Apr 16, 2011

Spring Break Report

It was Spring Break at our house this week on account of a) I didn't teach preschool and b)  Daddy was home with us ALL WEEK.  That's a super great treat for various reasons which I can't list here, but let's just say the laundry room spiders never stood a chance.  Ew.

We decided to keep our break low-key and very chill.  Now that it's almost over, all the days are blending together, but we did some cleaning, some organizing and some playing.

We:
  • Organized and cleaned our our bedroom closet and took 3 garbage bags full of clothes to DI.
  • Made a little rectangle in the backyard to keep the new sandbox and airplane teeter totter in.
  • Shopped for a new kitchen table, but did not purchase one due to my fear of committment.
  • Did all the laundry despite the bloodthirsty spiders in my basement.
  • Sprayed the entire house for bugs. 
  • Visited the baby goats at Thanksgiving Point.  Resisted the temptation to jump the fence and cuddle the baby goats at Thanksgiving Point.
  • Rode the horses at Thanksgiving Point.

  • Ate the most delicious peanut butter brownie.
  • Made three batches of sorbet in our new cuisinart ice cream maker.  
  • Drove around looking at different piles of wood chips for the new playground area.
  • Watched three documentaries on Netflix.
  • Made a batch of vegan waffles which the kids request each morning.  Recipe found here.
  • Had a BBQ with my family member to commemorate the end of Spring Break.  We had burgers and veggie burgers, southwest green salad, veggie kabobs (yum!), and oven fries with chocolate and coconut sorbet for dessert.
  • Slept in.
  • Attracted kids from the entire neighborhood with our nifty rocket launcher.
  • Ran 3.14 miles
  • Snuggled
  • Had two therapy sessions for Hazel.
  • Attended Hazel's allergy followup (update forthcoming).
  • Lamented the fact that it's over and Monday means back to real life.
I hope you got to enjoy some time with your family this week whether it was Spring Break for you or not.  We're looking forward to the last month and half (??) of school and then bring on Summer!!

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3 comments:

Emily said...

Sounds pretty great, except for the spiders. We have spring break this coming week and Isaac has had a 104 fever for three days now. I hope he's better next week so we can do SOMEthing.

I want a rocket launcher!

~GINGER~ said...

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70116262 This is the kitchen table that we have. It seats 6 every day but has two leaves in it that make it a 10 person table!! And it's $100 cheaper than when we bought it. LOVE IT!

Anyway, I'm glad the spiders are dead. Spiders are evil, hideous, frightening, horrid creatures and they should ALL die immediately!

Enjoy your last couple days of break... Monday is coming!

Jessica said...

we just got a rocket launcher too. so fun.