Summer To-Do List:

• Take Latin ballroom dancing lessons.
• Bring baked goods to an elderly neighbor.
• Convert all our old home videos to digital formats.
• Scan in all our picture albums and organize them in a Flickr account.
• Learn five new phrases in French.
• Spend an evening looking at stars through the telescope with my dad.
• Stop by the local library once a week to learn something new.
• Have a picnic in the park, complete with basket and checkered blanket.
• Dance in the rain.
• Eat a funnel cake at the county fair with my mom.
• Visit at least two museums.
• Write a letter to my grandmother every week.
• Finish reading all the books I've started over the years.
• Challenge my little brother to a game of HORSE.
• Make s'mores.
• Create a giant mural on the driveway using chalk.
• Host a barbecue.
• Build a sandcastle.
• Catch fireflies.
• Fly a kite.

I might not do even half the things on that list, but it's fun to imagine a cheery, golden summer so full of fun that I am constantly sore from laughter. What would be on your ideal summer to-do list?