30 @ 30

As I turned the big 3-0 today, I found myself doing some rather grown-up thinking. Thinking about how I'd much rather be a kid again! But unfortunately, I can't go back in time. All I can do is continue to celebrate another year of being fabulously "29." To make that a little easier to bear next year, I planned a list of 30 things I'd like to accomplish to keep the spark of youth in my life.

1. Go on a picnic
2. Take a walk in the spring rain/jump in puddles
3. Grow raspberries
4. Bake mini cupcakes
5. Run a race
6. Host an HP7 premier party
7. Play with chalk
8. Learn the rules of ice hockey
9. Go rollerblading through the park
10. Plant cutable flowers in the yard
11. Hang a hallway photo display
12. Make homemade marshmallows and hot cocoa
13. Jump in a leaf pile
14. Have a backyard garden party
15. Take a fall color hike
16. Poach an egg
17. Do yoga 30 times
18. Plan a seasonal date per quarter
19. Have a water balloon/squirt gun fight
20. Master PhotoShop elements
21. Stop and smell the lavender
22. Spend a sunny afternoon with camera and without plan
23. Blow bubbles
24. Finish a crossword puzzle - solo
25. Visit the zoo or aquarium
26. Watch planes or trains go by
27. Take a bicycle trip to get ice cream on a hot evening
28. Save for the trip of a lifetime - Italy
29. Brave a crowded waterpark
30. Photo document this list

Not too shabby! Here's to hoping I'm not too old to actually get all this done in a year. :-)