Spring Break Begins (2014)

First, I should say, I spoke too soon in my last post. :(

Ok, moving on from that unpleasantness...

We've survived the stomach bug and finally arrived at Spring Break.

Last year we went to San Francisco and Sea-Tac and found out we were gonna have another baby over spring break.  This year's agenda includes none of that.  Especially the pregnancy news.

Instead the plan is to roll with the weather, nap whenever possible, race across the yard a billion times, walk to the park daily, eat 'belly beans' and Easter treats, sing the itsy-bitsy spider on repeat, scrape our knees, refuse to come inside for dinner, squeal for the heck of it, and at some point get to see Mama and Papa H.

So far so good.

Friday was a low key, play at the park, quick dinner, and more backyard play, sort of evening. The reality of a week off hadn't yet set in.

Saturday, though, was full force.  PDG and I left MDG home with J-Man for morning naps while we indulged in a walk to 7-11 for donuts and juice that we later enjoyed after continuing to walk to the park.  We goofed in the backyard before I left to see my students in the high school performance of Bye Bye Birdie.  Turns out I teach some all-stars of more than just Spanish.  Also, I forgot how stage musicals can be really, really long.

That evening KB and family hosted a barbecue at their house.  PDG, his friend Lil O, and another 2 year old were inseparable.  While last time Lil O and PDG fought endlessly for this car...

...this time the three of them managed to share pretty well.  In fact, they kinda didn't need us.  On occasion PDG would appear to ask "sip?" or "bite?" but otherwise he freely chased the dog, drove the ride-on toys, kicked the ball, or simply ran and screamed with delight.  Is this what parenting bigger kids is like?  Weird.

Then Saturday Miss S, our daycare provider, hosted us for an Easter Party.  She went all out with treats and baskets and snacks and prizes.  While PDG was pretty bad at the games, he took the egg hunt seriously.  Especially when he figured out you could open the eggs and find treats he'd never seen before.

You should know by now that PDG doesn't smile when he's investigating new things. These were the best pictures we could get. And, yeah, J-Man was the only adult there to get his face painted. Go figure.

The weather was so perfect that as soon as naps were over we called up Miss M to meet her and N and friends at Yards Park for general chillaxing.  Thankfully no one minded the arrival of our family of four, and the babies were welcomed and played with and happily included into the crew.  PDG did try to eat their blue crab shells from their lunch, certain that meat must be a part of that pile.  I guess that'll now be on the agenda for summer break.

It was a whirlwind weekend, and that's before any of the days off even started.

I'd keep writing, but as I mentioned in my agenda, naps are at the top of the list.  I think it'll take me years to feel rested again, so might as well start now.