Family 2019
Meet my second cousin when she comes to New Zealand in September
Teach my son how to drive
Family bucket list
Catalogue my mother’s personal effects and heirlooms (for insurance and her will)
Catalogue my mother-in-law’s personal effects and heirlooms (for insurance and her will)
Take my kids to the theme parks on Australia’s Gold Coast
Do these things with my kids (which means participating, not watching them do them!):
Go camping (in a tent, with sleeping bags!)
Draw
Go on a picnic
Go possum hunting (note to non-NZers, possums are an environmental pest in NZ)
Go ice skating
Snorkel
Go to a music concert
Cook
Watch a sunrise
Watch a sunset
Show them where I grew up
Point out constellations in the night sky
Roast marshmallows over a campfire
Volunteer for a charity or help someone in need
Take a road trip
Ride in a hot air balloon
Have a no-reason, not-because-they’re-sick, Bueller-caliber free day off school
Take them trick-or-treating
Write, post and receive handwritten letters in the mail
Care for a pet
Swim
Sew
Play hopscotch and elastics
Watch a big fireworks display
Write and send a letter to Santa
Make a video
Watch a movie
Go ten pin bowling
Play miniature golf
Host a dinner party
Plan a surprise party
Go hiking
Climb a tree
Jump on a trampoline
Roll down a really big hill
Skim a stone
Dance
Dance in the rain
Sing really loudly along to the car stereo
Fly a kite
Catch a fish
Eat fruit straight from the tree
Pick berries
Hunt for bugs
Play a board game
Have a snowball fight
Build a sandcastle
Make a mud pie
Pick watercress
Bury someone in the sand
Race snails
Slide down a waterslide
Feed a bird from your hand
Call an owl/morepork
Investigate what’s living in a rock pool
See glowworms
Plant it, grow it, eat it
Find your way with a map and a compass
Finish a puzzle
Have a food fight
Write a poem
Write a story
Explore a cave
Do the World Vision 40 Hour Famine
Ride a bike
Travel on a train
Visit a farm
Have a treasure hunt
Learn how to tie a tie
Ride a roller coaster
Dine in a restaurant
Accept – and execute – a dare, double-dare or, best of all, triple-dog dare.
Experience one unplugged weekend without cell phones, computers or TV
Sell something at a stall
Conduct a science experiment
Take photos
Ride a horse
