful thing there is.
Families are perfectly imperfect and that is real.
The ordinary days are what children remember.
Childhood is measured in moments not milestones.