Today the schools here in Leon County started their spring break and so far day 1 has gone quite well. I got to sleep until just after 8am. I was woken up by a 16 month old crawling over me so she could jump on me like a pony. After a regular morning routine, with my kindergartner home this time, we took a quick trip to Wal-Mart where we picked up some supplies for the afternoon and the rest of the week. When we got home and discovered that the hubby and daughter left for the afternoon walk we called them and then used our internal GPS to locate where in the neighborhood they were. A brisk afternoon walk with the family was followed by meat sandwiches and goldfish for lunch (the adults had chips). After a pretty normal lunch my daughter took a nap and my husband played on the internet while myself and the boys proceeded to work on a paper mache project.
We took toilet paper and paper towel rolls then put masking tape over one end. After which we put rice inside each one and taped up the other end. The next step was for me to make a paper mache paste using 1 part flour to 2 parts water while the boys cuts strips out of the paper they decorated earlier in the day. Then we proceeded to the back porch where we took the strips, dipped them in paste, and wrapped them around the rolls. My second oldest has worked on this kind of project with me before, however, my oldest proceeded to work on the project while at the same time saying "mommy this is messy". After pointing out that we were still having fun he altered his statement to say, " this is messy but it's fun".
Once the paper mache project was set in place to dry we all got ready for the best part of the afternoon. All of us, except for the youngest who was taking a nap, had a family water gun fight. Me and the boys got our medium-small sized guns, filled them with water, and got ready to squirt each other with water. After a few minutes the husband comes out of the house with a super soaker. So now instead of the three of us squirting each other we all had to gang up on the hubby with the big gun. All in all it was a great afternoon. In one word I would describe it as PRICELESS!! The next time you are planning what to do for spring break, or a family vacation, or just an afternoon with the kids remember that it doesn't take hundreds of dollars to have a great time. All you need is a little imagination and a lot of love. Stay tuned for more to come in Spring Break Chronicles 2011.
