Yesterday was day 3 of spring break and it is when the real part of break begins because the kids would have normally gone to school but since they are on break they were home. We didn't have any plans for day 3...we just kind of went with the flow of things. The kids spent the morning playing and we watched some movies. I gave each of the kids a journal so they could draw pictures or write or whatever they wanted to use it for. It was just a little something to make spring break more interesting.
About a little more than half-way through the day my husband makes the suggestion that we have a camp-out, and of course the kids agreed. So, my husband proceeded to get the tent ready in the backyard. If you haven't been to our new place recently then you don't know that our backyard has a few trees and leaves all over the place so it is like being in the woods. After the tent was set-up we went to the store to look for something we needed then came back home to get ready for our camp-out. I made one last trip to
Publix for a few items and came home only to realize that I forgot something important that we needed and had to go back. By that time it was getting to late for me to cook what I was prepared to cook so I had to pick-up some fried chicken from the bakery and head back home.
Once I got back home we all ate and then we all freshened up with a nice shower, got our night clothes on, packed up our picnic basket, got our movie on the laptop ready, got a couple of stories along with a couple of flashlights, and then went outside to our tent. When we went outside my husband had the covers and the air mattress all ready for us to lay down and get comfortable. We even had our dog inside the tent with us for company and protection. We watched the movie
Happy Feet Two. We looked at some books. The boys played with their
Leapster Explorer's. We played games and talked and had some good old fashioned family fun. Day 3 ended with us all falling asleep in our tent. It was a great day yesterday and with a great start to spring break already I know that the rest of the week is sure to be even more fun and adventurous.
