Spring Break or What Really Matters

I love the concept of spring break, until it actually arrives and I then realize that it is NOT A BREAK FOR ME!

I do, however, get to take my kids to the in-laws tonite (one nite only, but I'm going to beg mercy for more....). I'm training them to pack their own suitcases (since their father didn't learn til AFTER college...), but I always, ahem...edit. Here's what Wyatt packed on his own:

He has all the vitals: A car, a gun, his pillow, his dancing machine, and one shoe. Sounds like all you need for a great Spring Break (minus a keg).

He also had jammies and clean underpants, so we're getting somewhere.

More Mexico

Just to make those of you still stuck in a frozen tundra feel worse, I got some new photos of our trip to Mexico, just to rub it in:

This first shot involved no tequila, I promise. And yes, the ground was very uneven. I am not that short, as my sister so deftly pointed out.

We went out on the ocean in a raft (yikes!) to watch whales. This is mating and birthing season, so we watched this guy doing his mating dance. You can see how close the other boat was, and I was greatful not to be in that one. (Although, that one offered adult beverages, which I may have needed, had I been that close....)

This is Aaron and 2 other guys, sitting on our raft. In the back, you see Lover's Beach, that is good for swimming. On the other side of the rocks, is Divorce beach, where the Pacific Ocean meets the inlet, and it really rough. Of course, we rode the raft through an even smaller gap in the rocks and over the waves, much to my dismay. It was pretty, though!

Slugger

Wyatt has joined a Tee Ball team of 3 & 4 year olds. I went to get him cleats(? spikes?) this week (he is one size smaller than the littlest size they make!).

He also got the xxsmall baseball pants, and, get this, a left-handed glove (also World's teeniest.) He appears to throw left, and bat right. Can that be?

Last Wednesday, he came home from practice sneezing and coughing (welcome, spring!), but by Friday was wheezing and gasping. So we went to the doctor, and he got a breathing treatment, some steroids, and a new inhaler! We also went for a chest x-ray after he was chock full of uppers. Here's how it went with the x-ray tech:

"What's that? How's it work? Why is mom wearing that apron? Ohhhh, look at my apron, how cute? What's your name? Are you taking a photo of my tummy? Is it going to be loud? Will this hurt? Can I have more chic-fil-a? Where's my Sprite?"

X-Ray tech: "He sure is a talker."

Me: "You should meet his dad..."

Anyway, he's fine now.

Here's Your Sign

And while we were gone, they posted this sign at the entrance to our neighborhood.

How did they know? Did they take a poll?

What's next: Short Bus Parking Signs?

Honestly, they've putting putting up this same sign for how long? Could they not think of better verbage at this point?

Mexico

Aaron and I were so fortunate to go on the Top Producers Trip for his agency a few weeks ago. It was one week after the Great Ice Storm, so I was so glad to leave.

We started the weekend in Tulsa at his company award banquet, where he won the Junior Partner Award--I was so proud of him!

So off to Mexico with 8 other fabulous couples. We ate, laid around, and watched whales jumping out of the ocean. We even went out to sea to watch them up close....in a raft! Yikes!

Here's the view from hotel...it was pretty rough.

Snow Day(s)

I always think back to that fateful December Day in 1991 when I was thinking about where to go to college, and I thought "I'm going to go someplace warm."

Little did I know, the place I chose would be HORRIBLY warm in August, but also have some mighty cold days.

We just completed 4 straight days of no school due to all the snow and the layer of ice under it all. Never in my growing up years did school get cancelled for 4 days! (Actually, school was in on Monday, but the roads got so bad from 9 to 10, that I went and picked them both up!)

The kids were great, it was me who almost lost it! We sledded several days and I even pulled them on the sled to the local high school to sled on the berms there. (Aaron took my truck on Wed. b/c his "sport tires" are WORTHLESS on snow and ice....so I was stranded...I don't do well stranded.)

It was 65 degrees yesterday, so it's all a distant memory. All I thought of the whole time was, "I'm going to Mexico in 10 days...."

My Little Toothless Girl turned 7 last week, and she had 4 friends over for a sleepover. The painted nails, watched princess movies, and chased Wyatt out of the room. It was pretty fun, I must say, and I think we're going to enjoy 7!