This year we spent Spring Break at home. Overall, we had a quiet week; stayed around the house most of the time, spent one day at the zoo, ran errands, had a doctor visit (not sick, just a check-up) and spent time together as a family and with friends.
Monday: The boys and I went to a doctor visit for David. He has had some major nose/snot issues and we needed to get it checked out. Long story short, his nasal passages were very swollen and blocked causing the snot back up. After listening to the doctor tell him about having to blow his nose ALOT and take the nose spray every night or end up going to a special doctor who will have to stick something up his nose to clean it all out, he has decided to blow his nose often (and when prompted) and submit to the nose spray. So far, the spray seems to be working. He is less nasally sounding when talking, breathes through his nose more and can chew while keeping his mouth closed. We are hoping that with all this clearing up, it will help him at school. He was on the verge of a really nasty sinus infection and I am glad that we caught it in time! After the doctor, we ran errands and had a fairly good day!
Tuesday: The boys helped Chris crush cans in the garage in the morning and then after lunch, David got to go on a ride around the block twice on Chris' motorcycle. He really enjoyed it and we are looking to get him a helmet that fits properly soon. Michael got to sit on the motorcycle behind Daddy, but didn't get to go riding since he has to be at least 5 years old (according to state law). It is giving him something to look forward to when he turns 5 in August. We also went to the playground down the street and the boys rode their bikes. We had a race coming home and both Chris and I were a bit winded from following with the boys (Chris was pacing along side of David and I was pacing/running along side of Michael). I think we all slept well that night!
Wednesday: We left early to go to the Houston Zoo for the day. I have learned to pack light (we had one backpack that carried all we needed: lunch, snacks, drinks, extra change of clothes for the boys, wallet, keys, cameras, first aid kit, etc). We took turns carrying the backpack (I had it for most of the time) and enjoyed lunch while there. It wasn't totally crowded, but was busy since it was vacation time for many of the people in the area. We left around 1:00/1:30 and both boys fell asleep before too long. It was a great day!
Thursday: Chris had to work, so the boys and I had a relatively quiet day at home. We watched movies, read books, played games and just spent a mostly lazy day in the house.
Friday: Chris had to work again, so the boys and I had a quiet morning at home before spending most of the rest of the day running errands & grocery shopping.
