Reenact Childhood
We don’t usually need a nudge to act like children, but when we picked “Reenact Childhood” from the Sunday Bucket last week, we went all out. Day after day activities. Hanukkah style.
Brainstorming commenced immediately! I guess this wouldn’t be fun if you had a horrible childhood, but fortunately Lianne and I had very tame, innocent upbringings generously sprinkled with blanket forts, coloring in the lines, and disney movies.
Above, Lianne didn’t waste much time hopping in the car to pick up some childhood supplies. She came home weilding boxes of Crayola markers, apple sauce, DVDs (discs with movies on them, future-readers), and those little capsules that grow into foam animals when soaked in water.
After coloring and dinner, we watched Blank Check, and reminisced about the days when Sinbad was relevant. Later in the week, we headed to the hot tub for what looked like the craziest party ever, but turned out to be as innocent and fun as our childhoods.
We grew up too fast, so maybe we’ll make a ritual out of the “hot tub time machine”.
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For Your Bucket:
Cost: $2 for Foam Animals
The Water Ambush
We’re on a pretty good streak to close out the summer. Last week we picked “Have a water gun/balloon fight”, and this week we picked the perfect follow up, “Reenact something fun from childhood”… that post is coming soon!
Back to the water gun fight. This one sort of happened more impromptu than usual. While I was golfing with a friend, Lianne and his wife stopped at Target to pick up a bag of water balloons and a few splash foam pumpers (no one showed up to this company’s product naming brainstorm session).
Back at the house, they prepared for an attack. Water balloons bursting at the seams, spilling out of tupperware containers… foam pumpers filled to the brim with tablespoons of water. It was a scary scene, to say the least.
Fortunately, we weathered the storm, just in time to check this item off our Sunday Bucket.
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For Your Bucket:
Cost: Under $10 (clearance!)
Jump Off a Cliff
“If all your friends were jumping off a cliff, would you?” Yes!
This week, we rounded up the family and headed to Slide Rock State Park just north of Sedona. The park is only about two hours north of Phoenix, but it feels like a world away. Years of erosion have worn the canyon down, turning the slippery rocks in the river into a natural water slide!
Further downstream, a 32′ cliff was beckoning. After our fears were soothed by a large gentleman’s successful swan dive, we took the leap!
Rock slides, swimming holes, and cliff jumping make this place definitely worth visiting.
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For Your Bucket:
Cost: $20 per car entry fee
Website: http://azstateparks.com/Parks/SLRO/index.html
Location: 6871 N. Highway 89A, Sedona, AZ 86336
