This submission from Sarah Chandler made me smile as we head into the first weeks of summer. Have your family come up with their own version!
The ABC’s of Summer
By: Zach, Levi, Evan and Anne
If you need some more fun summer activities or ideas, check out this list compiled by these neighborhood friends during a play date. See if you can catch the multiple references to zoo animals. 🙂
Ants, art project, Anne twirling, airplane rides
Butterflies, bees, beach, bunnies, boating, bowling, bird watching, baseball, bicycles, building
Corn on the cob, cozy dogs, colorful chalk, carnival rides, camping, canoeing, coloring
Dragonflies, diving, donut shop morning, dress-up, decorating shirts
Elephants, eels, eating outside, Evan running
Fireworks, frisbee throwing, French fries, fishing, fish fry, finger painting, friends, farmers market, farm visiting, family time
Grilling out, garage sales, goat feeding, golf, grandparent visit, gardens, green grass and leaves.
Horseback riding, honey, hippos, hiking, Henson Robinson Zoo, hamburgers
Ice cream making, ice cream eating, ink drawing, incredible cookie baking
Jam making, jammie day, juice treats, jaguars, juice making, journey to Jacksonville
Kite flying, kids, kickball
Lounging, library visit, laughter, Lincoln sites, Lake Springfield, lilies, Lego building, Levi climbing
Movies in the park, music in the park, mowing, manicure, museum going, Muni
Neighborhood BBQ, new playground, Nerf squirt guns, naps
Orange slushies, orchestra listening, ostrich watching
Parades, picnic lunch, pool, parks, play dates, popsicles, pedicures, puppies, pickles
Quilt shows and quiet time
River rafting, Ring Around the Rosey, rollerskates, reading, rope jumping, Red Rover Red Rover
Swimming, splash park, sprinklers, sun, sandcastles, soccer, sleeping in, strawberries, swinging
Tent sleeping in the backyard, treasure hunt, telescope, tour a factory, towels
Unique parties, underwater camera
Vacation, varmint watching, vegetable garden
Water park, walks, watching birds, walking the dog, Washington Park, water color, water fight, wagon ride, water balloons
X-ray, Xenotarsosaurus (dinosaur at a museum)
Yarn art, YMCA fun
Zach munching, zebras, zoo, zookeeper for a day, zizzer zazzer zuzz, zephyrosaurus
