Spring Break

Here's a list of things you can do if your kids are spending Spring Break with family out-of-town.

Go to the movies
Go to the outlet mall twice
Shop for bunk beds
Organize three closets
Watch TV
Never go to HEB all week
Eat out every night
Never load/run/empty the dishwasher
Shoot guns at Red's
Go see a film at SXSW
Do favors for people
Hang out with friends late into the night
Talk
Pop into places
Eat Asian food
Never care what time it is
Read an entire magazine at once
Sleep until 9:15
Make only one thing for breakfast
Eat Taco Cabana in bed whilst watching the Amazing Race

Things your kids can do if they are spending Spring Break with family out-of-town.

Eat pancakes for supper
Eat waffles the next night for supper
Have a picnic everyday
Visit the Dallas Arboretum
Learn about birds at White Rock Lake
Skip naps
Visit a small airport to watch little planes take off
Sit in a cockpit (After which Jackson mused: "This day is a dream come true.")
Ride the DART to Ft. Worth
Visit a chocolate factory
Spend the whole day at the park with cousins
Visit with Uncle Jim
Go to Burger Island
Give up on potty training
Watch The Sound of Music (During which my Dad observed: "The Captain and Maria are falling in love." After which Luke wondered: "Why are they falling in the mud?")
Make worm boxes
Go to Target to pick out a toy
Visit the library
Watch the space shuttle launch over and over
Find some rocks and save them for Mommy

It's been a good week for all of us even though we've missed the boys a lot. We're leaving in a few hours to pick them up, and we're looking forward to the trip - listening to our own music, not having to stop, talking without being interrupted, not having to share our snacks, reading books. No, but really we have missed them, really.