Spring Break

Now that Spring Break is drawing to an anticlimactic close I feel free to blog about it. It was kind of a bummer that it rained several days, but we took full advantage of the sun when it did grace us with it's presence!

We are going to be joining the YMCA, but have to wait till the first of April because of the way TVA's reimbursements work. The girl at the Y that I talked to originally offered us a ten day family pass so that we could check out the facilities before we committed to a membership. I am thrilled that TVA will be paying for our membership because it is SO nice to be able to work out without Kade hanging on my leg, freezing while I am walking at the park or turning off my workout dvd...and oh yeah, FREE CHILDCARE!  I was able to go several times this week and it was great to be able to drop each kid off with their respective age groups where they could play and meet other kids.

On two of the days we went for picnics. Once at the park at the Discovery Ctr. where we (my sister, Jennifer, and her five kids) then went on a little nature walk on the path around the wetlands. It was so cute to watch Kade and "his Syssa" (my niece, Alyssa) run from side to side of the path to see the ducks swimming under the little bridge we were standing on.

The second picnic we did was at Jennifer's kid's elementary school. They have a great playground that is fenced (which is great when you have flight-risk kids like we both do) and a little pavilion that is covered. It was so easy to watch all the kids running around and it was deserted, so we didn't have to worry about bothering other people with our hoodlums. We had my nephew Campbell along that day as well because my mom got stung by a wasp on her ankle and couldn't chase him around. It was her loss since he is so stinking cute to take to the park! He wandered around saying, "Yesh!" and "Whoa!" and just being cute with his redheaded little self.