Break From School

I always love having time off of school. It seems like it shouldn't be much different from every week, since we home school part time, but not having to do lessons those days makes a huge difference in our schedule! We had no plans for our week after we returned from our trip. Most of these activities were decided on the day we went, something I'm definitely not used to!


We enjoyed some park time.

The Hughes kids joined us this trip. They spent most of the time in the sand.
(This was pre-Christmas, the weather was amazingly warm!)

We met Lydia (classmate) and John David one day and
 the four spent most of the time exploring around the pond.

We met Peyton (classmate of L) and Grayson at Urban Air and the kids had fun jumping. Makin's favorite was the dodge ball games and he loved that he was really good at it. Lorelei loved jumping into the foam blocks. Part of our deal/coupon was a dip n dots treat after they were done.

One fun activity was at Kroger. After some grocery shopping, we had to go ask what they were setting up out front and then came back at 11 to participate. They had a bunch of games for the kids to play and then they got a goodie bag for participating. We were the first ones and only ones there for about 20 minutes so she let the kids go again and again. I was very surprised that Lorelei kept up with her brother with tackling!

We enjoyed an evening at the Armstrong's house and played some games.

We loved having more time for chalk and kinetic sand.

Makin's drawing is a race track with cars for everyone.
He has been a bit more interested in drawing and coloring lately which is fun to see.

We are loving our mild winter weather. One day we enjoyed some outdoor games. We are getting a bit creative for the backyard these days. The trampoline hasn't made it up, and the kids are missing their sandbox!

Miss Lorelei has been waiting o-so-patiently for her Warm Fuzzy Jar reward. She filled it up...about 6 months ago, which landed too close to moving to make it doable right away, and then we have just had one thing after another going on since then! Ever since we looked at the school calendar in August we knew we would get a girl's afternoon in January because Makin started school a day before Lorelei. This was the perfect chance to get her chosen reward - a pedicure! (No this was not her original thought months ago or I think we could have made it happen sooner!) Ever since she got one last February she has wanted to have another so it seemed like the perfect reward. This girl loves her a pedicure!

New Cozy Jammie Cuddles. 

Love those laid-back nights between Christmas and New Years!