#5 - Water fight & #6 - Baloon water fight

This is the one bucket list item that I couldn't pass. Every summer, since I was little, I had a water fight. At least one.

Sometimes it's unavoidable. When the temperatures go over 38C (100F), cold water suddenly seems so appealing it's impossible to resist.
On a day like that, I came to my cousin's house to find the little ones planning a water fight. Naturally, I joined them immediately, and we all started plotting against my cousin - who was sleeping. Let's just say she got a very cold wake up call when she got (shoved) outside. Revenge followed, and soon enough we were all laughing like crazy while throwning water balloons at each other. But water balloons can't last forever, so we switched to buckets.We were all dripping wet in less than a minute.
Hoses weren't used that much, since they are less efective, while bottles and water guns weren't even touched.
We were using the real stuff.

The attack team

Never say no to a water fight! No summer can be called a summer without it.




Have fun!

Alice :)

#50 - Paint finger and toe nails each a different color

This may seem childish. My father even questioned me for the reason I look "like a peacock".

But what says summer more than bright colors? Nothing, right?
In honor of summer brightness and happiness, I introduce you to my nail polish army:

And the final result:

After all, life is summer, right?
Alice

#18 - Pull an all-nighter & #88 - Go to a sleepover

Because my grandparents' house is currently under renovation -like I mentioned earlier in a post- when my parents came to get me and my sister yesterday, we were short on beds.

Although I fancied the idea of sleeping in a tent, in the end I chose to sleep at my cousins' place.
That would be the sleepover part.

Being the same age, as you can probably imagine, we didn't sleep much. We talked, and talked, and played cards and truth or dare, watched movies, sneaked out, then talked some more,then played some more, and in the end, when we literally dropped on the bed, it was 5:30. Maybe not an entire all-nighter, but the sun was almost rising, and that is close enough for me.

I have very few video recordings that night, and all were during the dare part of "Truth or Dare". Not something I ever want to see the light. So please excuse the lack of photos and videos in this post. :)



Have fun!
Alice

#61 - Carve name into a tree

Looks like I switched this item with #89. I eventually left my initials in a tree and wrote my name on wet concrete.

Ever since I was little I wanted to carve my name into a tree, and now it's finally done. I just hope it will still be readable in a few years.

It is harder than it seems to carve a tree, especially when all you have is a little table knife. The "A" was pretty easy, since it's made of straight lines. If my name included only straight letters, it would've been a pleasure to write it. However...

My initials are A.S. And that "S" was a real pain to make. I ended up making it like one of those old "connect the dots" drawings. And even like that, it still haven't turned out quite the way I wanted it to.

However, anyone can tell what letters are carved, and that is enough for me.



Off to check another item!

Alice :)

#89 - Leave initials (hand prints?) in wet concrete

My grandparents's house is currently getting renovated. There is a lot of work to be done, and we aren't even past the halfway point.

Of course, since it's always better to be safe than sorry, there was some concrete left. My grandparents used that to make a stepping stone, to be included in the pathway. How could I pass that opportunity?

Just in case you are wondering, Diana is my little sister. She kept looking at me while I was writing, all watery-eyed, so I couldn't say no when she asked me to write her name too. :]


Maybe I cheated a little bit, but my name is written right over there, and that is enough for me to check off this item.

Have a great summer!
Alice