There was a burst of warm weather here today and the girls made every point to spend time outside. It was as a good thing, because there was no school today and tomorrow is a teacher work day. Totaling the time spent having snow days and traveling and Presidents day, my kids will have had four straight weeks where no one went to school for a full five days. Needless to say, I’m ready for a routine again.
But instead, today there was leisurely waffles and hot chocolate for breakfast followed by rollerskating, scooters, bikes, pogo sticks and even ME on rollerblades – reliving a bit of my youth. It was a pleasant discovery when every girl had a pair of skates that fit- a combo of hand-me-down roller skates and inline skates that have been down the gauntlet of fun here. Sitting nearby in the garage from a recent basement clean out were my rollerblades I bought shortly after we got married, around year 2000! So when I say I was reliving my youth, I really mean it!
I used to zoom through Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta on those things, with my dog. And I even commuted to work via rollerblades during the year I served as an Americorps volunteer. It wasn’t that exciting today. But the girls did convince me to go around the block a few times as I chased behind them on bikes. Or pushed!
Those recent skiing days came in handy while the rollerblades felt like ski boots as I traversed up hill pushing my four-year-old on her bike. Sorry there was no one around to take a photo. Maybe next time!
The hours rolled on and no one wanted to go inside to get ready for dance class, which was still being held despite the holiday. And given our hit or miss attendance the last four weeks, we needed to show up.
Tomorrow we still have those pesky dentist appointments I scheduled six months ago not realizing there was no school. Good thing I was thinking ahead to book the three appointments during after school hours.
It’s raining tonight. And the pitter patter of it on the house sounds strange after we have gotten more used to the silence of snow. But it says spring is coming. Even though I’m sure we’ll be tricked and could still get more snow. Winter does that and I can remember it snowing on Easter here. The catalogues of spring clothes are arriving, and I find my mind looking forward to the beach this summer.
As for tomorrow, there will be more hot chocolate by the fire, new puzzles for the morning (a surprise that will hopefully keep the TV turned off) the dentist, and the chore of getting four weeks of laundry put away that will have the girls begging to go back to school.
If I can only find the lunch boxes…because it seems like’s it been forever!
