Spring Break 2023

 I did so much travelling in March & early April, that I couldn't think of anything I wanted to do less than travel again for Spring Break.  Plus, my parents were going to be in FL--so the original Spring Break plan was foiled.  So--we stayed home.  And I am SO glad.  I got to check so many things off my list!  

The first few days I spent organizing every closet in the house.  And we went to the temple for baptisms.  I found a new dresser for Libby on Facebook marketplace.  Ben did a preemptive trumpet makeup lesson.   Then I moved outside because the weather was GLORIOUS for most of the week. I planted SO many bulbs.  Unless the squirrels dig them up, the yard is going to be amazing this year.  (70-75 degrees and sunny is my happy place.) I also read/listened to I think 4 books.  I spent 5 hours at school getting ready for the final stretch of the year.  We have 8 weeks left--(one of which I'll be in FL, and one we'll be at 5th grade camp--so things are wrapping up!)

Derek took most of the week off too.  That was nice!  We did two "fun" things.  We went to the trampoline park in Marysville.  The kids took a bunch of fun short videos.  We also went to the Super Mario Bros. movie.  It was pretty funny...even for a girl who never made it past Level 1.4 in the original game. 

Libby and Ben got to wrestle in two Freestyle tournaments.  Ben won his first match and Libby won her first freestyle match the first week--then won all 3 yesterday taking 1st.  (In part thanks to her mom who delivered her singlet to the school 40 minutes away after she got there without it.)

Ben also lost a tooth! He said the tooth fairy could pay via Greenlight thankfully. 

I created this checklist on Monday morning, so that there were some expectations for accomplishing things--and outside this there was a lot of R&R.  They all actually enjoyed checking things off the list...maybe I'll turn them into list makers yet! 

Derek and I drove around and did some serious price comparison before we decided on this raised bed for our back cement pad (it's the spot with the best sun in our yard.) There are going to be tomatoes galore this year.  (And radishes, carrots and green onions hopefully.) I added the saying.  Because--cricut...

Sarah and Ben helped plant the beans. (And dig out more bluebells. Seriously, those things multiply like nobody's business!) 

We had a cookout for dinner on Thursday. 

"Helping" with getting the yard furniture out....(Ben's buddy Story spent a bunch of time with us this week.  He's fun to have around.  I'm not sure he was as into all the Jobs for Mom, but he went along with it.) 

They all pitched in to fill the raised bed.  We put down a layer of wood and sticks and rocks, then lots of topsoil and manure.  I hope to get at least $300 worth of tomatoes to recoup the expenditure.  Haha.  Kidding.  I wish.  

I also got a chance to talk to my cousin Kevin about some challenges Libby is having.  He's a therapist in Texas.  He recommended a great podcast he had made that helped me a lot.  Then Libby and I met with her therapist together.  I feel like Libby is so amazing--and I'm learning more tools to help her see that about herself--and to help me be the mom she needs me to be. It was the week I needed.