It’s week two of an insanely long Spring Break – seriously, who thought to tie in EASTER LONG WEEKEND in with the break!!?? Let’s also not talk about the fact that I have bought NOTHING for the kids Easter yet as every day I rush home to relieve whoever is in charge.
This is also the first Spring Break I have been working outside of the home. And sorry….but thanks to INSANELY LONG SUMMER BREAKS I am hanging on to my vacation days. I am able to do this thanks to my MOM and the blessing that both hubs and I have jobs that in theory we can do ‘from home.’
Fun but not cheap
However, I tried this last Friday and it was not terribly successful. A) when I am home I see all that needs done there and find it hard to focus on the ‘work’ I have brought from the office. All I see is dirt and laundry. B) the kids think they can (gasp) talk and interact with you!
If you browse through my blog you can see that I have never liked the break…two weeks in so so springish weather is not always FUN. And my kids have expensive tastes when it comes to entertainment. Extreme Air Park is not cheap and neither are movies. Not when you have three.
Middle: MOM, Nana will take us swimming but my bathing suits don’t fit so you have to take me shopping first.
Oldest: MOM, I need money to go to a movie with my friends. (oh the dilemna….save my pennies or peace because two are way quieter than three with one slamming around angry.
Youngest: MOM, I need my hair blue and I need my playdate so I can do my YouTube channel. (I keep saying uhhuh a lot and hoping this will just fade away)
The pattern throughout the years of blogging about Spring Break, is that it overwhelms me and I feel I am not putting enough into it. I feel envious of the parents who are jetting away for mini vacations or have staycation activities planned out for all the days. I find this time of year already so busy. I would rather spend my ‘spare’ time spring cleaning or getting my garden ready. The kids are willing to ‘help’ but again it takes supervision to make it all worthwhile and I tend to be a bit brain dead when I finish my work day.
Thank the gods for my mom. She has been over and making them earn their keep. She is a good prison warden.
So Spring Break is basically us saying yes to them going to other people’s houses to avoid actual spring break parenting. I think this goes beyond free range parenting to just not giving a toss.
Perhaps by the time my oldest is graduating, I will finally be vaguely prepared and organized for Spring Break. Perhaps by then I will figure out the balance of making it fun for the kids and not killing me or my pocket book.
Apart from their weird demands, my kid HAVE rocked it in that they aren’t complaining TOO much. As spoiled and entitled as they are, they do get it mostly. They are great kids which is why I wish I could spoil them even more.
The break is almost over…I hope I can muster the energy to squeeze at least one fun thing in with them this week, before the bunny gets here.
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