Fifty Things to Do Before You Are 11 3/4

Borrowing a great idea from Ali today -
The National Trust in the UK has come up with a terrific list of things to do before you turn 12.

So here's what we have accomplished so far (

1. Climb a tree

2. Roll down a really big hill

3. Camp out in the wild

4. Build a den
5. Skim a stone
6. Run around in the rain

7. Fly a kite

8. Catch a fish with a net (o.k., this is with a pole and not a net, but she did it on her own)

9. Eat an apple straight from a tree
10. Play conkers
11. Throw some snow

12. Hunt for treasure on a beach

13. Make a mud pie
14. Dam a stream
15. Go sledging
16. Bury someone in sand
17. Set up a snail race
18. Balance on a fallen tree

19. Swing on a rope swing

20. Make a mud slide
21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild
22. Take a look inside a tree
23. Visit an island
24. Feel like you're flying in the wind

25. Make a grass trumpet
26. Hunt for fossils and bones

27. Watch the sun wake up
28. Climb a huge hill
29. Get behind a waterfall
30. Feed a bird from your hand
31. Hunt for bugs
32. Find some frogspawn

33. Catch a butterfly in a net
34. Track wild animals

35. Discover what's in a pond
36. Call an owl
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
38. Bring up a butterfly
39. Catch a crab
40. Go on a nature walk at night
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it

42. Go wild swimming

43. Go rafting
44. Light a fire without matches
45. Find your way with a map and compass
46. Try bouldering
47. Cook over a campfire
48. Try abseiling
49. Find a geocache
50. Canoe down a river

We're coming up on 11 3/4 faster than I'd like to admit, but they're well on their way.

If anyone out there can explain how to play conkers, I would appreciate it. I know it has something to do with nuts on a string, but that's all I got.