Dragging in June

Three days until Orry's birthday.  I can actually only say that for another 3 minutes.  Crikey.  Well, if you are wondering about our list, you can check on it here.  Not much as changed.  15 more things to do.  Too little time.

Here are some pictures of the most recent things we did:

The grandparents came for a visit

We picked blueberries with our friends

We played at a new exhibit at HMNS Sugarland

And we saw the Transit of Venus

That last event was quite a thrill.  The kids really enjoyed it.  Well, the ones that saw it did...

We've gotten off to a slow start in June.  Maybe it's the heat.  Maybe it's the fact that Troy is working this month and is gone from the house for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.  Whatever it is, we've got to shake it off and finish that list!  Here's to more motivation!!  Maybe we can squeeze at least one more thing in before Monday...

25 down, 35 to Go

Only 35 more fun things to do before Orry turns 6.  Only.  Ha!  There are only 34 days until his birthday.  So I guess that we are more or less on top of it.  I'm not even sure that Orry remembers that we are counting down, but we shall keep moving forward.

And now for a look back:

Making wooden models (a stealth plane)

Making cookies 

Zoobilee and the new exhibit Dinosaurs

Orry won his first game of Settlers of Catan

A trip to the Children's Museum

And now for what was probably the best thing we were blessed enough to be able to do:

Meeting more cousins!!

I have to show this picture because this one came next:

Oh Annie, so predictable...

We've done more things than I have pictures of.  For example, just yesterday Troy and Orry made smoothies.  I didn't get a picture, but let me paint for you a picture.  They made them with strawberries, blueberries, yogurt, and cooked broccoli.  (I know, I know.  But it shouldn't surprise you.  Troy is, after all, the "sardine-hiding-in-a-burrito" chef.)  Makes me want to puke just thinking about it.  I did taste them and next to stinky tofu, it was the only other food that made me want to barf.  Strange thing, Orry and Annie ate them without complaint... !!!  We were stunned.  I still want to barf.

As we keep going down the list (which you can find here), I think I'll take charge of the rest of the food related activities...

60 Fun Things Update

It's been 10 days since I posted about the 60 fun things we are trying to do.  I'm crossing off the things we have done as we go along.  You can see it by revisiting the original post.  Here I'm just sharing some of the photos and details from our latest adventures.  In no particular order...

Beach fun--She finally learned to love the sand!

More museum fun, this time in Sugarland

Played with our cousins!

Found a new park with sweet hiking trails

Our trip to the zoo

Waiting for the bats to come out at Bat Fest

This is the rehearsal for the wedding, we forgot our camera for the actual event...

We still have a ways to go to complete this list.  It's exhausting to even think about it.  But it's a good kind of exhausting.  The kind of exhausting that makes you happy to be alive and happy to have a comfortable bed to fall into at the end of the day.

*Sidenote:  The best and most heartfelt wishes to my sister and new brother-in-law!  It was a beautiful wedding.  Thank you for allowing us to all have a special part in it.  And congrats to two of my sister-in-laws on the recent additions to their families!  We are so blessed!

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.)