March Break Doings

Although March break always falls on the second week, you never know what the weather is going to hold. I was born on the fourteenth and when my parents brought me home from the hospital five days later, we had a snow storm. This year, people were walking around in t-shirts and shorts. Pushing it a little maybe, but there was definitely no need for the winter woollies. (I was soooo tempted to wash them and put them away).

Last night the Engineer and I went out and did groceries. It was 18C when we went into the grocery store, and 8C when we came out 45 minutes later. Yikes! I was thankful that I had my winter coat on then. Today it's 1C. A twenty degree difference from yesterday.

Anyways, March Break was gorgeous! The Engineer went to work as usual, and Bub went to work for the week too. He works at a nursery. He tags pots and quite enjoys it. (The paycheck for a thirteen year old isn't too shabby either).

The girls spent hours upon hours playing outdoors enjoying the sunshine. I let them just BE. Thus the real ragamuffin look in most of the photos. No hair do's. No clean clothes. Undershirts and winter boots -- have to love that style. I'm so thankful they aren't uber fashion queens having to worry about what brands they're supposed to be wearing -- or not. I sometimes wonder how different that would be if they were still in school...

While they played, I worked on getting the rest of the concrete dust out of the one room in the basement. Scary stuff. I didn't know whether to laugh hysterically or cry and throw a tantrum. It's still not done, but it's getting there. My sanity through it all was this: