As might have been predicted, M had a difficult first real day of summer vacation yesterday. G left for six weeks on Sunday, and she tried to call a bunch of friends but nobody was home, and she wanted to go to the spray park but she didn't want to go alone, and she was hot, and things got a little teary and fussy. Then I suggested she take a bath, and then she ate a lot of food, and then we had a little talk about summer vacation, and then we made a list of things she could do when she had nothing to do. It was a collaboration, but I won't tell you whose ideas were whose.
- Learn to type
- Read
- Find a recipe and cook
- Write a letter to [list of people]
- Play solitaire
- Roller blade
- Go to [neighborhood park where there is usually someone hanging out and playing]
- Draw fashion (crayons, paints, markers, fabric collage)
- Play clarinet
- Write a story, poem, play
- Dance
- Compose a song
- Take out American Girl magazine and find activity to do
- Go to spray park
- Do chalk
- Play in pool
- Pretend you're at the beach
- Paint toenails
- Make mini spa
- Bead or sew
- Play Polly Pocket, paper dolls
- Make ice cream
- Ride bike
- Scooter
It's funny: the list makes her seem a lot more girly than I think of her.
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My summer list looks very like M's summer list.
I'm jealous too! Although I remember so well that summer vacation feeling of 'there's nothing to do.' If only I had that kind of free time again!
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