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It’s spring break time, yes?

Spring break is different as a parent. When I was a teacher, I remember heading out to the parking lot, smile on my face, so ready for a week of my own. A rest from 12-hour days, actually sitting down to eat lunch. (Come to think of it, actually eating lunch.)

Sending my students home to their parents for a whole week.

Of course, I always worked a lot on teaching stuff during spring break:

• Papers
• Lesson planning & activities
• Cleaning up my classroom
• Catching up (but hardly ever getting ahead).

Now I’m the parent. The family dynamic changes with everyone home. No long travels planned. A day trip, perhaps.

The kids are all mine. All day.

I’ll be on call 24/7, as always. My workdays are 14-16 hours long, and I probably won’t sit down at lunch. How did that happen?

But it’s all cool. We’ll be doing some stuff:

•  Maybe getting gardens ready for spring planting. We’ll get down and dirty.
•  We’re already dirty, so we’ll stay outside and experience science!
•  Play dates with friends – the ones you don’t get to see much when you start school.
•  Play with matchbox cars and Legos.
•  Clean up bedrooms a bit, clear out a bit more clutter
•  Do laundry, like, every day. the kids will love it.
•  Watch a movie or two.
•  Run some errands
•  Bake some cookies
•  Do some painting. Possibly some crafts. Break out the cool kinetic sand on the  forecasted cloudy days.