Berry picking

First thing off our 80 things to do this summer list.

80 things to do this summer

A few weeks back my pinterest page was full of people pinning things to do this summer lists.  So I decided to create my own.  I had thought I would get 100 things, but I ended up with 80.  My goal is for us to complete them all, and attempt to blog about some of them!

Food

S'Mores

Banana split

Make rootbeer floats

Milkshake

Waffle window

Smoothies

Backwards dinner

Make lemonade

Kids plan dinner

Breakfast for dinner

Food carts

Make popsicles Home

Dance Party

Make moon sand

Memory game

Play Wii

Play Olympics

Blow bubbles

Finger paint

Game night

Movie night/day

Bbq w/friends

Make bead necklace

Have a tea party

Paint rocks

Make a bird feeder

Make paper airplanes

Scrapbook of the summer

Learn new jokes

Make playdough

Garden party with friends

Make a collage

Origami

Ice cream truck

Craft day Outdoors Scavenger Hunt Cloud watching Bird watching Picnic Fireworks Parade Fly kites Breakfast picnic Outings Ride a train Botanical Garden Amusement Park Visit cousins Road trip Explore new city Garage sale Visit museum Story time Beach Zoo Fishing Swimming Go to the movies Concert Splash park Visit a farm Farmer's market Visit grandparents New playground Tour fire station Pick berries Go to OMSI Visit dad at work Picnic with dad Frozen yogurt Family bike ride Take a boat ride Hiking Street fair Kids race Lunch time concert Go to a festival Baseball game Ladybug walk Summer reading program Ride a carousel

Spring in the city

Even though it is pouring out right now, Portland in May has been awesome.  We hit almost 88 on Mother's Day, and the sprinkler and pool were used more than once.  

Using the new sandbox that daddy built

Swinging along

Notice that her ice cream matches her shirt?

Ice cream at the zoo

Her favorite hat, even for running errands

We are hoping she can take the training wheels off later in the year

Tree climbing at the rhoddy garden

Loving the spring weather

Running my 2nd half marathon (in the blue)

Is spring here to stay?

Singer/song writer?

I was in the kitchen washing dishes when I heard India get out her guitar. A few minutes later, I heard this song.


I love you Hadley
I love you Hadley 
You are the sweetest baby 
You are the sweetest baby me, mommy and daddy ever had 
You are the sweetest baby 

I thought about trying to sneak in and record her singing on my phone, but by the time I grabbed it for this crappy picture she was done singing.

 
 

India's eye appointment-so so news.

Day of eye surgery, just 5 months old.

Since India’s eye surgery back in February 2008 and getting her glasses in February 2009, we have been making a visit to the ophthalmologist’s office every 6 months, and every time we hear the same thing.  Her eyes are doing what they are supposed when she wears her glasses.  I expected to hear the same thing today, but sadly, this was not the case.  Her left eye is starting to get what is called Dissociated Vertical Deviation (DVD).  From http://www.aapos.org/terms/conditions/44  “DVD is a condition in which one eye drifts upward. The eye may drift upward only occasionally or be deviated almost constantly. The amount of drifting may even vary during the course of the day. Often, DVD is only seen in one eye by a parent, while testing by an ophthalmologist may reveal the problem is actually present in both eyes.”  She is making up for this by leaning her head to the right.  Jeff and I never noticed this until they pointed it out to us today.  It is just a slight lean, but enough that it is totally obvious to me now.  


 The good news is that her eyes want to work together, if they were not her left eye would be drifting around all the time not just occasionally.  The bad news is that she will more than likely need another surgery.  I had really hoped that she would never need another, so I am pretty sad to hear that it might still be an option.  We have to go back in and have her looked at again in three months and see if anything has changed, and possibly change her prescription, get a patch or schedule a surgery.


I know that there are so many worse things that could happen to your kid, but hearing your child will probably need surgery is still something, no parent wants to hear.  I will post more after our next appointment.    

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The Apple Picking Gang

I heard a couple of families at preschool talking about apple picking, and I realized that I have never picked apples.  I looked at the weather forecast and told Jeff I thought it would be a fun family event, and he agreed.  What I probably should have looked at was how far away the place was!  It took us about an hour and a half, which seems a little far for apples to me but I decided to look at it as an adventure instead.

When we got to the place, it was packed.  They were doing their yearly Edelweiss event.  If just seeing the word Edelweiss doesn’t get you singing the song from “Sound of Music” I don’t know what is wrong with you!

 

Most people seemed to be just getting apples out of bins, and I freaked out for a second thinking that maybe there wasn’t any u-picking going on.  While we roamed the orchard, we saw a hayride go by so we jumped on.  The ride made a stop to see a few animals that live on the orchard.  There was a giant steer and a 44-year old horse.  I had no idea horses lived that long. India feed the steer a pear, and I hoped that none of my family would have their eyes gouged out by its horn. 

We finally figured out the u-pick situation, and headed out to the orchard.  We ended up with 11 pounds of various apples for $11.  Pretty good deal in my mind.  Hadley doesn’t have a huge vocabulary at this point, but she did learn to say “apple” while walking the through the rows of apples. 

We had a great time, and I will add this on to our things to do again in fall list.  What must do fall things are on your list?