Spring Break

I remember when I was growing up, Spring break was a whole week however, when you live in a state where snow days cut into your holiday breaks, there is nothing we can do about it. Zoe had Thursday and Friday off for her break so we made the best out of it and kept pretty busy.

The weather has been fantastic – finally! Zoe was able to be outside and play.  All day Thursday she went between riding her bike, playing with sidewalk chalk, and riding her scooter, she was in all her glory.  Biscuit even got in on the action as Zoe traced her paw with chalk. 

Friday, we got to have a play date with our neighbor, Andrew who just turned one.  I’m not sure who had more fun, Zoe or me.    The whole time Z kept telling me, “Mom, you’re hogging Andrew!” I might be guilty as charged but I too enjoy play dates, especially when there are babies involved.

Saturday, it was 60 degrees and sunny, perfect for the first hike of the year.  Zoe got a new day pack from Santa and has been wanting to use it since Christmas.  I wasn’t sure if hiking was a good idea since I’m still not supposed to be doing too much yet per the doctor however, I was all in as I have pretty bad Spring Fever too. We didn’t do a challenging hike, it was a nice moderate 2-mile hike and it was just perfect!

 After our hike we stopped for a little snack. I found these ‘GoPicnic’ snack boxes at Target, and they are perfect for hiking (http://www.gopicnic.com ).  After our hike, we got home in enough time to relax a little before going to Jaylyn’s to dye Easter eggs and dinner.

Jaylyn and Zoe had so much fun playing outside with the other neighborhood kids. It’s been a long winter and it was nice to see all the kids outside playing. Every now and then I would look out to see what they were doing and one time I saw Zoe driving by in Jaylyn’s Barbie jeep.  The girls were throwing up peace sign and laughing hysterically. When it started to get dark all the neighbor kids were going home, so the girls decided to come in dye some eggs. Even after all the mess the eggs came out very pretty!  Finally, it was time to go through their Easter baskets and check out the goodies.  Everybody made out pretty well, between the basket goodies, egg dying, and all the fun outside. Zoe was so tired; she barely made it home before she fell asleep   

This morning Zoe woke up to a basket full of goodies from the Easter bunny! She couldn’t believe all the good stuff she got. Best of all, there was only one chocolate bunny, no other candy.  Now that’s what I call a smart Easter bunny!  All month Zoe has been getting packages in the mail from friends/family members. Even Mimi and Mommy got a very special Easter basket made by Zoe. It was the cutest thing in the whole wide world. Very special!

For weeks Zoe has been talking about making breakfast for Easter. We had the most decadent breakfast ever – Bananas Foster French Toast.  It was delish! Zoe even had her sparkling (special occasion) grape ‘champagne’, always a HUGE deal!  The kitchen was a mess when it was all said and done however it was well worth the clean up.

 For dinner, I wasn’t in the mood to cook OR clean so we went out to eat.  Last Easter wasn’t so great, so I was especially thankful this year we’re all at home, and healthy.