We had a nice surprise for Spring Break... Bryce was home! Bryce has been away in Suffield, Alberta since about mid March. (He has been working, doing military stuff.) He initially wasn't supposed to be home until mid May, but we all got lucky, Daddy came home for about 13 days! And thank heavens the 13 days went over the kids Spring Break! I thought I had died and gone to heaven! The kids were home & so was Bryce ~ wonderful timing! We sat down as a family & did some brainstorming as to how to spend our time together. The list was long & the kids had MANY ideas. (no surprise there!) Some ideas involved us going away & spending lots of $$ and others were more simple & much less expensive. Bryce & I thought about our options & made up an itinerary. We decided to stay closer to home & do more things (& spend less $$!)... we wanted the kids to feel like they had a fun week of activities & that they were put first. So here's what we did!
Monday we took the kids swimming. They had a blast & Madi went for her first swim. She hated it at first but after about 1/2 an hour or so, she warmed up to the idea of being in a huge 'bath tub' & by the end was actually enjoying herself. Good times! Noah, June & Adam virtually had the pool to themselves & thought that they had died and gone to heaven. The waterslide was a big hit too... Mommy & Daddy had a good time on it too!
Tuesday we took the kids to Ruckers. Ruckers is kinda like a small version of Chucky Cheese. Yes, it is noisy & is easily the last place I would like to spend my morning, but the kids LOVED it there! They played just about every game there & collected as many tickets as they possibly could. One machine gave out so many tickets to Adam, I thought that maybe it was broken!
After our morning in Ruckers, we treated the kids to lunch at Applebees. The kids had never eaten there before so we thought we would switch things up a bit and try somewhere different. They didn't want to go there at first but it didn't take much for them to change their minds... once they were seated, they were happy campers. :)
Wednesday we had a play day at home. I had laundry & things to catch up on so we stayed close to home.
Thursday we took the kids to Play Time. That is another place the kids love to go to and I can only stand to be there for a limited time. The kids ran & played basically until Bryce & I couldn't stand to be there anymore! ;)
Afterwards, we went to Grandma Rogers house for lunch. (Grandma Rogers is Bryce's grandma... we just love her to pieces! And she loves her great- grandbabies even more!!) We had a yummy lunch, as always, and a very nice visit too.
Friday night we had a Fun Friday with the kids. Daddy went to the Canex & bought a ton of treats for the kids & over to the movie store and rented 'Spiderwick Cronicles' for the kids. Grandpa Rollins invited Adam to go to the Winter Fair in Brandon & also for a sleep over. So he went out with Grandpa & had a fun time, while the rest of us stayed back & ate pizza in the living room & watched our movie.
Bryce was a little sad that he wasn't going to home over Easter & really wanted to see the kids do the Easter egg hunt & have their treats. So we decided that on Saturday we would celebrate Easter. The kids were ALL OVER that idea! So Saturday morning we got up & the kids did their egg hunt. So much fun! This was the first year that Madi kinda had a clue about what was going on. She would find an egg and then would pop it into her mouth, package and all (gross!) and then would move on to find another one. I was really impressed with June. She would lead Madi to the eggs & put them in her little bag & June often would take eggs from her own bag & put them into Madi's. I thought that was so nice of her to do that! Sweet moment for June & Madi! (They sure are good friends, I hope that always lasts.) At the end of the egg hunt, we combined what everyone found & split it up evenly. Then we gave them their bigger Easter treat. They were ready to eat!
Monday we took the kids swimming. They had a blast & Madi went for her first swim. She hated it at first but after about 1/2 an hour or so, she warmed up to the idea of being in a huge 'bath tub' & by the end was actually enjoying herself. Good times! Noah, June & Adam virtually had the pool to themselves & thought that they had died and gone to heaven. The waterslide was a big hit too... Mommy & Daddy had a good time on it too!
Tuesday we took the kids to Ruckers. Ruckers is kinda like a small version of Chucky Cheese. Yes, it is noisy & is easily the last place I would like to spend my morning, but the kids LOVED it there! They played just about every game there & collected as many tickets as they possibly could. One machine gave out so many tickets to Adam, I thought that maybe it was broken!
After our morning in Ruckers, we treated the kids to lunch at Applebees. The kids had never eaten there before so we thought we would switch things up a bit and try somewhere different. They didn't want to go there at first but it didn't take much for them to change their minds... once they were seated, they were happy campers. :)
Wednesday we had a play day at home. I had laundry & things to catch up on so we stayed close to home.
Thursday we took the kids to Play Time. That is another place the kids love to go to and I can only stand to be there for a limited time. The kids ran & played basically until Bryce & I couldn't stand to be there anymore! ;)
Afterwards, we went to Grandma Rogers house for lunch. (Grandma Rogers is Bryce's grandma... we just love her to pieces! And she loves her great- grandbabies even more!!) We had a yummy lunch, as always, and a very nice visit too.
Friday night we had a Fun Friday with the kids. Daddy went to the Canex & bought a ton of treats for the kids & over to the movie store and rented 'Spiderwick Cronicles' for the kids. Grandpa Rollins invited Adam to go to the Winter Fair in Brandon & also for a sleep over. So he went out with Grandpa & had a fun time, while the rest of us stayed back & ate pizza in the living room & watched our movie.
Bryce was a little sad that he wasn't going to home over Easter & really wanted to see the kids do the Easter egg hunt & have their treats. So we decided that on Saturday we would celebrate Easter. The kids were ALL OVER that idea! So Saturday morning we got up & the kids did their egg hunt. So much fun! This was the first year that Madi kinda had a clue about what was going on. She would find an egg and then would pop it into her mouth, package and all (gross!) and then would move on to find another one. I was really impressed with June. She would lead Madi to the eggs & put them in her little bag & June often would take eggs from her own bag & put them into Madi's. I thought that was so nice of her to do that! Sweet moment for June & Madi! (They sure are good friends, I hope that always lasts.) At the end of the egg hunt, we combined what everyone found & split it up evenly. Then we gave them their bigger Easter treat. They were ready to eat!
And that was our Spring Break for 2009! We all had a good week! :)
Sounds like you had a fun week! It's fun to do little things with kids...they think it's big and it's great for you because it's cheap and easy. Your kids are darling!
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