David's major accomplishments for spring break:

1. He listened to the entire Wayside School collection, probably nine hours of material. Now, he's listening to the Hobbit.
2. He found a science project he wanted to do, politely asked for help, did not get frustrated at my awkward help, solved the notch problem with a lot of masking tape, and is now shooting his homemade bow and arrows around the house.
3. He almost passed the swim test. He had to do two widths of the Ballard Pool and got three quarters of the way done. Of course, he was disappointed not to make it which made him rude to me which made me cry after an entire week of people taking out their frustrations on me, but we all recovered and this is way farther than he got last time.
4. He ate family dinner with minimal complaining four of the last five nights. It doesn't hurt that family dinner was broiled chicken, potluck, hamburgers and French fries, bacon and corn bread, and sushi.


Rose's major accomplishments of spring break:

1. She built a house. She decided to build a house, drew out all the measurements, used up five rolls of duct tape taping the cardboard pieces together and roofless though it may be, we now have a second house in our house.
2. She was remarkably pleasant, helpful, and accommodating, especially given the fact that her two best friends were out of town. We saw friends briefly at jazzercise, but, really, she made it through the entire break with no playdates.
3. When I started to cry in the pool, she came over to comfort me, and then she took over the parenting of David, giving him lots of TLC.
4. She is doing a major clean out of her room.

My major accomplishments of spring break:

1. David's passport application is in.
2. I bought two water bottles to make up for the five I lost this year.
3. I exercised 10 hours and that's even with skipping the dance last night.
4. Each day I planned at least one activity the kids really wanted to do, paid for it, and got us to and fro with snacks.
5. I breathed in. I breathed out. It didn't always keep me calm and happy. I read a lot of stupid romance novels and spent way too much time on stupid facebook links. I didn't write any poetry. I went into distress over Boston. I breathed in. I breathed out.