Day 1- Easter egg hunt with ward friends.
Day 2- Family weekend trip upstate for conference.
Day 3 - Easter and more conference. Wasn't conference amazing. Despite the difficulty of watching conference with small children, we really enjoyed it. I think my favorite talks were Sister Beck and Elder Bednar. So many of the talks were on families, I loved it!
Day 4- Go to the library (we do this every week anyway, but Christopher doesn't always get to go).
Day 5- Go on a nature hike. I found this fun place called Trailside Nature Center in Mountainside NJ. Really cool...check it out if you haven't.
Day 6- Go to the zoo. We ventured to the Bronx Zoo on an almost 90 degree day. What was I thinking!!! Actually, it was really fun and it gave us an excuse to buy some ice cream. Jacob and Christopher did wonderfully...little too much whining from Michael and Annie toward the end, but we survived. Favorite animals: bears, sea lions and leopard.
Christopher also had his first day of soccer practice on this day...so it was a really long day. I think I have been more excited about this than he was...and he was pretty excited. Turns out he has two friends on his team; Howard from his Kind class and Kayden from primary. He has a lady coach and she was super nice. He did pretty good for the first day and for not really playing soccer much before.
Day 7- Go to Mad Science presentation at the library. I forgot my camera, but it was a fun class. Basically it was all about air....who knew all the amazing things that plain ole' air can do! We also enjoyed playing in the yard.
Day 8- Make a fun craft. Because of a leaky water heater and having to deal with that, I didn't plan very well for this and we ended up just making playdough. But they loved it.
Christopher also lost his second tooth this day. It was pretty loose to begin with, but thanks to a little rough-housing, Michael's head delivered the final blow and knocked it out. :)
Christopher is back to school now and we thought it might be hard for him to go back, but he had no problem. It was a fun Spring Break.
5 comments:
What a fun spring break! Your easter egg hunt with the ward made me a little homesick for Jersey! We miss you guys.
You are such a fun mom, activities every day and a trip in the bargain! It makes me want to spend spring break with you.
I'm so impressed you took all those adventures with your kids by yourself - to the zoo and the nature preserve. We'd love to go with you sometime to the nature preserve, if you're interested in going again. Maybe over the summer?
What a fun Spring Break! I love how you found things to do around home . . . and the 'hotel for Conference' sounds like an awesome idea!
Hey Emily- i love the pocket idea. Ashton goes off track later this week and i think i may steal that idea from you. You are such a great mom. I too was jealous and sad i wasnt there for your ward egg hunt...looks like fun. i miss all you guys!
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