Semi-Spring Break

This week is when the rest of the county took off for Spring Break, so we sort of followed suit.  Sort of.  The weather turned super cold (just like last year's Spring Break) so since we were sitting at home chilling anyway, we couldn't help but do a school lesson and/or activity or two a day.  Throw in some read aloud books while we were chilling and some silent reading during Noah's quiet time every day and what you have is really only about half the week taken off when all was said and done.  Which meannnnnns, that next week when the weather is expected to turn gorgeous, we can indulge in the rest of our off-time that we didn't really redeem this week!  Semi-Spring Break rocks!

Although the weather was gloomy and cold, we did manage to squeeze in some play with buds and each other several times.  For starters, on Tuesday Noah had his good buddy Owen over for one last good and long playdate since Owen just happens to be moving out of town this weekend.

These two met back in Kindergarten and were in the same class again in first grade and, since his mother and I are friends, we have managed to get the boys together several times this year independent of school activities that we used to rely upon. 

 

Noah is already looking forward to having a friend that he can write to now and I look forward to using that in some writing activities very soon.  Always alert for a teachable moment!

Another day we tried our hands at soap carving to go along with a book Noah read about wood carving.   Noah lost interest pretty quickly when he realized how labor intensive it was.  And Anna summed it all up through tears and frustration after her own handiwork didn't pan out like she'd hoped, "I get it now!  Carving is NOT easy."  We settled for some YouTube carving videos after that instead.

Later in the week, we got the chance to hit up a playdate with a bunch of kiddos from my SAHMom's group.  This one had a Sports Clinic theme.  Anna was all about the soccer and football and kept at it longer than I thought she would. 

We mommas stayed huddled up and gabbing on the porch.  It was pretty cold, but we were willing to brave it for a chance to get out of the house at all during this chilly week.

Noah was all about the football and basketball.  I hardly saw him the whole time, but as long as I heard his resonant giggling above the crowd, I knew he was alive and well and enjoying all the friends to play with. :}

Group shot! The kid in the middle was the host for this event and, through eveyone's donations and bake sale purchases, was able to raise $200 for his cause ... donating money to the league to help kids whose families can't afford sports registration and such.

Anna's heart belonged to her buddies Selina and Keira once they showed up.  What a fun surprise!  She misses our Bible Study family big time in between meetings every month.

Noah squeezing in a few more hoops before we left ... and headed off to a friend's house for lunch.  Spring Break rocks!

The following day, another buddy, Cohen, stopped by for an hour while his mom, Karla, and I chatted it up.  And we hit the park that afternoon, too.  Beyond all that, imagine lots of Wii time and lots of Lego time and a couple Frozen viewings ...

and you have a well-spent Semi-Spring Break!  Grinning to myself that we get to roll it right on into next week, too, when the sun will actually be shining.  I love being the boss of my own school and getting to call the scheduling shots. :}