Last week the boys were out of school for Spring break. We didn't have any major plans for vacations, or any family coming into town so I thought it would be fun to plan a "staycation." I decided to do a different activity for each letter of the word SPRING. The staycation was a success and we all had a blast. I didn't do the best job at taking pictures of all our activities, but here's how we spent our Spring break staycation;
S- Science Experiments
Thanks to Pinterest and the small miracle of the World Wide Web, I came up with some fun Science experiments to do with the kids. We invited some friends over and spent the morning measuring, mixing and playing. Abbi was certain that at least ONE of our "periments" was going to "plode," but no luck!
Our Supplies all ready to go!
The elephant toothpaste was a big hit!
I love the excited expressions on the kid's faces.
We made our own Lava lamps out of oil, water, food coloring and Alka Selzer.... this is actually the first time I've actually purchased Alka Selzer. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.
Abbi and Brynlee were wowed at how the water and oil separated. It's the small things!
Wala!
Making our own gack was also a big hit. These girls were concentrating pretty hard to get their mixture just right.
Doesn't is seem like the most fun things are also the most messy?
We also inflated balloons by combining baking soda and vinegar. Fun times.
P- Picnic at the Park
We had a beautiful 80 degree day and spent it playing at the park with friends. The boys found the (normally very shallow) creek to be quite full due to recent rainstorms. They started out wading in the water and before the day was through they were soaked from head to toe and covered in mud. They had a blast!
I love that they all have their shirts off!
Check out those muscles.
Abbi preferred to stay clean and dry with the other girls.
R-Reading
Although I didn't take any pictures, we spent one afternoon having a "read-a-thon." I am very grateful that both my boys love to read. It was a great way to spend a rainy afternoon.
I- Inflatables
I also didn't get any pictures of our "I" day, but we went to a local bounce house and played for almost four hours on all the inflatables. I had some tired, but happy kids when we got home.
N- Nothing Fun
This was my favorite day, although I don't think the kids would agree with me. We spent this day Spring cleaning. I put the kids to work cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming, mopping, organizing, washing baseboards, etc. They all worked very hard and it was so nice to have a clean, clean house at the end of the day (which lasted about 1.5 hours before it looked like we'd been hit by a tornado.... at least I know it was clean at one point).
G-GREEN!
On Saturday, we celebrated St.Patrick's Day. We started our with a scavenger hunt for a "pot of gold."
Then we had a breakfast of Green Eggs and Greenberry muffins, oh and green milk (Colby loves it when I dye and entire gallon of milk green).
To cap off the day, and the staycation, we had a birthday party/St.Patrick's day party for Ammon and Carter.
The party guests all brought green food to share.
We had green birthday cupcakes,
and lots of fun with friends (yes, that is sweat dripping from their hair!)
The boys somehow ended up drinking Colby's Coke Zero, which could have attributed to them acting like a bunch of monkeys...
Unfortunately, I forgot to take a group picture until after some of the party guests had left. Here are the kiddos I did capture on film. I'm telling you, this is a great, fun, group of kids!
There you have it, our Spring break in a nutshell. I'm telling you, if you are still reading this I'm impressed!
