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Budjeg11
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What is on your summer bucket list
of things to do with your kids?
I;d like to go to Diner by the Sea in Long Beach, Shipwreck Cove, aDoughology in Lynbrook, Stepping Stone Musuem and Nowarlk Aquarium (both in CT), and Land of Make Believe. Would also like to do a trip to Dutch Wonderland/Hershey.
What about you?
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Posted 3/8/17 5:31 PM  |
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WannaBeAMom11
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What is on your summer bucket list
Survive. Honestly I'm giving birth late June/early July. I will be home with a newborn and a 4 year old so survival is my only item for this summer.
Message edited 3/8/2017 6:42:17 PM.
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| Posted 3/8/17 6:41 PM |
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mnmsoinlove
Mommy to 2 sweet girls!
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Last summer I felt like a lot of days were just too lazy and kids were getting bored. They will be 5 & 7 so much easier than years past to go on adventures.
My goal is to get to the ocean at least once a week!
Dutch wonderland/crayola factory
Please touch museum
Splish splash a few times
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| Posted 3/8/17 6:56 PM |
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nycgirl
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
I just made a list:
Howe caverns (we did this last year and it was really awesome)
Fishing on a boat (with grandpa)
Niagra falls (that's our big trip)
Philly (family weekender)
Mystic seaport (daytrip)
Rye playland
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| Posted 3/8/17 8:29 PM |
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LSP2005
Bunny kisses are so cute!
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Europe!
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| Posted 3/8/17 9:15 PM |
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Momma2015
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Make sure you hit up Doughology on a day where the have Rainbow Cookie Donuts or Cannoli cream donuts. Those are my faves!
ETA: For me, just hit up some of my favorite places with my DD for the first time- the beach, aquarium, Bronx Zoo, gymboree. I'd like to do mommy and me swimming classes at Saf T Swim for her, too. I'd also like to take a weekend trip somewhere- no idea where though!
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| Posted 3/9/17 8:05 AM |
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MrsT809
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What is on your summer bucket list
Sesame place. 3 out of 4 of us have a season pass so hopefully we'll get there at least twice for day trips.
Visiting ILs upstate so the girls can canoe, fish, make smores, and just hang with family. We usually stop at the Bronx zoo on our way up at least once a summer.
Children's museum of the east end
Air trampoline or sky zone
Beach, hiking at avalon and other local parks, Suffolk County farm
Hoping to plan a big trip to Colorado to visit my sister's family. We may look into adding on a road trip to Moab or Brice Canyon while we're out there.
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| Posted 3/9/17 8:30 AM |
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EandF
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
We will have a new baby! It will be low key for us.
DD will be at camp full time and DS will also be attending for the first time, three days a week for a few hours.
We joined our local pool club that is a few blocks from us and around the block from my parents so we will be spending time there.
DD and DS are both Summer bdays, so something fun for those events like Chuck E Cheese, splash parks, etc. I think we will also be having parties out for the first time.
The only other thing is spending 3-4 days in Ocean City, MD, before school starts and I go back to work from maternity leave.
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| Posted 3/9/17 10:43 PM |
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CindySN23
Stop, Think & Breathe...
Member since 8/11 3550 total posts
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What is on your summer bucket list
Stepping Stone Musuem
Nowarlk Aquarium
Bronx Zoo
Intrepid
Children's museum of the East End
Strawberry Picking
Adventureland
Cold Spring Harbor
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| Posted 3/29/17 1:21 PM |
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MrsWoods
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What is on your summer bucket list
Coney Island (our fave place and now we can take DD)
Vacation to Maine
Vacation to Ocean City, NJ
Bronx Zoo
Beach hopping on Long Island
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| Posted 3/29/17 2:26 PM |
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BsMomma2014
Fly high little one
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Beach
Montauk
Bronx Zoo
Norwalk Aquarium
Sesame Place
Adventureland
I am sure I will be adding a lot more
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| Posted 3/29/17 5:16 PM |
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Mrs&MrsK
i need sleep ;-)
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
most of these are yearly things... a few new ones thrown in for 2017
Fire island - MIL and DS never been
Wineries
Suffolk County Farm- we went last year early on random saturday and it was so nice to walk around in the quiet morning
Mystic CT- would like to go in summer, maybe fall.
All the Alive @ 5s
Polish Festival
Q- where is the best strawberry picking, i've been to a million fields in Florida but never at home!
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| Posted 3/30/17 8:00 AM |
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MrsT809
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Posted by Mrs&MrsK
Q- where is the best strawberry picking, i've been to a million fields in Florida but never at home!
Last year we went to Glover Farms in Brookhaven. Not a huge place but plenty of great berries and a small play area for the kids.
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| Posted 3/30/17 8:08 AM |
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Mrs&MrsK
i need sleep ;-)
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Posted by MrsT809
Posted by Mrs&MrsK
Q- where is the best strawberry picking, i've been to a million fields in Florida but never at home!
Last year we went to Glover Farms in Brookhaven. Not a huge place but plenty of great berries and a small play area for the kids.
Thanks that's really close to me!
ETA- OOH that place i drive by it all the time LOL
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| Posted 3/30/17 9:05 AM |
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gina409
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Medieval times
Dino place in ct
Hershey
And hopefully Disney in October
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| Posted 3/31/17 11:25 PM |
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Mags1227
Just a mommy ...
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
we're making DS a map of the US with all the places he visited, so i would like to do an overnight in at least two states he has not been to this summer. (thinking CT and maybe DC)
plan a birthday party for DS
all the NY zoos at least once
baseball game (DS has never been)
soccer game (DS LOVES soccer)
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| Posted 4/1/17 9:32 AM |
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Naturalmama
Love my boys!!
Member since 1/12 3548 total posts
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What is on your summer bucket list
We just booked a week in Cape Cod, plus we will do a long weekend at Dutch Wonderland. My 2 DS's will be in camp M-TH 9-12 for the month of July. We joined our town pool. Plus we would like to do 1 day each at- Adventure Land, Bronx Zoo, Maritime Aquarium/Stepping Stones (same day), maybe Rye Playland. I also want to make sure to get some lazy days in, too. Where we don't leave the house, the kids play with all of their water toys in the backyard, the neighbors kids come over, we grill dinner and eat on the deck, catch lightning bugs before bed. You know, a 1975 summer. Lol
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| Posted 4/2/17 4:32 PM |
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nycgirl
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Posted by Naturalmama
We just booked a week in Cape Cod, plus we will do a long weekend at Dutch Wonderland. My 2 DS's will be in camp M-TH 9-12 for the month of July. We joined our town pool. Plus we would like to do 1 day each at- Adventure Land, Bronx Zoo, Maritime Aquarium/Stepping Stones (same day), maybe Rye Playland. I also want to make sure to get some lazy days in, too. Where we don't leave the house, the kids play with all of their water toys in the backyard, the neighbors kids come over, we grill dinner and eat on the deck, catch lightning bugs before bed. You know, a 1975 summer. Lol
I love the 1970s summers. We do this! We invite our neighborhood friends and love it!!! The best part is our neighborhood has so many kids... we actually jump the fences and go to other people's backyards.
Do try Rye Playland. While it has its negatives, the kiddie area is great and I think much nicer than Adventurland for the older than 5 set (parents aren't allowed on many rides). It's also a fraction of the price... so we end up going a few times over the summer. If you hit it up in the evening and have dinner locally (the restaurants on the pier aren't great... but it's an experience), go back for the lights (beautiful).
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| Posted 4/2/17 5:38 PM |
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Naturalmama
Love my boys!!
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Posted by nycgirl
Posted by Naturalmama
We just booked a week in Cape Cod, plus we will do a long weekend at Dutch Wonderland. My 2 DS's will be in camp M-TH 9-12 for the month of July. We joined our town pool. Plus we would like to do 1 day each at- Adventure Land, Bronx Zoo, Maritime Aquarium/Stepping Stones (same day), maybe Rye Playland. I also want to make sure to get some lazy days in, too. Where we don't leave the house, the kids play with all of their water toys in the backyard, the neighbors kids come over, we grill dinner and eat on the deck, catch lightning bugs before bed. You know, a 1975 summer. Lol
I love the 1970s summers. We do this! We invite our neighborhood friends and love it!!! The best part is our neighborhood has so many kids... we actually jump the fences and go to other people's backyards.
Do try Rye Playland. While it has its negatives, the kiddie area is great and I think much nicer than Adventurland for the older than 5 set (parents aren't allowed on many rides). It's also a fraction of the price... so we end up going a few times over the summer. If you hit it up in the evening and have dinner locally (the restaurants on the pier aren't great... but it's an experience), go back for the lights (beautiful).
My block is like this, too! Love summers in my neighborhood, I love that my kids get to grow up this way. 
Thanks for the info about Rye. My parents used to take 2-3 times a summer when we were little, haven't been since I was about 15.
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| Posted 4/2/17 6:31 PM |
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MrsT809
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What is on your summer bucket list
Bumping for ideas for the last weekend of summer. Got to a lot of our list but definitely not all. I dont have the motivation to squeeze much in this weekend though.
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| Posted 9/1/17 10:55 AM |
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BargainMama
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Posted by MrsT809
Bumping for ideas for the last weekend of summer. Got to a lot of our list but definitely not all. I dont have the motivation to squeeze much in this weekend though.
We went to Governor's Island this week. It's so nice there. You should go if you haven't been!! 5 minute ferry ride from Battery Park, and you can rent surrey bikes (or regular bikes) and bike past the Statue of Liberty, play on the playground, relax in hammocks, go down huge slides, play mini golf, zip line, rock wall climb, visit Fort Jay, etc. We love it there!! Also, the Sea Glass Carousel in battery park is sooooo cool! We LOVED that!
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| Posted 9/1/17 12:57 PM |
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BargainMama
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Posted by Naturalmama
Posted by nycgirl
Posted by Naturalmama
We just booked a week in Cape Cod, plus we will do a long weekend at Dutch Wonderland. My 2 DS's will be in camp M-TH 9-12 for the month of July. We joined our town pool. Plus we would like to do 1 day each at- Adventure Land, Bronx Zoo, Maritime Aquarium/Stepping Stones (same day), maybe Rye Playland. I also want to make sure to get some lazy days in, too. Where we don't leave the house, the kids play with all of their water toys in the backyard, the neighbors kids come over, we grill dinner and eat on the deck, catch lightning bugs before bed. You know, a 1975 summer. Lol
I love the 1970s summers. We do this! We invite our neighborhood friends and love it!!! The best part is our neighborhood has so many kids... we actually jump the fences and go to other people's backyards.
Do try Rye Playland. While it has its negatives, the kiddie area is great and I think much nicer than Adventurland for the older than 5 set (parents aren't allowed on many rides). It's also a fraction of the price... so we end up going a few times over the summer. If you hit it up in the evening and have dinner locally (the restaurants on the pier aren't great... but it's an experience), go back for the lights (beautiful).
My block is like this, too! Love summers in my neighborhood, I love that my kids get to grow up this way.
Thanks for the info about Rye. My parents used to take 2-3 times a summer when we were little, haven't been since I was about 15.
We went to Rye a couple of weeks ago, we loved it!
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Naturalmama
Love my boys!!
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Re: What is on your summer bucket list
Posted by BargainMama
Posted by Naturalmama
Posted by nycgirl
Posted by Naturalmama
We just booked a week in Cape Cod, plus we will do a long weekend at Dutch Wonderland. My 2 DS's will be in camp M-TH 9-12 for the month of July. We joined our town pool. Plus we would like to do 1 day each at- Adventure Land, Bronx Zoo, Maritime Aquarium/Stepping Stones (same day), maybe Rye Playland. I also want to make sure to get some lazy days in, too. Where we don't leave the house, the kids play with all of their water toys in the backyard, the neighbors kids come over, we grill dinner and eat on the deck, catch lightning bugs before bed. You know, a 1975 summer. Lol
I love the 1970s summers. We do this! We invite our neighborhood friends and love it!!! The best part is our neighborhood has so many kids... we actually jump the fences and go to other people's backyards.
Do try Rye Playland. While it has its negatives, the kiddie area is great and I think much nicer than Adventurland for the older than 5 set (parents aren't allowed on many rides). It's also a fraction of the price... so we end up going a few times over the summer. If you hit it up in the evening and have dinner locally (the restaurants on the pier aren't great... but it's an experience), go back for the lights (beautiful).
My block is like this, too! Love summers in my neighborhood, I love that my kids get to grow up this way.
Thanks for the info about Rye. My parents used to take 2-3 times a summer when we were little, haven't been since I was about 15.
We went to Rye a couple of weeks ago, we loved it!
We made it there earlier in August, it was great! As for this weekend, it is supposed to be cold and rainy. We are supposed to be having friends over on Sunday. They will most likely come even if the weather is crappy, the kids can all play in the basement. We may do the aquarium tomorrow. But, I really want to keep this weekend low key. My boys start 1st grade & Pre-K on Tuesday, I have a lot to do to get ready for that!
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