real talk-summer bucket lists-rochester minnesota lifestyle photographer

9 June

This may not be exactly photography related, but since most people venturing onto my site have kids, I figured what a good place to talk about those summer bucket lists!! Not to mention just how important making memories with you family is and putting that annual photoshoot on your bucket list is so very important. Kids grow SO darn fast-I know this firsthand since this photoshoot is one of my 4 kiddos I was super late taking her 9 year old photos (she turns 10 in September and we just took these a few weeks ago!). See???? Just goes to show how fast that time goes and how if I don’t put these things on my summer bucket list, I will miss them!!!!! We already have our newborn family session scheduled when baby comes in July and I feel so relieved!!! I’m terrible at waiting until last minute and this time i feel so much more at peace knowing we have a photographer that will take care of this that I can trust. So so so important!!!!

Anywho, my kids always want to do a summer bucket list. I have always turned them down in the past because I felt that it was not attainable and would never happen, not to mention expensive and just felt like too much.

So this year, I decided to ask them what they want to do instead of me giving them ideas. Turns out their expectations are WAY less than mine, and that most of the things they wanted were simple, inexpensive and just time with me. I was incredibly humbled and proud of them and honestly relieved that crazy things like going to Disney were not on their lists! We are excited to explore what the Rochester Minnesota area has to offer since we are newer here!

Here is what my kids (9 and 12) came up with-with zero help from me!

Go on the river
eat bad food
eat ice cream 5 days in a row
make homemade ice cream
see friends
camp in the backyard
sleep in
visit new parks
go exploring
go to the pool
visit a new waterpark
see family
go to a zoo

These simple, inexpensive ideas gave me a sigh of relief! To know we can actually do these and most are things we do every summer anyways!! So don’t feel pressure (we all know those parents that are doing the crazy expensive elaborate things-no hate, just not on my level) and try to have fun with your summer!!!!

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