Sunday, April 22, 2007
I never thought I'd be saying this at the end of Spring Break but I'm kinda bummed it's over. Sure the kids have done their fair share of fighting and Caleb has done his best to terrorize us all, but we've also had a lot of fun. Especially once I accepted that the weather wasn't necessarily going to cooperate. I started making some plans that the weather couldn't thwart and amazingly enough we managed to pull them all off. First off, we got our garden started. Denver and Noah helped prepare the pots and plant the seeds and less than a week later we have all sorts of little green shoots peeking up out of the soil. And of course, we've added just one more "to do" to Mark's list: prepare the garden patch. . . quick!
 
Tuesday we had playgroup at the church only no one let me know it was cancelled. So I showed up with all six boys and there was no one for them to play with. But lucky for us, I had a key and our good friends, the Restuccias were in town and they decided to come play with us. So we played until meltdown and then played even longer while we waited for AAA to come help with a dead battery. But we had McDonalds and silly putty and a sense of humor and we all went home happy.
 
Wednesday I took Hunter up to Yale for his Neurology Clinic. He still has those darn epileptic brain waves and the doctor has decided it's best to keep Hunter on his meds for a little while longer. He's also decided that he wants to change what meds Hunter is currently taking because there are new anticonvulsants out there that have fewer side effects and fewer risks. Wednesday was also our third day stuck inside, thanks to a Spring Noreaster that wouldn't budge, so I recruited the help of my good friend Darlene and arranged for her to come watch the twins Thursday while I took the boys to a nearby aquarium. Of course it was probably the busiest day of the year there (thanks to a bunch of moms with kids home for spring break and several days of soggy weather) and the crowds were a little overwhelming, but we had fun anyway. As we left, the sun miraculously peeked out from behind the clouds and we headed over to a nearby park that the boys have been begging to go to for months now. We all ran around in reckless abandon, thrilled to feel the sun on our faces and the wind in our hair. When Mark got home from work he took the boys to our community theatre to see Night At The Museum while I stayed and put the babies to bed.
  
Mark took Friday off and gave me some time off as well. So I went and got a pedicure with Kim Restuccia and then we sat in Duchess for almost three hours chowing down on french fries and chatting about all the crazy things that have changed for us over the years and how silly it all is. We finished reading Bridge to Terabithia this week and were planning on going to see the movie on Friday but unfortunately we waited too long and it's no longer in theatres out here. So the kids played outside in the almost eighty degree weather all day and Mark and I took turns trying to get odd jobs done around the house. Mark even managed to get Caleb out for a bike ride with the big boys following closely behind and I had the rare opportunity to cook with Noah and teach him how to make French Toast.
  
Saturday we ran a few errands and then took the boys to swim at the local YMCA and eat dinner at IHOP. The twins had their first swim and Caleb kept Mark and I both on our toes chasing him here, there and everywhere. But man, did he love swimming! We stopped by the local furniture store on our way home, to drool over the dining room table we both really want while the kids loaded up on candy at the little candy store there. And today after church we took the kids up to a state park not too far away and had a nice little picnic there. The boys did some hiking and wading and we stayed until Denver's flip-flop floated downstream and Caleb freaked out because I wouldn't let him drown himself in the middle of the river. At that point we loaded up the team and headed home where we played outside and roasted marshmallows until it was time for PJ's and America's Funniest Videos.
  
And now it's time for me to go to bed so I can get up early and send the boys off to school and Mark off to work and start off another hum-drum week. I'll miss the boys and our lazy, laid back schedule and the ability to do whatever we want whenever we want. As much as I hate the fact that the boys have spring break a month after they have winter break and then have to attend school all the way into June, I've really enjoyed this spring break and am sad to see it end. Guess I'll just have to start making plans for this summer. Hmmmmm. . . what should we do?
posted by Shana # 9:43 PM 
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