{Sweet, sweet summertime // Summer bucket of fun}

At 12:30 this afternoon we will officially be on summer break!!!!!! 

Thank you, Jesus, for summer breaks. To say that we are excited is an understatement! We love our summers something fierce around here. Yesterday I shared our summer bucket list and all that we hope to do this summer, but today I wanted to share a different kind of summer bucket. I make an outdoor bucket filled with fun little things that we can do or play with outside all summer long.

Mason and I like to break up the monotony of the day by going outside for a few minutes at a time. So, this bucket surely comes in handy. We can just grab it and head to the porch for a bit of fun. I gather little things as I see them either at the Dollar Tree or Target dollar spot. And I refill it a couple times each summer.

Some things I include in them are:

 water guns
 sidewalk chalk, chalk markers or chalk bombs
 little games
 bubbles
 airplanes
 kites
 slime
 balls
 jump ropes
 water toys
 grow things
 gardening tools
 little blow-up pool
 sprinkler to play in
 slip n slide
 materials to make bird feeders
 water balloons
 frisbee
 whiffle bat & ball
 bug catcher kit
 sand toys
 stomp rocket blasters
 pinwheels
 stuff to make pet rocks
 stuff to paint rocks
 dig kits

What do you like to play with outside? What do you do to fill those sweet summer days?