Passport to Summer

 The kids participated in our community's "Passport to Summer" program. Each kid got a passport book that had over 70 activities to do throughout the summer--the challenge was to do as many as you could (or wanted), take a picture of it, bring the pic to the sponsoring business and get your passport stamped. We did 40 of the activities and here are some of our pictures:

 Wearing our seatbelts

 Picture with the dinosaurs

 Visiting historical markers

 Finding pretty flowers

Having a picnic outside

 Playing catch

 Playing Soccer

 Vacuuming (funnily enough my kids LOVED this one)

 Cleaning their rooms

 We had to visit this dino at a hotel lobby

 Playing basketball

 Visiting the "Excitement In the Park" that our town does on Thursday nights during the summer. There's bounce houses, live singing groups, and concessions. I only got a picture of Grant being cute.

 Having a family day at the lake

 We got a stamp for eating ice cream and Cold Stone

 Doing a science experiment...which failed miserably!

Other activities we did:

going on a bicycle adventure

driving over 60 miles on a road trip

trying 3 new foods

playing a musical instrument

going to the splash park

having a lemonade stand

going to the rec center

playing at the park

fly a paper airplane at the airport

blow bubbles

have a rootbeer float

write about your favorite summer activity

count the teeth on the big green dinosaur

On Aug. 11 the parks and rec department threw a huge party for all the kids who got stamps in their book. There were free concessions, a photo booth (the sun came out right as the second picture was snapped), and tons of prizes given away via a raffle drawing. Brooke had her name called and she picked a Barbie for her prize. Porter's name wasn't picked and that caused some tears, but a good lesson for him that not everyone can win.

 

This was a fun way for our family to keep busy this summer and we had a blast! Can't wait to do it again next year!