Summer, summer, summertime…time to sit back and unwind. Ha! Who are we kidding? Summertime is the time to let er rip and have the bestest time. The weather is warm. Bedtimes are flexible. Flowers are in full bloom. School is out. Cookouts are aplenty. Pools are glistening. Beaches are calling. Yes to summertime!

As leisurely as summer sometimes is, it goes by pretty fast. Not as fast as when we were kids but fast nonetheless. I like to be intentional about summer so when it’s all said and done, I can look back and not wonder what I did with my time, but rather smile about what I did with our time.

One of the ways I make this happen is by creating a Summer Bucket List. I enlist my twins and we each jot down what we want to make sure we do before Labor Day - which is the official end of summer in my mind. While bucket lists often consist of far fetched once in a lifetime things to do, our list has things that are within reach for us. Writing it down makes it real for us and gives us a chance to be thoughtful about our time together, build excitement and ultimately make some amazing memories, which is the ultimate goal.