Catching Up -- again!

Yikes, it's been BUSY!

Last week was Spring Break -- we all had such a great time! Monday we had our day seeing the cherry blossoms, complete with 1 pm reservation for the paddle boats at the Tidal Basin. We also went to see the Thomas Jefferson Memorial of course. We had a picnic on the mall plus yummy ice cream thanks to temps being in the 80s (woohoo!).

Tuesday was a visit to the Cub Run RECenter leisure pool -- it was so much fun and the kids just had a blast! We were "in the water" for 5 hours!

Wednesday was a "rest day". We went to the Fair Oaks Mall for some playtime at their indoor playground (temps in the 40s -- what happened to the great weather?) and we picked up some new toys for fun.

Thursday was a visit to the National Museum of the American Indian on the Mall -- complete with lunch at the best cafe at any Smithsonian Museum. Then we went to Union Station as well as the National Postal Museum, where we made greeting cards and postcards, and sent them in the mail to people we love (including school teachers!).

Friday was a "rest day" because Nicholas took a four-hour afternoon nap (!!!) so we did movie night a little early.

Saturday it snowed (!!!) but the neighborhood egg hunt still went on! The kids had fun although it was COLD!

Sunday we all went to church and had Easter dinner at home.

Monday was back to work day for me -- and I was the most relaxed I've been in months. :-) I need to take more breaks like last week!

Tuesday I went to my first meeting of the new "gifted and talented" advisory committee I'm serving on for the county. They are really at the end of their work product, so my attendance was more to get a lay of the land. Unfortunately it was at the same time as the school PTA meeting, so I had to miss that.

Wednesday night we watched Daisuke Matsuzaka pitch against Felix Hernandez. Wow, that was an interesting night for DiceK!

Tonight was Science Fair night -- the tadpoles were ready and so was Natalie. Natalie was so totally in her element -- complete with her bright pink dress, pink tights, and "high-heeled" white shoes. :-) Then she wanted to buy some raffle tickets to win some "flowers" -- well, the "flowers" were actually a Norfolk Pine tree sapling -- and of course she WON the raffle! So she is tending her tree daily and we have to pick a place to plant it, wait for the last frost, get the spot ready, etc. She said tonight, "This is without a doubt the happiest Ive ever been!" Nicholas had a ball, too, playing with Lego blocks at one of the "exhibits". What I really liked was the turnout -- it was amazing! SO MANY people came to see the students' work. It was wonderful!

Prayers are appreciated for DH -- he's still job hunting, and he had two interviews last week and another interview tomorrow. Something has to break soon...