Like 2 months ago (gasp!) Colin and I decided to create a Summer Fun Jar again this year. We loved the one we made a few years ago but skipped making one last year due to having a newborn. 

What was fun about making it this year was getting ideas from Colin! Last time, all the ideas were mine. This time, he picked ideas that interested him. Of course, I threw a few in that I wanted to have happen this summer. 

Here's our "To-Do" List:

Go to a Farmer's Market 

Go to the Library

 Have a Water Balloon Fight

Make Homemade Ice Cream

Go Mini-Golfing with Colin

Go to the Zoo

Go to the Beach

Play at the Splash Pad  

Bubbles!

  Pick Blueberries

Find a New Park to Play at

Picnic at the Airport

Movie Night with Colin at Collin's Park

Picnic in the Backyard

  Play in the Sprinkler

Go Fishing at the Kroc Center

Go to a Whitecaps Game

Last Week's Goals:

• Menu Planner: Dinner at Mom and Dads, Chicken Quesadillas, Make Your Own, Pork Chops,  Crockpot Italian Chicken, BBQ Chicken Kabobs, out with friends.
• Household: Catch up on laundry, Find 1 large trash big of things to throw away,  Complete 2 New Pins
• Personal:  Write 2 blog posts (been seriously slacking in this dept) with at least being Elias' 12 Month Letter, Go to bed before 11pm at least twice 
• Family: Find something fun to do on Saturday
• Misc:   Return items to Target , Meijer, and Dollar Tree.

This Week's Goals:

• Menu Planner: Dinner at Mom and Dads, Chicken Quesadillas, Manicotti, Coast Guard Festival, Garlic Pizza Loaf, Grilled Teriyaki Chicken, and ? as not sure of Saturday's plans
• Household: Seriously get storage unit, create at least 2 freezer meals, do at least 2 household projects 
• Personal: Go to bed before 11pm at least once, Complete 2 New Pins
• Family: Coast Guard Festival, Splash Pad
• Misc: Return items to Meijer and Dollar Tree

Last Week's Goals:

• Menu Planner: Elias' Party, Burgers/Hot Dogs, Quesadillas/Mac n Cheese, Tortilla Pizzas, Taco Salad, Mother/Son Picnic at School, Cookout with friends
• Household: Put together Elias' new toys, put away all of party stuff, work on items so we can meet with Realtor in the beginning of August.  
• Personal: Write 2 blog posts (been seriously slacking in this dept) with at least being Elias' 12 Month Letter, Go to bed before 11pm at least twice, 
• Family: Elias' Party on Sunday, Airport with Mark, Missy and the girls on Monday, Mom/Son Picnic on Friday, Cookout on Saturday, and try to squeeze in a trip to the Splash Pad somewhere in there.
• Misc:  Return items to Target, Meijer, and Dollar Tree,

This Week's Goals:

• Menu Planner: Dinner at Mom and Dads, Chicken Quesadillas, Make Your Own, Pork Chops, Crockpot Italian Chicken, BBQ Chicken Kabobs, out with friends. 
• Household:Catch up on laundry, Find 1 large trash big of things to throw away,  Complete 2 New Pins
• Personal:  Write 2 blog posts (been seriously slacking in this dept) with at least being Elias' 12 Month Letter, Go to bed before 11pm at least twice 
• Family: Find something fun to do on Saturday
• Misc:  Return items to Target, Meijer, and Dollar Tree.

I didn't do a Weekly Goals post last week and rather than go back 2 weeks, I'll just start fresh this week. 


This Week's Goals:

• Menu Planner: Elias' Party, Burgers/Hot Dogs, Quesadillas/Mac n Cheese, Tortilla Pizzas, Taco Salad, Mother/Son Picnic at School, Cookout with friends
• Household: Put together Elias' new toys, put away all of party stuff, work on items so we can meet with Realtor in the beginning of August.  
• Personal: Write 2 blog posts (been seriously slacking in this dept) with at least being Elias' 12 Month Letter, Go to bed before 11pm at least twice, 
• Family: Elias' Party on Sunday, Airport with Mark, Missy and the girls on Monday, Mom/Son Picnic on Friday, Cookout on Saturday, and try to squeeze in a trip to the Splash Pad somewhere in there. 
• Misc:  Return items to Target, Meijer, and Dollar Tree, 

Colin talks about getting married alot lately. The other night he wanted to be "the daddy of the house" and decided to put Daddy to bed in his bed and that he was going to sleep with me. Didn't go over too well when after 30 minutes we told him he needed to be Colin again and sleep in his own bed. There were lots of tears; "Paigey lives at home, Chloe lives with her Mommy and Daddy. No one will marry me." That quickly turned into Colin just wanting to marry me. My sweet sensitive boy. We had a long talk about when he is older he will find his own special girl who is his own age and it would be silly to marry Mommy, and yadda yadda yadda. 


Today we are leaving school and Miss Jessica, one of his (and my!) favorite teachers was helping out in the office. We stopped to talk for a few before leaving. Here's our conversation on the car ride home:


Colin: I can't marry Miss Jessica because we aren't the same age, right?
Mommy: Right. 
Colin: Maybe when I'm her age then I can ask her to marry me
Mommy: You want to marry Miss Jessica?
Colin: Yea. She's nice and funny and pretty. 
Mommy: She is, isn't she? Mommy likes Miss Jessica
Colin: Me too. When I'm her age I'm going to ask her. Maybe she'll say yes. Maybe she'll say no.

I laugh a little


Colin- still serious: But I don't know her age number so I don't know when I'll be her age to ask her. I'm going to ask her tomorrow. to himself but loud enough for me to hear I'm going to ask her tomorrow when I can marry her.