Well what a wonderful Summer we have had. Today’s post is A Summer bucket list update.
I won’t listen to any weather negativity because I am going to say it… It has been pretty kind to us over the last 6 weeks. Yes we saw some rain but we have also had some lovely sunny days. I am even sporting a bit of a tan.
The rainy days have given me some time though for some much needed rest and relaxation. That makes me very happy.
I thought it would be nice to update our summer Bucket list and see just how much we managed to tick off.
It’s very easy to sit back at the end of the holidays and forget just how much we have achieved.
Honestly just the other day I felt like all I had achieved this summer was changing the clock on my car to finally tell the right time! I mean this is huge! But I know we have done more than that.
Here’s how we got on.
1.Go for a walk each day
I think this was pretty successful, even on the warmest days we managed to get out and about but we could have done more for sure.
2. Have afternoon tea
Not just once but twice!
3. Go camping
4. Eat fish and chips at the seaside
Yes and it was delicious, I even had fish and I never eat fish!
5. Go to Liverpool
What a lovely weekend we had, I still think about it a lot. It was perfect.
6. Go for a bike ride
First failure! Our bikes are at the bottom of the garden and thanks to the contractors the garden is a bit of a bombsite, nails, screws and broken stuff. Probably best the bikes stay where they are safe.
7. Make ice cream sundaes
We might of done had it not been for losing a whole freezers worth of food once and half a freezer a week later!
8. Bake a cake (I am no baker so the challenge is on!)
I did it with my boy and thankfully he is pretty good!
9. Go to Cotswold wildlife park
I am so glad we made it here, it really is one of my most favourite places to be.
10. Visit an outdoor pool
Technically we have BEEN to one but it was too busy to enjoy! I guess you could class our trip to Bourton as it gave the children a chance to play in real outdoor water!
11.Have a water fight
Again the garden is out of action but they certainly had plenty of water fight fun in the pool and the river.
12. Spend all day in our Pyjamas
Those pesky builders put this one to bed! Its like Russian roulette, will they arrive today or won’t they?
Can’t risk lazing in bed and getting in the shower while they work on the scaffolding outside the bathroom window can I?
13. Have a movie marathon
We have watched some great films over the summer both at home and the cinema. This summer though has been all about the box set binge, you can see what I have been watching Here
14. Read 4 books
3! I mean this is huge really. Ok so I haven’t quite finished the 3rd but it’s massive. Maybe by Christmas…
15. Teach F to cook something new
This summer F has been perfecting his baking skills and he is getting pretty good and rather inventive with his flavours.
He has also been perfecting his egg cooking, sadly with a little less success.
16. Do an act of kindness
I bought the builders ice creams when the weather was hot!
17. Go punting in Cambridge
Rob had bought a Groupon Voucher for us when we visited Cambridge, but as the weather wasn’t great we decided to go back with the children.
Here is a lesson for you… Make sure you read the small print. Turns out its a Monday to Friday deal so of no use to us! And now sadly expired.
18. Go bowling
Maybe in the Autumn!
19. Watch a film at the cinema
The Lion King, Spiderman – Far from home and the shockingly bad ‘Once upon a time in Hollywood.
20. Wash my car (I have been promising Finley a chance to do this all year!)
YES! A clean car! For one whole week before I took 2 children in my car camping, don’t worry I didn’t leave a third child at home, camping involves 2 cars!
21. Have an at home spa day
I painted my nails, does this count??
22. Have a breakfast picnic
Check! This was a lot of fun. We even followed it up with a lunch time outdoor picnic!
23. Play at the amusement arcades
How can you possibly go to the seaside and not indulge in some 2p machine action??
24. Explore somewhere new
We have been to so many places this holiday, some that we have been to before but lots that we’d never experienced together.
25. Have a board game day
We might have done this had it not been for a disastrous morning with a new game. It captured no one’s attention, they argued over counters and all felt cheated by the rules… Very happy to admit defeat on this one!
26. Meet friends at the park
Purely by chance this one was completed.
27. Go to a food fair
I can tick this off in a few weeks, you can read about that in Septembers review.
28. Interview the children
Thanks to my Journal Prompts we really enjoyed completing this one.
29. Create a family bucket list
We couldn’t agree on a board game, this activity would be a nightmare!
30. Make our Disney scrapbooks
FAIL! All my craft bits are hiding in amongst all the stuff we’ve had to move out of the attic. I can’t think of anything more soul destroying than trying to work my way through it all to find it.
31. Picnic somewhere we’ve never been before
I honestly have no idea how many picnics I have made this summer. I feel like we’ve not eaten a sandwich indoors all summer.
32. Visit family
Oh yes! I got to spend a lot of time with Dad over the holidays as well as catching up with the in-laws and lots of other family. I love it!
33. Have a back to school party
We didn’t manage this one but we did go to a family picnic party in our local park so I might cheat this one!
34. Go Swimming
Pool and the sea!
35. Visit as many National Trust properties as we can fit in
Not as many as I’d like to have done but we did make the most of our passes this summer.
Did you have a bucket list this year? How did you get on with working through it? Do you feel it helps you to fit as much in as you can?
Well you achieved loads – well done 🤙
Thank you x
This is a great bucket list! I’m in New Zealand, so we’re just heading into our summer. But not before a quick trip to England. Cotswold wildlife park is on our list too!
Oh Wow! I hope you have a wonderful time in the UK x
It’s so nice to have a check up of your list! especially if you managed to do basically everything you wanted to do!!! 😀 (I loved the pick nick breakfast idea!)
Thank you! It was silly how much something as simple as a picnic at Breakfast time made everyone so happy!
Thanks for sharing this bucket list. I go bowling, bake cake, meet friends and relatives but there are so many things in this list which i have to do. Thanks again for sharing it
Thank you 🙂
Great idea, want to create a short term bucket list for myself as well. I love the “go for a walk each day” goal, that’s something I’m aiming for myself. It seems my best insights and ideas come during walks, and it’s great exercise (plus more incentive to explore).
Thank you Blake. Yes I love walking and some of my best ideas come after a walk… or during!
Excellent post. Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
And to you x
You guys have really been busy this summer!! I do like the idea of sitting down and reminding yourselves of everything you’ve done. Kids especially have a tendency to forget and say they’ve done nothing… 😅
Although one thing we disagree on – I enjoyed Once Upon A Time in Hollywood! (Although I’ll give you the questionable finale..!)
Oh I didn’t even make it to the final, I walked out after 50 minutes.
I totally agree about Kids just saying ‘Nothing’ when asked, my kids have done the same. In fact my youngest say’s her highlight was getting new socks for camping!!!
I mean COME ON!!
Wow, you’ve had a full on summer, I feel exhausted just reading it, haha. Seriously, you’ve packed so many wonderful experienes into 6 weeks, you and your family have really got some golden memories 🙂 x
Thank you, it has been a lot of fun x
It sounds like you have had a jam packed summer! I love looking back over my bucket list for the seasons. I have recently scheduled a similar post! I wanted to see Once Upon a Time in Hollywood too but I’ve heard only bad things about it! Oh, and painting your nails definitely counts! X
I would recommend trying Once upon a time In Hollywood when it is released on DVD, that way there is less money involved!
Will check out your post, love seeing other peoples round ups x
Noted! It’s crazy how much the cinema costs these days! X
Sounds like you had a great summer. I’m in Australia so summer is coming, and I’ve been thinking about things I’d like to do.
I hope you have a wonderful summer x x
It sounds like you had a wonderful Summer! Well done for ticking so much off your list! x
Thank you, it has certainly been a great one x
Thumbs up for the list, but especially for Baking Cakes!
Oh i do love cake!
Looks like you had a lovely summer! Makes me want to visit your neck of the woods! Have a great fall! =)
Fall is my favourite time of year! I can’t wait for snuggle season x
Wow, you did so much this summer. My list wasn’t nearly as big!
I am so lucky to have the summer off, there is no way I could have got this much in otherwise x
You packed a lot in! We didn’t have a bucket list as I was working for most of the summer, but we’ve made a bucket list for Autumn.
Yes, I’ve just done ours as well and I think I am equally as excited for that x
I love that you’ve got so much done and recorded it.
Thank you, its been a wonderful summer x
first of all = wow that is a long bucket list ! – and most importantly congrats for ticking so much of your list – you have done loads ! and you be able to look back on this post – kind regards Pati Robins at stylesqueeze blog
I have actually really enjoyed taking the time to review the summer and realise how much we did fit in x
I wish I had set my own summer bucket list and been able to do an update as awesome as yours!! Sounds like you all had an amazing summer! 🙂
It’s been wonderful. I would definitely recommend doing one x
I think you did fantastic! Loads ticked off and lots of lovely things too. I’ve never done a summer bucket list, might next year!
I’d definitely recommend x
I think you go a lot done and some really nice things. we have never done a bucket list, but it’s such a lovely idea.
It was as much fun to put together as it was to do x
I may have to do this next year. I always say we did nothing all summer but if I document it I can look back and prove myself wrong. Great job doing so much!
Thank you. That was the exact reason we did it. I was sick of the kids saying ‘I’m bored, we never do anything!’ Ha now I can prove them wrong!
You’ve had such eventful summer and welldone for ticking off so much on the list. Would love to go to Cotsworld wildlife park some day.
That’s a pretty impressive list of things you’ve done. We really have to get National Trust memberships, do you feel it makes you visit places you wouldn’t if you didn’t have them?
Laura x
We honestly get so much use from them. It also helps us plan holidays as we can decide where we’d like to visit in terms of NT properties and work from there. I’d highly recommend x
Ah fab, thank you. Totally makes sense with holiday planning too, I can imagine it brings you to places you wouldn’t go otherwise. X
This sounds like the perfect family bucket list. I really love how simple most of these activities are, yet invoke so much joy 🙂
Thank you, I really wanted to make sure that the activities were achievable x
What a great bucket list….Thank you..I miss fish & Chips..aka proper fish and chips and those afternoon teas look scrumptious although the posh hotels here don’t do a bad afternoon tea 🙂
You can’t beat fish and chips at the beach but afternoon tea is most definitely my favourite x
I haven’t had fish & chips for about 7 yrs so I think proper fish & chips would be our first choice closely followed by afternoon tea xx
WOW that was an impressive bucket list and read as a great summer! Carry on Fall!!
Thank you, can’t wait for the fall now x
So glad you had a fab time in Liverpool, we love the place so much. Also a big yes to afternoon tea twice x
It is a wonderful city x
Awesome 👏🏾 well done to you wow
Thank you x
Good job on achieving so much!! It feels great to know you have accomplished a lot! 🙂 I love bucket lists so this post was definitely in my ballpark!
I love a bucket list. And seeing how much you can achieve is great x
I wish we had thought to do a summer bucket list, such a great idea! Very jealous of your Liverpool trip – totally going there next.
Next to London, it is most definitely my favourite City!
Lots of good achievements here 😄
Thank you x
This is amazing, even though there are few things you didn’t do, you really outdid yourselves this summer.
Thank you! I really feel a sense of achievement when I look at this x
Definitely looks like you had a wonderful summer. Love a good afternoon tea x
Oh me too! My waistline doesn’t agree!
You achieved many of these so well done. We ticked off most of ours too!
It’s a great sense of achievement x
Wow sounds like you got most of your bucket list done – pity the pool was too busy to enjoy but I love the idea of a breakfast picnic – thats going on my list
Laura x
The kids have been talking about the breakfast picnic ever since!
This is a great idea and my mummy would like to go for a walk each day! We could also do with a movie marathon, as we’re all sick this week!
Oh no! Hope you’re all feeling better soon x
You have had such a productive summer, Claire! Happy for you and your family ♡
Thank you x