Thanks for being patient with me as I "unplugged" from blogging, twittering and facebook while we enjoyed our Spring Break with the kiddos. Once again, we watched half of Carmel migrate south to the Gulf of Mexico...although my kids would have you think that we were the ONLY family left in Indiana. We choose to head south for our family vacation every summer. So, typically we spend our Spring Break dog watching and mail retrieving for our neighbors. This year was no exception. Mother Nature wasn't so kind to us at the beginning of our break, even sticking her tongue out at us with some springtime snow showers. That was hard to take, I'll admit. But, we're finishing up our Break with sunny skies and warmer breezes. We may even hit 60 for our egg hunt tomorrow after church. Yay!
Honestly, I have just loved having the kids home and taking a break from our routine. Spring Break for me, means a vacation from the every day hustle of homework, after school activities, sports practices and my alarm clock. My "school days" begin at 5:45 a.m. to wake up K, make 4 breakfasts, pack 4 lunches and get everyone out the door on time. This week we stayed up late and had some more one-on-one time with our pillows. That was fabulous.
We did some letterboxing this week. We even introduced K's BFFs to it. Read all about our family letterboxing hobby here. We ventured to a local park for one...
and G loved the one we found at a local train station...that was cool!
We went and had lunch with Mark at work, watched lots of movies like Hancock, Get Smart and Ghost Town, played games like Othello and Pass the Pigs and spent quality time with cousins.
We also had fun dying Easter eggs. My grandfather LOVED dying the eggs. We couldn't stop him...he was on a roll. The kids were good sports when they realized that Poppop had dyed half of the 18 eggs I had hard boiled. They got a kick out of his enjoyment, though. It was really sweet.
As I write this, the smell of the chocolate chip pound cake I'm baking for Easter brunch is wafting through the air, my ipod is singing to me, my kids are happily playing outside and my mommy batteries have been recharged. I can even see the first day of summer vaction on our horizon....we only have 7 weeks of school left! I hope you've had a great week and that you have a sunny, blessed Easter.
I've missed you!! Glad you had a nice spring break. Be looking for a package in the mail! I'd like to say in advance "better late than never", but when you get the package, the first words that come to mind will most definitely not include the word "better" anywhere! But you asked for this and you're finally getting it! Check out my new post to get a sneak peak!
Posted by: Jeannine | April 12, 2009 at 07:16 PM
We love letterboxing. Unfortunately, we haven't done it in a while, but you reminded my to get online and check to see if there are any new ones in town. I think we had found them all as of last year. It's a great way to get out and do some hiking. Also, wanted to let you know that the Easter bunny brought the plates that the kids decorate and use. The kids loved them. Thanks for the idea.
Posted by: Missie | April 12, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Thanks for the info on the letterboxing. I looked it up and there are two very close to me that I'm taking the kids to this week.
Posted by: Kimberly Shaw | April 15, 2009 at 08:55 PM