Spring Break

I usually try and have something planned for spring break and this year.. I have nuttin'.  Two years ago I enlisted them for manual labor and we cleaned the house from top to bottom, and last year the weather was just nasty so we didn't do anything.  This year it looks like the weather is going to be pretty nice with a couple of rainy days sprinkled in.  The manual labor bit sounds like a good idea but I would actually like to do something fun with the kids.

Today is officially the first day of break and of course, it rained over half the day.  We managed to get rooms cleaned and some other small projects done and now they can enjoy the rest of the afternoon outside.  Nothing is nicer than having kids ready for bed at night after being worn out from playing outside.  I am so ready for spring.  We spent a good amount of time outside this weekend too and I had that same groggy feeling at the end of the day that the kids do when playing outside.  Its a "good" tired though and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Last night on our evening walk with the kids, we had a kitty follow us all the way home.  She was a sweet girl and my kids just loved all over her.  When I say she followed us all the way home, I mean she followed us from the other side of the neighborhood, nearly half a mile.  It began raining last night and she curled up on our front porch and then disappeared.  This afternoon she showed back up and the kids are loving it.  Well, most, of the kids.  If you don't know, Brent and my oldest daughter are very allergic to cats, so having a cat was never a question, just a known fact that it would likely never happen.  The only way we would ever have one is if it were outside and we had land.

I have to admit though, she is a really pretty cat.  My other, non-allergic kids are saddened yet still pleading for us to keep kitty.  I am just hoping she finds her way back home.  I am sure someone is missing this blue-eyed beauty.