A Spring Scrooge

Spring Break was such a disappointment for us. sigh. (If you look closely, you can see the snow in my photo and the flag whipped in really crazy wind ALL day!)

We didn't have big plans, even though this was the first time ever that we have had a whole week off of school! But, we did have some plans! If the kids finished their chores each morning, we were going to do something fun each afternoon like the Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival, the Dinosaur Museum, swimming at the Legacy Center, a movie at the theater...

instead-

we spent the week doing nothing because some of us, including me, were SICK!!

Ethan had it the worst. He developed a fever the Friday before spring break that didn't go away until Sunday morning- 9 days later!! He also had a terrible cold which he shared with me and Soren. The three of us went through 4 boxes of Kleenex!

I tried for a day to continue with our plans, but I haven't found a medication that helps my cold symptoms, so I gave in to the aches and fatigue and spent most the week on the couch, holding Ethan who was even more miserable than I was! The kids were left to entertain themselves, which they don't do very well!

Kelly saved the day on Wednesday by taking the kids swimming. And we were so stir crazy that we took our colds to Arctic Circle on Friday afternoon for ice-cream. That is it. That is the extent of our Spring Break fun.

Add to that wind and snow, friends on vacation and my whole family speaking in church on Sunday and all I really have to say to Spring Break is-

Bah Humbug!