places-

• amusement park
• apple picking (2014/15)
• aquarium (2015)
• arcade (may 2021 + nov 2021)
  • ryan's family amusement center (nov 2021)
  • salisbury beach boardwalk arcades (may 2021)
• beach (sometime in 2011/12 + may 2021)
• berry-picking
• boston children's museum (2017, x2-3)
• boston duck boat tour ride (2016, x2)
• bowling (2016 + 2023)
• build-a-bear (2014/15)
• camping
• carnival/fair (summer 2017; re 2019)
• castle island
• circus
• concert
• corn maze
• dino exhibit @ seaport world trade ctr (2016)
• disney on ice (feb 2017)
• enchanted village (re) (2016)
• escape room (his birthday, 2023)
• ferry ride across the harbor
• fireworks on 4th of july (2022 @ gilette stadium)
• fishing
• franklin museum (fall 2022)
• franklin park zoo
• friendly's (2014/15)
• frog pond splash pool/frisbee in the park (aug 2017)
• harlem globetrotters @ td garden (dec 2018)
• hibachi buffet (oct 2021)
• hiking trail (franklin forest loop, 2022)
• hiking trail w/ him & mom (2023)
• ice-skating
• imax theatre
• kayaking
• laser tag
• lego store (2014/15)
• library 2 chill
• mall (2014/15; 2017)
• mini-golf (may 2021 @ gold country in easton)
• movie theatre (2015/16; 2x-2017)
• mrbeast burgers
• museum of science (march 2017)
• open gym day for kids/families
• paddle boats
• parade
• pickleball courts to teach him 2 play (july 2023)
• plymouth plantation
• providence daytrip + risd museum @ night
• pumpkin picking (2014/15)
• round-1 bowling (july 2017)
• science museum
• sheep farm
• southwick zoo (2015)
• sports game (harlem globetrotters, dec 2018)
• swan boat ride in boston public garden (2016 & 2018)
• trampoline park (his birthday, 2022)
• watch his soccer game (2017)

misc. things to do-

• bake him a birthday cake (2018)
• bake/decorate christmas cookies 2gether (dec 2022)
• bake apple croissants 2gether (july 2023)
• build a gingerhouse 2gether (dec 2017)
• build a sandcastle 2gether
• build a snowman 2gether
• build gingerbread men 2gether (dec 2016)
• bury him in the sand (may 2021 @ salisbury beach)
• complete an escape room 2gether (his birthday, 2023)
• collect bugs 2gether
• cook a meal 2gether (nov 2016)
• do arts & crafts projects (2017)
• fly kites @ castle island
• go camping with him & mom
• let him give yoda a bath outside in the yard (2020)
• make a smoothie w/ fresh fruits 2gether
• make christmas stockings 2gether (dec 2016)
• make his bday garden terrariums w/ him (summer 2019)
• make tie-dye shirts 2gether
• paint lighthouse birdfeeders w/ him & mom
• picnic (w/ traditional basket in the park) w/ him
• plant seeds, flowers, etc., in mom's garden w/ him
• play basketball w/ him (july 2020 & oct 2021)
• play frisbee in boston common (july 2017)
• play kickball in the park (sept 2020 & nov 2021)
• play pickleball 2gether (july 2023)
• play video games 2gether (jan 2022 - "moving" game)
• potato people prank (july 2022)
• ride bikes 2gether
• send him surprise postcards while traveling (2017)
• ship him surprise cards/drawings/letters/care packages (re) (dec 2017 + apr 2020)
• start a college fund for him
  • open a savings account for him & periodically (approx. every month or so) & take him to deposit his savings :')
• take him & yoda for a walk (apr/july 2020)
• take him ice-skating (enchanted village)
• take him swimming at the ymca
• teach him how 2 chopstick/buy him his own pair
• throw him a (surprise) birthday party