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@Bao: I love this thread!

Beach at Lake Michigan as well!
Friday night picnics
Swimming lessons
Geocaching
Parades
Blowing bubbles
Growing a garden

Ice skating? Not sure if they will be old enough.
Visit a community pool
Have a friend or family member teach them something... Art class, how to fly a kite, etc
Go berry or apple picking
A family mini session, not exactly an experience but a memory.

A dress up tea party!!

She is going to her first live show this year for her birthday! I'm super stoked about that.
Her first movie theater experience.
Her first "friend" party.
Toronto Zoo! It's much bigger than our zoo with a lot more exotic animals. It's only 1.5 hours away.

@SweetCaroline: I love the idea of Friday night picnics. Do you go somewhere or do them in your backyard?

I just can't wait for all the things summer brings. Beaches, splash pads, getting ice cream at night, playing in the yard with the kiddie pools, etc.

@ShootingStar: oh splash pad!! Good idea!

We try to go to a park for our picnics, but sometimes just at home! I like it because we don't have to cook or wash dishes, and the focus is on FUN, not the normal weeknight routine.

@Bao: where in Michigan are you? My ILs live in GR!

My MIL/FIL live in one of the new golf developments in Belmont and DH's aunt and brother live in Cascade. My SIL likes taking our nephew sledding behind their house these days and in the summer they go to the outdoor evening concerts and events at the Mejier Garden. That might be a fun picnic spot. They also take him to the beach a lot in the summer and the farmers market on the weekends. They had a patio container garden before they just bought their big new house - those are easy. You can even just drill some holes in a big plastic beverage tub and fill it with soil and it's perfect standing height for the kids. We have lettuce and spring onions in one right now and we had strawberries last summer. Tomatoes do better in the ground because they grow so tall and you gotta stake them unless you do that topsy turvy tomato thing where it hangs upside down - my MIL had one on her deck and it was really productive. Herbs like mint do well in pots and you can make mint lemonade.