Summer Bucket List, 2026
a handful of summer intentions
Hello friends, happy Wednesday! I hope this post finds you well. I’m here today for just the briefest of time to share a quick post with you: my Summer Bucket List, 2026! If you’ve been visiting this corner of the internet for a while, you might’ve come across one of my seasonal bucket lists before. Essentially, they’re my intentions for the next few months, and sharing them here is my way of making sure they get done! This is Bean’s first ever summer earthside, and, although she’ll be too young to remember any of this, I want to get out there and make fun family memories that Husband and I will cherish into our old age. Our first summer as a little trio ❤️
Shall we dive in?
summer bucket list, 2026
plan Bean’s first birthday
Only 105 days to go! I’ve seen a million little videos of crafty things people do for their baby’s first birthday and there are so many I want to make. A baby face garland. A month-by-month photo display. A happy birthday backdrop. Paper chains aplenty. DIY party hats for her favourite teddies. A special birthday plate? A special first birthday crown. So much to do!
beach day
Husband and I visited Brittas Bay one day a few summers ago and had the most wonderful time — I want to try and do this again with Bean! Dip our little toesies in the water, play in the sand, eat a packed lunch, and generally just have a fun classic summer day out.
have a picnic
My parents used to pack up the car and drag us out for a picnic + walk in Glendalough come rain or shine during my childhood weekends, and, although I complained 85% of the time, I now think back very fondly on these outings and want to start the traditions with Bean. Pack a little homemade lunch, find a picnic bench to enjoy it at, and go for a little stroll around one of the lakes.
go on a road trip
Ideally: up north, to Ballycastle, with my little fambam, my parents, and my sister. I’m just going to keep repeating this until I somehow manifest it into being.
more photos of loved ones
… and not just Bean. I have a gazillion photos of Bean from basically every day of her life thus far, but not enough of us, our family, or our friends. This needs to change.
Also, a sub-list item: start prepping a folder of photos to add to a photobook at the end of the year. Now that we have a little bambina, I want to start creating yearly photo albums, and a photobook seems like the easiest and most hassle-free way.
last maternity leave hoo-rah
We’re looking to book one more little trip abroad before I go back to work in November and we’ve narrowed it down to two places: Tallinn or Helsinki. I’m flip-flopping between the two wildly because they both seem like places we’d love, but we just need to decide and get it booked in.
celebrate our anniversary
Husband and I will have been together for 11-years at the end of July, and I want to plan something special for just the two of us. We didn’t get to do anything special for the 10-year milestone last summer — what with me getting out of hospital after a 15-day stint just the day before, 30-weeks pregnant, newly anaemic, and emotionally + physically EXHAUSTED —, so I’m hopeful for better luck this year.
enjoy sangria in the sunshine
I actually got to do this with my sister at the weekend and it was so lovely! We sat out in the garden on a picnic blanket and enjoyed a few hours in the sunshine with Bean. It was perfect!
eat more ice-cream
A general life rule I try to carry with me always — but especially important in summer. I’m also thinking I might freeze some yogurt in little ice-pop moulds for Bean to chomp away on!
And there we have it, my Summer Bucket List, 2026! What’s on your summer bucket list? Hit me up with any great ideas using the comment box below!
With love and sun-kissed freckles,
Vicki xo
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