Summer is finally here... and I swear before we all blink, it'll be over! I have already heard rumblings of back to school shopping.
Summers are really so short and there are so few of them before the kids are off and grown beyond the magic of a summer day. So to help you document summer, here's a list of 50 things to think about doing this summer and photographing to help you remember what a special time it can be.
1. making s'mores
2. water balloon fights
3. local parades
4. carnival rides
5. playing baseball
6. backyard BBQ
7. flying a kite
8. zoo trip
9. swimming in the pool on giant floats
10. train ride
11. watching a professional baseball team
12. campfires
13. getting a pedicure
14. playground in the park
15. flowers
16. riding bikes
17. farmer's markets
18. toes in the ocean and sand
19. sleeping kids
20. floor forts
21. rainy day reading or coloring
22. playing tag
23. sidewalk chalk drawings
24. fishing
25. building sandcastles
26. blowing bubbles
27. watching clouds
28. collection of rocks or shells
29. front yard lemonade stand
30. garage sale
31. ice cream sundaes
32. hula hoops
33. making paper airplanes
34. baking cookies
35. gardening
36. eating watermelon
37. strawberry picking
38. scraped up knees and hands
39. sunrise and sunset
40. catching fireflies
41. jumping off the diving board
42. splashing in the ocean waves
43. climbing a tree
44. washing the car
45. a hike and the view from the top
46. scavenger hunt
47. tie-dying shirts
48. trip to local aquarium
49. watching fireworks
50. shooting hoops
51. one bonus one... back to school shopping. It'll be September before we know it!