Weeks 13 & 14: Easter and Spring Break

The weeks have been full here, for sure. Even though we didn't leave the house much during spring break (except for my escapes to exercise some of the evenings), there was plenty going on at home. We've been in a bit of spring cleaning mode: cleaning/getting rid of stuff in the basement, moving some things upstairs, and rearranging furniture in the boys' room. Organizing stuff is actually one of the things I can do with the kids home. I don't know if it just looks so boring to them that they leave me alone!

I visited Gabe's computer class. He's playing Sumdog, a math game.

We've had a couple pockets of nicer weather, but mostly it was cold, windy, rainy, or snowy.

Charlotte celebrated the 100th day of Pre-K.

Easter weekend trip to Barnes & Noble and Chili's. Excited to buy books because most of the time we just look and play.

Coloring eggs is always a highlight. Charlotte is the only one who will help Frank and me eat them.

Lots of goodies on Easter morning.

Frank is working on an old computer.

Charlotte did fine without naps for most of the week, though they did have quiet time each day. Towards the end of the week though... She insisted on wearing that dress most days, and often wore her rainbow dash hat (see photo below) no matter the situation.

Gabe was excited for us to make a second Minecraft account so that he and Zach could play at the same time on computers--they have been playing together on tablets and phones for years, but I guess you can do different stuff on computers.

They convinced me to let them take computers up to their room for quiet time.

Much of the time I was cleaning in the basement Gabe was playing video games down there and Charlotte was cooking for me in her kitchen.

She camped out in the boys' room a couple of times. That couch comes in handy.

Weeks 11 & 12: Winter weekend and fun around the house

The last two weeks. Um, I remember camping. And making cookies and the kids having sleepovers in Charlotte's room on the weekends.

Zach got up early to go to Starbucks with me on a Sunday.

Charlotte had a fashion show at school.

Frank and Zach went to Cub Scout Winter Weekend.

While they were gone I cleaned in the basement while Gabe and Charlotte played.

It was time for another purge of empty boxes from the basement.

Errands. There is always a stop at the video game aisle.

Random snow day last Wednesday.

We made cookies for Grandpa Larry's birthday.

Little bunny Charlotte, with her face painted from Frank's work Easter egg hunt.

So excited to bunk together.

Week 10: Getting back to normal

Miscellaneous from the week.

Shopping on Sunday. The boys had wanted peeps ever since Charlotte got a pink one a couple of years ago. The purple, blue, and green ones came home.

Apparently Gabe likes burgers now. Or at least the ones at school. He gave ours a so-so rating. Baby steps on the picky eating front.

A trip to Burger King on the last day of the teacher strike (unknown to us at that moment). A slight meltdown when they found out the machine was out of sprite.

We agreed that Burger King has the best chicken nuggets but the worst toys ever. They managed to make do and thought they were hilarious.

A trip to Target always lands us in the video game aisle.

On Sunday Charlotte got a black eye. None of us know how, not even her. By Wednesday it was looking better.

She's been giving out stickers all week.

She drew a family portrait while the boys were in their astronomy club meeting Saturday morning.

Yet another birthday party, this time for Gabe's friend at a hotel pool.

Week 9: Strike! (no school)

This is how we spent our summer random Feb/Mar vacation. Play-doh, movies, puzzles and games, shopping at Dollar Tree, baking, duplos and megablocks (I think they are never going to be too old to play with those), and another birthday party. To be continued...