60 Fun Things To Do Before Orry Turns 6

Allow me to set the scene.  Orry asks if we can eat at 59 Diner again.  I say no, but to console him I give him the option of choosing where we eat for his birthday.  Now, this seemed like a pretty good deal to me.  But to Orry is was a question of how many days until his birthday.  Not doing the proper math I estimated that it would be a little more than 60 days.  60 days!!  To a 5, almost 6, year old, that's like forever.  He was sure it wasn't going to be any fun waiting for his birthday.  And so an idea was born.  60 fun things to do before he turns 6. (Unfortunately yesterday was the 60th day before his birthday.  Thankfully we've already crossed a couple of things off the list.)

HMNS

Sidewalk chalk-check...  Fun-double check

1. flying kites
2. going to the beach
3. going to the museum (HMNS)
4. going to the movies
5. finding a new park
6. swimming in a pool
7. taking a road trip
8. going fishing
9. going to the zoo
10. making homemade ice cream sundaes
11. riding bikes
12. watching the transit of Venus
13. sculpting with clay
14. going to the arboretum
15. going to the botanical gardens
16. Children's Museum
17. having company for dinner
18. sprinkler fun
19. making paper airplanes
20. waterballoon fun
21. have a dance party
22. make wooden models 
23. go to the library
24. make homemade smoothies
25. make hummus
26. Zoobilee
27. Parish Picnic on May 20th
28. tie dying shirts
29. music day
30. making a wreath
31. going camping
32. star gazing
33. making smores
34. Bat Fest
35. go to the Waterlife Museum (in Houma)
36. go to a wedding
37. drawing a mural (on paper)
38. sidewalk chalk fun
39. visit the new paleontology hall at HMNS
40. scavenger hunt
41. bake cookies (and eat them)
42. finger painting
43. building a fort out of sheets
44. play with cousins
45. celebrate Isaac's birthday
46. eat a meal with no cutlery
47. play frisbee
48. make rubberband airplanes
49. puzzle fun
50. LEGO day/go to the LEGO store
51. Aviation Museum (to see a P-40 Warhawk)
52. wash the van
53. snowcones!
54. blueberry picking
55. urban hiking
56. visit the Williams Tower
57. play board games
58. visit the comic shop
59. play hide and seek
60. go bowling

Whew!  That a lot of stuff once you look at it all written out.  On top of going to the museum and playing with chalk, we have also gone to the library, taken a road trip, and played with cousins (I'm sure some pictures will make it up soon).  Since we are in Houma, we will try to get to the Waterlife Museum.  We will  also probably knock off going to a wedding this weekend as well....

I hope you are all excited about the summertime and spending some extra time with your tots.  Let us know what you are up to lately!  We may need some new ideas if any (or all) of ours fall through.  (And to any Houston moms, if you are interested in tagging along for any of this, please let me know!  The more the merrier!!  And if you are not a mom, well, same applies to you as well.)