An Amazing List

So I have been slacking in my posts the last couple of days because we have been having some fun just enjoying time together.  Darryl gets days off but they never seem like days off, so we spent the last 2 days doing things together, and that got me thinking.

Last year I was able to accompany Kiya on a field trip to Hillside.  An amazing place where kids learn about nature, ecology, and pretty much anything environmental; I took a picture of a list that was posted on the wall there.  I would post the list but it is broken into two pieces and quite small; however, thanks to the technology of my phone I can blow it up with the touch of a finger and can type it out for you!

50 Things to do before you turn 13

1. Climb a tree
2. Roll down a big hill
3. Camp out in the wild
4. Build a den
5. Skip a stone
6. Run around in the rain
7. Fly a kite
8. Catch a fish with a net
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree
10.Plant a tree
11. Throw some snow
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach
13. Make a mud pie
14. Dam a stream
15. Go Sledding
16. Bury someone in the sand
17. Set up a snail race
18. Balance on a fallen tree
19. Swing on a rope swing
20. Make a mud slide
21. Eat grapes growing in the wild
22. Take a look inside a tree
23. Visit an island
24. Feel like you're flying in the wind
25. Make a grass trumpet
26. Hunt for fossils and bones
27. Watch the sun wake up.
28. Climb a huge hill
29. Get behind a waterfall
30. Feed a bird from your hand
31. Hunt for bugs
32. Find some frogspawn
33. Catch a butterfly in a net
34. Track wild animals
35. Discover what is in a pond
36. Call an owl
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
38. Bring up a butterfly
39. Catch a crab
40. Go on a nature walk at night
41. Plant it, Grow it, Eat it
42. Go wild swimming
43. Go rafting
44. Light a fire without a match
45. Find your way with a map and compass
46. Try bouldering*
47. Cook on a campfire
48. Try abseiling**
49. Find a geocache
50. Canoe down a river

*Bouldering is a style of rock climbing undertaken without a rope, normally with a bouldering pad underneath

** Abseiling (or rappeling) is the controlled descent down a rock face using a rope.

Kiya and I stood and checked off as many as we could remember that we have done.  I have done quite a few with the exception of any rock climbing, frogspawn and finding a geocache.  So I am looking forward to the summer when we can cross some of these things off our list and have some crazy memories.  I think I did a lot of this stuff at Bolton Camp, maybe that is a thought for summer this year.  We shall see!