Spring Break!

We were going to take a road trip down to the California redwoods for spring break, but instead we decided to stay home and do fun things around here. Things we don't usually do. We each got to pick something that we wanted to try together as a family.

After a little family bike ride, Dutch-style, we began spring break with a trip to the zoo.

We usually go up at Christmas time for the zoo lights. I don't think the kids even remember being there in the daylight. Annabel kept asking when we were going to see the bats. Not so interesting during the day.

Alexander and Michiel drove up to Vancouver for Gamestorm. Now they have plenty of new games on their wish lists.

My pick for a spring break adventure was ice skating. Annabel was a bit shaky but seemed to do much better when she wasn't holding onto anyone. Alexander loved it! Just loved it! He wants to go back right away.

I got away for an overnight trip to the beach with a couple of girlfriends. Nasty weather, but we didn't mind one bit. While I was gone, the rest of the family tried out Superbounce.

The thing that Annabel wanted to try over spring break was skateboarding. (She also wanted to climb a mountain, but we didn't quite make that happen.) We hit up Uncle Eric to bring his skateboards and give a lesson. Super fun!

And what vacation would be complete without a night of eating dinner in front of the TV? Alexander even coerced us into buying TV dinners!

Next year maybe we'll take a road trip, but this year's spring break was perfect!