‘Spring Bucket List’ Articles at Sweetnicks

“I can’t do the 5k with you,” texted Mystic’s daughter when I asked her to join us.

Yes, you can. You’ll be fine.

“I don’t think so.”

Taylor, Madeline did it last year when she was 3-1/2. You’re almost 19. I promise you, you can do it.

“Are you trying to make me feel guilty?”

No, not at all. But if Madeline can do it, I know you can. The hardest part for you will be getting up early on Sunday morning.

And since she can sleep away the day very easily (teenagers!), I was being totally serious.

This was our third time doing the 5k Walk for MS.

But this year, it meant way more.

One of the girlfriends that I did it with this year lost her mom to MS.

So besides just walking for a good cause.

And for exercise.

And to spend time outside with my kids.

We walked for a far greater purpose this year.

To support her.

And these three?

They all killed it.

Without question.

Or nagging.

Or whining.

So.very.proud.

I never had a doubt.

The 5k. Then lunch. Then this. (Her and Nick always sleep with their eyes the teensiest bit open. Weird.)

And beyond the good exercise. The good cause. Bonding with kids. Beyond all that. There is this.

This littlest member of the family, with the little legs that could. Made sure that we all had our medals with us on Monday morning. So they could be shown to co-workers and schoolmates alike. She checked and doublechecked. We wore them out of the house.

She was so.very.proud.

And had every right to be.

And so was I.

Spring 2012 Bucket List. 5K. Done and done.

April 19, 2012 – Bonus Photo

Last night, I managed to check one more item off our Spring Bucket List. Friends watched Madeline (thank you, thank you, thank you!) and Nick and I went off to see Hunger Games. He declared it the second best movie he’s ever seen. Works for me.

For the past two years, the kids and I have had a Summer Bucket List (2011 and 2010). I’m a big fan of such things, and so are they. At the end of the day, it’s too easy to come home and just veg in front of the tv and do nothing. And then the whole year has passed and it’s all “what did we do?” Oh nothing.

Now don’t get me wrong. I cherish our lazy, do nothing days. I need them. The kids need them. No question. But I don’t want a whole season full of nothing but do nothing days. Although “balance is a false goal,” I want to pepper our do nothing days with fun memory-making moments for us.

One of my Top 5 favorite quotes sums it up perfectly.

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman

So the Bucket List. It gives us those fun bits of activity to look forward to. Things to plan. Some cost absolutely nothing. Some are a few bucks. I try to mix it up. Because, after all, fun isn’t about how much money you’re spending. It’s about spending time with your family and friends. Creating memories. And moments. Things that the kids will remember years from now when we’re knee-deep in teen angst. When they have their own families to create memories with. When they’re no longer my littles.

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Spring Bucket List {5K} – DONE

Spring Bucket List 2012