Tillman Family Summer of Fun

This summer has been so amazing!  We set out to have the most fun, active, and exciting summer ever, and I think we came pretty close.  Lyla and I (and with a little extra input from Hank and Dustin) came up with a list of 100 fun things to do for the summer and dubbed it our "Tillman Family Summer of Fun" list.  At times the list got a little overwhelming BUT I'm happy to report that we successfully checked off all items on our list before the first day of school started.  I'm not sure I'll be up for such an ambitious list again anytime soon, but having activities and the goals of doing a little bit of everything made the summer go by quickly, the pregnancy much more enjoyable, and gave me lots of fun memories made with my family.  Below is a list of all the items we checked off our list:

1. beach trip
2. baseball game
3. trip to see summer movie
4. fruit picking at the orchard
5. Mrs. Grossman’s Stickers factory tour
6. trips to the pool
7. celebrate National Donut Day
8. go camping
9. make snow cones
10. playground visits
11. fireworks
12. wash the car in swimsuits
13. play in the rain
14. Jelly Belly factory
15. go fishing
16. have a water balloon fight
17. bowling
18. back to school shopping
19. summer reading program
20. s’mores and hot dog roasting
21. popsicle making and eating
22. Bay Area Children’s Museum
23. Fremont Festival of the Arts
24. Happy Hollow Zoo 
25. Gilroy Gardens
26. aquarium visit
27. Children’s Creativity Museum
28. CuriOdyssey
29. cool off on a slip n’ slide
30. Habitot Children’s Museum
31. lazy PJ morning watching cartoons
32. Ardenwood Farms
33. Fairyland/Dixieland
34. Chabot Science Center
35.  taking an airplane to visit Grammy, Pa, and Aunt Emma
36. hiking trip
37. visit the temple ground
38. catch fireflies
39. have a “cow” at UDF
40. draw with erupting ice chalk
41. San Francisco Street Food Festival
42. picnic lunch
43. 7/11 Slurpee Day
44. bubble wrap stomp painting
45. collect wildflowers
46. squirt gun painting
47. Coney Island trip
48. Skyline Chili eating
49. take sidewalk chalk photos
50. make our own ice cream
51. movie marathon day
52. make cookies
53. nature scavenger hunt
54. ride bikes/scooters
55. vegetable stamping
56. make bird feeders
57. eat seafood at Fisherman’s Wharf
58. walking water experiment
59. make giant bubbles/bubble palooza
60. make edible jewelry
61. kite flying
62. trolley car rides
63. make a lava lamp
64. shake-it-up sorbet
65. summer moon sand
66. make rock candy
67. make glow jars
68. grow a garden
69. BART trip/lunch with Dad
70. dessert at Ghiradelli Square
71. cardboard tube maze races
72. paint rocks
73. cotton ball painting
74. build a sandcastle
75. rain cloud experiment
76. board game marathon
77. Magic Milk
78. salt painting
79. vegetable coloring
80. duck racing
81. puffy rainbow clouds
82. make fancy cupcakes
83. tractor rides with Pa
84. make breakfast and eat it outside
85. sidewalk chalk activities
86. trip to Sacramento to see Keough cousins
87. Pop Rock science
88. summer school work
89. make elephant toothpaste
90. Lawrence Hall of Science
91. California Academy of Science
92. Seymour Marine Discovery Center
93. take a train ride
94. test out different lemonade recipes
95. go on a treasure hunt
96. put on a tea party
97. sparkly monster goo
98. decorate, plant, and care for a plant of your choosing
99. California State Railroad Museum
100. add a new baby to our family!