But honestly, a little bit of it had to do with getting summer, winter and spring breaks off! :) (There's no denying it.)
Before anyone goes all crazy with the "Teacher's shouldn't get paid on their breaks business," please take a minute and remember how HARD we work during the year...we deserve it!)
A very important lesson I learned very quickly after Reilly was born was that breaks were made to spend with families...making memories. Yes, I've done school work, probably more than I should have, but I've also spent A LOT of time being a mommy and I'm so grateful that I have been given this opportunity. This year, we were extra lucky that Dave got to be home for all but 2 of the days with us!
We tried to make the best of every day we had together. 16 of them to be exact. We didn't let an opportunity pass up by where a memory could be made.
I don't know about you, but here's just a glimpse of what we've done the past 16 days as a family...(in no particular order!)
- We spent the day at Splash Universe--it's always fun to play in the pool as we watch the snowflakes falling outside the window.
- We went tubing at George Wilson Park--twice. The second day, I was so proud of Reilly for conquering the hill by himself, many times.
- I read 1.5 books. Just for pleasure.
- I spent some quality time on Pinterest. It's always good to be inspired.
- We went sledding at Elm Road School--Reilly was a champ hitting the ramp, flying through the air and landing with grace.
- We spent Christmas Day up near Chicago with the Moroni side having fun, playing with cousins and opening presents!
- I cleaned THE corner of the basement. You know the one, where everything gets shoved, but you eventually need something that is in the far distance...
- We took time to have lunch with friends. So important, our daily schedule unfortunately doesn't allow us to many of these luxuries.
- We went to the Wakarusa Dime Store in Granger and played Life-Sized Candy Land. I didn't win, but I still got a prize! Yippee!
- We spent a day with the dinosaurs downtown South Bend at the Century Center.
- We snuggled on the couch in our jammies.
- We scrubbed the shower. You know, like scrub, scrubbed it. Well, actually, Dave did it and I supervised.
- We watched movies. Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, Cars 1 & 2 and Thomas the Train Christmas Special--each about 100 gazillioin time. We also managed to fight the three year old for the TV and got to watch Ted and Magic Mike.
- We played.
- We stayed up late and slept in!
- Dave and I snuck away and got to have fun at an Ugly Christmas Sweater party.
- Reilly got to go to "Big People Church" for the first time on Christmas Eve. They even gave him his own candle which he was very responsible with.
- We went to the Notre Dame Hockey Teams Practice on the Pond at Merrifield Park.
- We spent time with family.
I wish I could post pictures of our memories here, but blogspot isn't being cooperative.
I'm so thankful that our school year is designed to give us this time to break away from the madness and just be with our families.
I wouldn't have traded the past 16 days for all the money in the world.
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