Here's my family at the Olympic cauldron on the last weekend of spring break. We had a blast starting with a 4 hour shopping marathon at Metrotown in Burnaby. The next day it was the skytrain to Science World, OmniMax for a freaky movie about base-jumping and sky diving, then sky train to downtown to see some of the Olympic venues (and more shopping of course!). Then back to the hotel for some pool time. After that my husband took our oldest daughter to the Canucks game where Darcy Hortichuck personally gave her a practice puck they were using. (Apparently it helps to get noticed if you have Canada tattoos on your face and have Canadian flags tucked into your pony tail.) Although they had nose-bleed section seats they had a really fun time. Meanwhile the other two kids and I had a civilized dinner in the hotel restaurant then watched "Alvin and the Chipmunks - the Squeakwel" on pay per view in the room. All too soon it was over and time to head home and get ready for school the next day.
I can honestly say this was the first spring break that I thoroughly enjoyed and I really wasn't all that happy to see the kids go back to school. Although the house is neater and quieter while they're away all day, it was fun, yes actually fun, having them around all the time. They don't need as much structure around the snack and meal times, and they are also completely capable of making their own peanut butter sandwich for lunch. Plus they don't need constant supervision outside anymore. I do think the dog was glad to see them go back; she was exhausted from playing with them all the time.
I'm not out of job yet though. Someone still needs to set the timer for video game time, and to referee the arguments. And of course, I'm still needed for laundry duty. It's so nice to needed.
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