Summer Fun Summery ;)

Well, since it's September and Gabriela has started school again, I guess I should start admitting to myself that it's not summer anymore.  We had a good one.  We did almost everything on our summer fun list, and I'm back to report what was and wasn't accomplished.

• Go to Fairyland (several times)
• Go to the Oakland Zoo (several times)
• Build sand castles at the beach (lots of times)
• Go to Farmer's Market
• Make fairy gardens
• Join the summer reading program at the library
• Have ice cream at Tucker's (several times!!)
• Visit with Claire and Natalie
• Visit with Nana and Papa (several times)
• Visit with Grandma and Grandpa (several times)
• Summer bowling
• See a movie at the theater (several times)
• Go to dance class
• Berry picking!!
• Go to the park (We did this several times a week!)
• Bake a pie
• Run in the grass
• Bike rides (lots of them!)
• Blow bubbles
• Watch the 4th of July Parade
• Put on sunblock and sunhat (Gabriela's idea)
• Do somersaults in the grass
• Run like a cheetah (this girl was on a roll with her summer fun ideas
• Story time at the library
• Summer concert at Crab Cove  - we saw an Eagles cover band
• Playdates with Olivia (lots of them)
• Go to a baseball game with fireworks (one of our fun playdates with Olivia)
• Fly a kite (several times)
• Go to Crab Cove
• Swim in the ocean (Oh yeah, baby!)
• Play with sidewalk chalk
• Have a sleepover (a couple!)
• Make smoothies
• Have a fairy birthday party (the best!)
• Go to the Discovery Museum (several times)
• Take the Ferry to San Francisco
• Take care of the garden (at Uncle Nate's house)
• Family Circle time
• Paint a picture
• Get pedicures
• Get a donut (leave it to Gabriela to put this on the list)
• Slip n' Slide fun !!!
• Color outside
• Tilden Park: The carousel, little farm, the steam trains, a hike. We did it all!
• Gilroy Gardens
• Go peach picking
• Family beach dinner
• Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA)
• ride the bus (to MOCHA)

We also did a lot of fun things that weren't on our list. For some reason, we didn't get to doing these things that were on our list:

• See an outdoor movie (we did go see one, but it was technically before summer began)
• go camping
• Visit the Vivarium
• go swimming in a swimming pool (can you believe we managed to get through a whole summer without this?? Thank goodness for the beach)
•  Farmer's market at Jack London Square

We had such a good time that we decided to make a Fall Fun list.  Somehow, many of our items on this list involve eating something.  The holidays must be around the corner.