Fall Bucket List Finish

My favorite season of the year. Decent showing this year, even if I decided to slow everything down and rest this season.

1. Visit Vala’s 6x ✓

2. Celebrate Friendsgiving - Cancelled due to sickeness

3. Read 50 Books ✓

4. Complete Spooky Movie Month ✓

5. Execute a Halloween Party for Coop ✓

6. Have an Art/Craft Day

7. Three State Park Visists ✓

8. Two Zoo Visits

9. Pick Out and Carve Pumpkins ✓

10. Go Trick-or-Treating ✓

11. Jump in a Pile of Leaves

12. Go Through a Corn Maze ✓

13. Make 5 Fall Recipes

14. Make Leaf Art ✓

15. Go Pick Apples ✓

16. Go on a 3 Fall Forest Hikes ✓

17. Make 3 Pumpkin Recipes

18. Go Bowling

19. Use our GetOut Pass 2 Times - Only used it one time

20. Decorate for Fall ✓

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #2

My favorite season of the year. We’re diving into the spooky season and planning on soaking up all the fall fun.

1. Visit Vala’s 6x ✓

2. Celebrate Friendsgiving

3. Read 50 Books - in progress

4. Complete Spooky Movie Month ✓

5. Execute a Halloween Party for Coop ✓

6. Have an Art/Craft Day

7. Three State Park Visists ✓

8. Two Zoo Visits

9. Pick Out and Carve Pumpkins ✓

10. Go Trick-or-Treating ✓

11. Jump in a Pile of Leaves

12. Go Through a Corn Maze ✓

13. Make 5 Fall Recipes

14. Make Leaf Art ✓

15. Go Pick Apples ✓

16. Go on a 3 Fall Forest Hikes (2/3)

17. Make 3 Pumpkin Recipes

18. Go Bowling

19. Use our GetOut Pass 2 Times

20. Decorate for Fall ✓

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #1

My favorite season of the year. We’re diving into the spooky season and planning on soaking up all the fall fun.

1. Visit Vala’s 6x ✓

2. Celebrate Friendsgiving

3. Read 50 Books

4. Complete Spooky Movie Month - in progress!

5. Execute a Halloween Party for Coop

6. Have an Art/Craft Day

7. Three State Park Visists (2/3)

8. Two Zoo Visits

9. Pick Out and Carve Pumpkins

10. Go Trick-or-Treating

11. Jump in a Pile of Leaves

12. Go Through a Corn Maze ✓

13. Make 5 Fall Recipes

14. Make Leaf Art ✓

15. Go Pick Apples ✓

16. Go on a 3 Fall Forest Hikes (2/3)

17. Make 3 Pumpkin Recipes

18. Go Bowling

19. Use our GetOut Pass 2 Times

20. Decorate for Fall

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List

My favorite season of the year. We’re diving into the spooky season and planning on soaking up all the fall fun.

1. Visit Vala’s 6x

2. Celebrate Friendsgiving

3. Read 50 Books

4. Complete Spooky Movie Month

5. Execute a Halloween Party for Coop

6. Have an Art/Craft Day

7. Three State Park Visists

8. Two Zoo Visits

9. Pick Out and Carve Pumpkins

10. Go Trick-or-Treating

11. Jump in a Pile of Leaves

12. Go Through a Corn Maze

13. Make 5 Fall Recipes

14. Make Leaf Art

15. Go Pick Apples

16. Go on a 3 Fall Forest Hikes

17. Make 3 Pumpkin Recipes

18. Go Bowling

19. Use our GetOut Pass 2 Times

20. Decorate for Fall

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Final

My favorite season of the year. We’re diving into the spooky season and planning on soaking up all the fall fun.

1. Visit Vala’s 5x ✓

2. Celebrate Friendsgiving ✓

3. Read 50 Books (47/50) - So very close!

4. Complete Spooky Movie Month ✓

5. Execute a Halloween Party for Coop ✓

6. Have an Art/Craft Day

7. Two State Park Visists

8. Two Zoo Visits (1/2)

9. Pick Out and Carve Pumpkins ✓

10. Go Trick-or-Treating ✓

11. Jump in a Pile of Leaves

12. Go Through a Corn Maze ✓

13. Make 5 Fall Recipes

14. Make Leaf Art

15. Go Pick Apples ✓

16. Go on a Fall Forest Hike ✓

17. Make 3 Pumpkin Recipes

18. Go Bowling

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #2

My favorite season of the year. We’re diving into the spooky season and planning on soaking up all the fall fun.

1. Visit Vala’s 5x ✓

2. Celebrate Friendsgiving

3. Read 50 Books (36/50)

4. Complete Spooky Movie Month ✓

5. Execute a Halloween Party for Coop ✓

6. Have an Art/Craft Day

7. Two State Park Visists

8. Two Zoo Visits

9. Pick Out and Carve Pumpkins ✓

10. Go Trick-or-Treating ✓

11. Jump in a Pile of Leaves

12. Go Through a Corn Maze ✓

13. Make 5 Fall Recipes ✓

14. Make Leaf Art

15. Go Pick Apples ✓

16. Go on a Fall Forest Hike ✓

17. Make 3 Pumpkin Recipes

18. Go Bowling

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #1

My favorite season of the year. We’re diving into the spooky season and planning on soaking up all the fall fun.

1. Visit Vala’s 5x ✓

2. Celebrate Friendsgiving

3. Read 50 Books (23/50)

4. Complete Spooky Movie Month - in progress

5. Execute a Halloween Party for Coop

6. Have an Art/Craft Day

7. Two State Park Visists

8. Two Zoo Visits

9. Pick Out and Carve Pumpkins

10. Go Trick-or-Treating

11. Jump in a Pile of Leaves

12. Go Through a Corn Maze

13. Make 5 Fall Recipes

14. Make Leaf Art

15. Go Pick Apples ✓

16. Go on a Fall Forest Hike ✓

17. Make 3 Pumpkin Recipes

18. Go Bowling

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List

My favorite season of the year. We’re diving into the spooky season and planning on soaking up all the fall fun.

1. Visit Vala’s 5x - We have season passes, so we are definitely going to be living there this season.

2. Celebrate Friendsgiving

3. Read 50 Books

4. Complete Spooky Movie Month

5. Execute a Halloween Party for Coop

6. Have an Art/Craft Day

7. Two State Park Visists

8. Two Zoo Visits

9. Pick Out and Carve Pumpkins

10. Go Trick-or-Treating

11. Jump in a Pile of Leaves

12. Go Through a Corn Maze

13. Make 5 Fall Recipes

14. Make Leaf Art

15. Go Pick Apples

16. Go on a Fall Forest Hike

17. Make 3 Pumpkin Recipes

18. Go Bowling

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Finish Line

I ended up with a respectable showing of 11/15 tasks completed.

1. Visit Vala’s ✓

2. Read 5 Chapter Book Read-alouds ✓

   • Half Magic by Edward Eager

   • Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

   • The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne

   • The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

   • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

3. Carve Pumpkins ✓

4. Go Apple Picking ✓

5. Read 15 Books from My UnRead Shelf (2/15)

6. Hike at Fontenelle Forest

7. Go on a Hayride ✓

8. Take Pictures of Boys in a Pile of Leaves ✓

9. Bake a Pie ✓

10. Watch 10 Fall/Spooky Movies

    • Labyrinth

    • The Nightmare Before Christmas

    • Hocus Pocus

11. Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

12. Decorate the Front Porch ✓

13. Make a Leaf Craft ✓

14. Buy Halloween Pajamas ✓

15. Read 15 Spooky Kids Books ✓

    • Chicken on a Broom by Adam Lehrhaupt

    • The Ghosts Go Haunting by Helen Ketteman

    • The 13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene

    • Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee

    • Read, Steady, Ghost by Elizabeth Bauley

    • Black Cat Creeping by Teddy Slater

    • Teeny Tiny Ghost by Rachel Matson

    • The Too-Scary Story by Bethanie Deeney Murguia

    • Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes

    • Black Cat, White Cat by Silvia Borando

    • Frankencrayon by Michael Hall

    • Trick-or -Treat by Debbie Leppanen

    • Halloween Hats by Elizabeth Winthrop

    • Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat by Sue Lowell Gallion

    • T. Rex Trick-or-Treats by Lois G. Grambling

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #2

It’s going to be another strange season still in the midst of the pandemic. And we’re homeschooling. Being at home does allow for some other fun activities, I just need to be more intentional about doing the activities. And we need to lower our expectations this year, just a bit… I few more items crossed off. We’ll see what I get to this month.

1. Visit Vala’s ✓

2. Read 5 Chapter Book Read-alouds

   • Half Magic by Edward Eager

   • Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

   • The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne

   • The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

3. Carve Pumpkins ✓

4. Go Apple Picking ✓

5. Read 15 Books from My UnRead Shelf (1/15)

6. Hike at Fontenelle Forest

7. Go on a Hayride ✓

8. Take Pictures of Boys in a Pile of Leaves

9. Bake a Pie

10. Watch 10 Fall/Spooky Movies

    • Labyrinth

    • The Nightmare Before Christmas

    • Hocus Pocus

11. Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

12. Decorate the Front Porch ✓

13. Make a Leaf Craft

14. Buy Halloween Pajamas ✓

15. Read 15 Spooky Kids Books ✓

    • Chicken on a Broom by Adam Lehrhaupt

    • The Ghosts Go Haunting by Helen Ketteman

    • The 13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene

    • Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee

    • Read, Steady, Ghost by Elizabeth Bauley

    • Black Cat Creeping by Teddy Slater

    • Teeny Tiny Ghost by Rachel Matson

    • The Too-Scary Story by Bethanie Deeney Murguia

    • Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes

    • Black Cat, White Cat by Silvia Borando

    • Frankencrayon by Michael Hall

    • Trick-or -Treat by Debbie Leppanen

    • Halloween Hats by Elizabeth Winthrop

    • Pug & Pig Trick-or-Treat by Sue Lowell Gallion

    • T. Rex Trick-or-Treats by Lois G. Grambling

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #1

It’s going to be another strange season still in the midst of the pandemic. And we’re homeschooling. Being at home does allow for some other fun activities, I just need to be more intentional about doing the activities. And we need to lower our expectations this year, just a bit… We managed to knock out a few items from our list already!

1. Visit Vala’s ✓

2. Read 5 Chapter Book Read-alouds

   • Half Magic by Edward Eager

3. Carve Pumpkins

4. Go Apple Picking ✓

5. Read 15 Books from My UnRead Shelf (1/15)

6. Hike at Fontenelle Forest

7. Go on a Hayride ✓

8. Take Pictures of Boys in a Pile of Leaves

9. Bake a Pie

10. Watch 10 Fall/Spooky Movies

11. Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

12. Decorate the Front Porch (in progress)

13. Make a Leaf Craft

14. Buy Halloween Pajamas ✓

15. Read 15 Spooky Kids Books (1/15)

    • Chicken on a Broom by Adam Lehrhaupt

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List

It’s going to be another strange season still in the midst of the pandemic. And we’re homeschooling. Being at home does allow for some other fun activities, I just need to be more intentional about doing the activities. And we need to lower our expectations this year, just a bit…

1. Visit Vala’s

2. Read 5 Chapter Book Read-alouds

3. Carve Pumpkins

4. Go Apple Picking

5. Read 15 Books from My UnRead Shelf

6. Hike at Fontenelle Forest

7. Go on a Hayride

8. Take Pictures of Boys in a Pile of Leaves

9. Bake a Pie

10. Watch 10 Fall/Spooky Movies

11. Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

12. Decorate the Front Porch

13. Make a Leaf Craft

14. Buy Halloween Pajamas

15. Read 15 Spooky Kids Books

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Finish Line

Ahhh fall! My favorite season of the year. I really missed it when we lived in California! Now I get to enjoy all the fall fun! 15/25 task completed.

1. Visit two pumpkin patches (2/2) ✓

   • Vala’s - Obviously!

   • Skinny Bones - We really enjoyed this smaller patch.

2. Carve pumpkins ✓

3. Read 10 spooky books (not kids) (10/10) ✓

   • Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

   • The Tower Formerly Known as Sears by Lisa M. Lilly

   • Life Among the Dead by Daniel Cotton

   • Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

   • The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

   • Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

   • Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

   • The Second Deluge by Garrett Serviss

   • Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

   • The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

4. Read 20 spooky kids books (20/20) ✓

   • Five Silly Ghosts by Hilli Kushnir

   • The Pout-pout Fish Halloween Faces by Deborah Diesen

   • Happy Halloween Mittens by Lola Schaefer

   • The Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijo

   • Pumpkin Party by Maudie Powell-Tuck

   • Mouse’s First Halloween by Lauren Thompson

   • Halloween Hustle by Charlotte Gunnufson

   • Where’s the Pumpkin by Frankie Jones

   • Trick or Treat Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen

   • Halloween Good Night by Rebecca Grabill

   • The Ghosts Go Haunting by Helen Ketteman

   • Sammy’s Spooktacular Halloween by Mike Petrik

   • Happy Halloween, Witch’s Cat! by Harriet Muncaster

   • Skelly’s Halloween by David Martin

   • Curious George Haunted Halloween

   • The 13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene

   • It’s Halloween Chloe Zoe! by Jane Smith

   • The Ghosts at the Movie Theater by Dori Hillestad Butler

   • Halloween Is by Gail Gibbons

   • Little Blue Truck’s Halloween by Alice Schertle

5. Make 5 pumpkin recipes (1/5)

   • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins - a staple this time of year!

6. Go on a hayride ✓

7. Take pictures of boys in a pile of leaves

8. Find a new Halloween activity ✓

9. Create a fall signature cocktail

10. Bake a pie

11. Watch 20 Fall/spooky movies (20/20) ✓

    • Idle Hands (1999)

    • Dracula (1931)

    • The Black Cat (1934)

    • The Mummy (1932)

    • Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)

    • The Mummy (1999)

    • Beetlejuice (1988)

    • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

    • A Cabin in the Woods (2012)

    • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

    • Labyrinth

    • The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

    • Scream (1996)

    • Dark City (1998)

    • Godzilla King of the Monsters

    • Sleepaway Camp II

    • The Fly (1958)

    • The Fly (1986)

    • The Witches of Eastwick

    • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

    • The Relic

    • Cockneys vs. Zombies

    • Shaun of the Dead

12. Navigate a corn maze ✓

13. Buy Halloween pajamas

14. Buy a new nail color for fall ✓

15. Make a leaf craft

16. Buy a new pair of boots ✓

17. Buy and complete a new puzzle ✓

18. Decorate the front porch ✓

19. Make a scarecrow

20. Go trick-or-treating ✓

21. Fill 25 more reading challenge slots (25/25) ✓

22. Find a Halloween door hanger ✓

23. Dye my hair something suitably fall

24. Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

25. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #2

Ahhh fall! My favorite season of the year. I really missed it when we lived in California! Now I get to enjoy all the fall fun! Progress 12/25

1. Visit two pumpkin patches (2/2) ✓

   • Vala’s - Obviously!

   • Skinny Bones - We really enjoyed this smaller patch.

2. Carve pumpkins ✓

3. Read 10 spooky books (not kids) (7/10)

   • Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

   • The Tower Formerly Known as Sears by Lisa M. Lilly

   • Life Among the Dead by Daniel Cotton

   • Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

   • The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

   • Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

   • Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

4. Read 20 spooky kids books (20/20) ✓

   • Five Silly Ghosts by Hilli Kushnir

   • The Pout-pout Fish Halloween Faces by Deborah Diesen

   • Happy Halloween Mittens by Lola Schaefer

   • The Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijo

   • Pumpkin Party by Maudie Powell-Tuck

   • Mouse’s First Halloween by Lauren Thompson

   • Halloween Hustle by Charlotte Gunnufson

   • Where’s the Pumpkin by Frankie Jones

   • Trick or Treat Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen

   • Halloween Good Night by Rebecca Grabill

   • The Ghosts Go Haunting by Helen Ketteman

   • Sammy’s Spooktacular Halloween by Mike Petrik

   • Happy Halloween, Witch’s Cat! by Harriet Muncaster

   • Skelly’s Halloween by David Martin

   • Curious George Haunted Halloween

   • The 13 Days of Halloween by Carol Greene

   • It’s Halloween Chloe Zoe! by Jane Smith

   • The Ghosts at the Movie Theater by Dori Hillestad Butler

   • Halloween Is by Gail Gibbons

   • Little Blue Truck’s Halloween by Alice Schertle

5. Make 5 pumpkin recipes (1/5)

   • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins - a staple this time of year!

6. Go on a hayride ✓

7. Take pictures of boys in a pile of leaves

8. Find a new Halloween activity ✓ - We did trick or treating at The Durham. It was fun, but probably not worth it if we didn’t have a membership.

9. Create a fall signature cocktail

10. Bake a pie

11. Watch 20 Fall/spooky movies (20/20) ✓

    • Idle Hands (1999)

    • Dracula (1931)

    • The Black Cat (1934)

    • The Mummy (1932)

    • Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)

    • The Mummy (1999)

    • Beetlejuice (1988)

    • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

    • A Cabin in the Woods (2012)

    • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

    • Labyrinth

    • The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

    • Scream (1996)

    • Dark City (1998)

    • Godzilla King of the Monsters

    • Sleepaway Camp II

    • The Fly (1958)

    • The Fly (1986)

    • The Witches of Eastwick

    • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

    • The Relic

    • Cockneys vs. Zombies

    • Shaun of the Dead

12. Navigate a corn maze ✓

13. Buy Halloween pajamas

14. Buy a new nail color for fall ✓

15. Make a leaf craft

16. Buy a new pair of boots ✓

17. Buy and complete a new puzzle

18. Decorate the front porch ✓

19. Make a scarecrow

20. Go trick-or-treating ✓

21. Fill 25 more reading challenge slots (22/25)

22. Find a Halloween door hanger ✓

23. Dye my hair something suitably fall

24. Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

25. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #1

Ahhh fall! My favorite season of the year. I really missed it when we lived in California! Now I get to enjoy all the fall fun! Progress 3/25

1. Visit two pumpkin patches (1/2)

   • Vala’s - Obviously!

2. Carve pumpkins

3. Read 10 spooky books (not kids) (3/10)

   • Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness

   • The Tower Formerly Known as Sears by Lisa M. Lilly

   • Life Among the Dead by Daniel Cotton

4. Read 20 spooky kids books (6/20)

   • Five Silly Ghosts by Hilli Kushnir

   • The Pout-pout Fish Halloween Faces by Deborah Diesen

   • Happy Halloween Mittens by Lola Schaefer

   • The Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijo

   • Pumpkin Party by Maudie Powell-Tuck

   • Mouse’s First Halloween by Lauren Thompson

5. Make 5 pumpkin recipes (1/5)

   • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins - a staple this time of year!

6. Go on a hayride ✓

7. Take pictures of boys in a pile of leaves

8. Find a new Halloween activity

9. Create a fall signature cocktail

10. Bake a pie

11. Watch 20 Fall/spooky movies (10/20)

    • Idle Hands (1999)

    • Dracula (1931)

    • The Black Cat (1934)

    • The Mummy (1932)

    • Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)

    • The Mummy (1999)

    • Beetlejuice (1988)

    • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

    • A Cabin in the Woods (2012)

    • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

12. Navigate a corn maze ✓

13. Buy Halloween pajamas

14. Buy a new nail color for fall

15. Make a leaf craft

16. Buy a new pair of boots

17. Buy and complete a new puzzle

18. Decorate the front porch

19. Make a scarecrow

20. Go trick-or-treating

21. Fill 25 more reading challenge slots (11/25)

22. Find a Halloween door hanger ✓ - We have a cute hanging “BOO” for the front door.

23. Dye my hair something suitably fall

24. Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

25. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List

Ahhh fall! My favorite season of the year. I really missed it when we lived in California! Now I get to enjoy all the fall fun!

1. Visit two pumpkin patches

2. Carve pumpkins

3. Read 10 spooky books (not kids)

4. Read 20 spooky kids books

5. Make 5 pumpkin recipes

6. Go on a hayride (or a hayrack ride as they call it here)

7. Take pictures of boys in a pile of leaves

8. Find a new Halloween activity

9. Create a fall signature cocktail

10. Bake a pie

11. Watch 20 Fall/spooky movies

12. Navigate a corn maze

13. Buy Halloween pajamas

14. Buy a new nail color for fall

15. Make a leaf craft

16. Buy a new pair of boots

17. Buy and complete a new puzzle

18. Decorate the front porch

19. Make a scarecrow

20. Go trick-or-treating

21. Fill 25 more reading challenge slots

22. Find a Halloween door hanger

23. Dye my hair something suitably fall

24. Watch It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

25. Eat at 3 new-to-me restaurants

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Finish Line

Another season, another bucket list. I kicked butt on our California items, but faltered when it came to the Midwest items. Life just got in the way. Moving was a bit more complicated than I anticipated and we’ve taken longer to get settled. Hoping my Christmas goals actually get accomplished!

California (8/10):

1. Visit Rocket Fizz ✓

2. Take a Ferry Ride to San Francisco ✓

3. Have a Beach Day ✓

4. Enjoy my Retreat Weekend! ✓

5. Celebrate Arthur and Quentin's Birthdays! ✓

6. Visit Children's Fairyland ✓

7. Visit Children's Creativity Museum

8. Eat at Black Bear

9. Buy pie in Guerneville ✓

10. Have one more pool party ✓

Midwest (9/19):

1. Visit Fort Wayne Zoo ✓

2. Visit Science Central ✓

3. Visit Omaha Zoo ✓

4. Visit Omaha Children's Museum ✓

5. Get a new library card - But of course! And we’ve already checked out a ton of books. ✓

6. Find a good park

7. Go see a movie in the theater ✓

8. Go to Vala's Pumpkin Festival ✓

9. Eat at Coney Island

10. Travel to OBM Sparkle Party in Iowa City - Sadly I ended up not being able to go…

11. Find a good indie bookstore

12. Visit the comic books store

13. Find a good brunch place (Wheatfields?)

14. Have dinner with a friend alone

15. Join a new parent group

16. Join a book club ✓

17. Get my crafty business started ✓

18. Go to Fort Wayne for Thanksgiving

19. Create a fall signature cocktail

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #2

Another season, another bucket list. This one will be a bit weird as we are moving to a different state at the end of September. There is a short list of things we want to hit before leaving California and a list of things for Indiana and Nebraska. It's going to be a mixed bag.

California:

1. Visit Rocket Fizz ✓

2. Take a Ferry Ride to San Francisco ✓

3. Have a Beach Day ✓

4. Enjoy my Retreat Weekend! ✓

5. Celebrate Arthur and Quentin's Birthdays! ✓

6. Visit Children's Fairyland ✓

7. Visit Children's Creativity Museum

8. Eat at Black Bear

9. Buy pie in Guerneville ✓

10. Have one more pool party ✓

Midwest:

1. Visit Fort Wayne Zoo ✓

2. Visit Science Central ✓

3. Visit Omaha Zoo

4. Visit Omaha Children's Museum

5. Get a new library card

6. Find a good park

7. Go see a movie in the theater - Arthur and I finally saw Incredibles 2 ✓

8. Go to Vala's Pumpkin Festival - So big! But lots of fun! ✓

9. Eat at Coney Island

10. Travel to OBM Sparkle Party in Iowa City

11. Find a good indie bookstore

12. Visit the comic books store

13. Find a good brunch place (Wheatfields?)

14. Have dinner with a friend alone

15. Join a new parent group

16. Join a book club

17. Get my crafty business started

18. Go to Fort Wayne for Thanksgiving

19. Create a fall signature cocktail

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List Update #1

Another season, another bucket list. This one will be a bit weird as we are moving to a different state at the end of September. There is a short list of things we want to hit before leaving California and a list of things for Indiana and Nebraska. It's going to be a mixed bag.

California:

1. Visit Rocket Fizz - We went after a park playdate. Arthur picked out some gummis. That’s my kid! ✓

2. Take a Ferry Ride to San Francisco ✓

3. Have a Beach Day ✓

4. Enjoy my Retreat Weekend! ✓

5. Celebrate Arthur and Quentin's Birthdays! ✓

6. Visit Children's Fairyland ✓

7. Visit Children's Creativity Museum - scrapped this due to fussy kids

8. Eat at Black Bear

9. Buy pie in Guerneville ✓

10. Have one more pool party ✓

Midwest:

1. Visit Fort Wayne Zoo

2. Visit Science Central

3. Visit Omaha Zoo

4. Visit Omaha Children's Museum

5. Get a new library card

6. Find a good park

7. Go see a movie in the theater

8. Go to Vala's Pumpkin Festival

9. Eat at Coney Island

10. Travel to OBM Sparkle Party in Iowa City

11. Find a good indie bookstore

12. Visit the comic books store

13. Find a good brunch place (Wheatfields?)

14. Have dinner with a friend alone

15. Join a new parent group

16. Join a book club

17. Get my crafty business started

18. Go to Fort Wayne for Thanksgiving

19. Create a fall signature cocktail

Next up on the TBR pile:

Fall Bucket List

Another season, another bucket list. This one will be a bit weird as we are moving to a different state at the end of September. There is a short list of things we want to hit before leaving California and a list of things for Indiana and Nebraska. It's going to be a mixed bag.

California:

1. Visit Rocket Fizz
2. Take a Ferry Ride to San Francisco
3. Have a Beach Day
4. Enjoy my Retreat Weekend!
5. Celebrate Arthur and Quentin's Birthdays!
6. Visit Children's Fairyland
7. Visit Children's Creativity Museum
8. Eat at Black Bear
9. Buy pie in Guerneville
10. Have one more pool party

Midwest:

1. Visit Fort Wayne Zoo
2. Visit Science Central
3. Visit Omaha Zoo
4. Visit Omaha Children's Museum
5. Get a new library card
6. Find a good park
7. Go see a movie in the theater
8. Go to Vala's Pumpkin Festival
9. Eat at Coney Island
10. Travel to OBM Sparkle Party in Iowa City
11. Find a good indie bookstore
12. Visit the comic books store
13. Find a good brunch place (Wheatfields?)
14. Have dinner with a friend alone
15. Join a new parent group
16. Join a book club
17. Get my crafty business started 
18. Go to Fort Wayne for Thanksgiving
19. Create a fall signature cocktail

Next up on the TBR pile: