Winter Break

We are on our winter break. The kids are out of school for the next couple of weeks.

We decided that since this was our last winter break (or as Bronwyn said...our first and last....since Giovanni has never had a winter break before) before Bronwyn goes to college then we were going to have fun and enjoy this last one together.

Anderson was the first to get out of school and so he and Bronwyn made a list of all the fun things he wants to do over the break. Here it is:

Watch Ice Age 3 in 3D
Go on a trip to Montevideo, Uruguay
Play in the park
Watch Transformers 2
Make smores
Watch Harry Potter 6
Paint pictures
Birthday party for everyone on vacation (we don't understand this one)
Do a big puzzle
Shave (this one is my favorite)

So far he is going through his list without problems. Bronwyn already took the little kids to see Harry Potter 6. Garrett and I took Anderson to the park yesterday to play soccer. Ansley (not surprisingly.....I thought it would have been her or Carys) has already called to help Anderson shave. Anderson woke Bronwyn up at 5:00 this morning to do a puzzle.

Our driving trip to Montevideo trip looks like it will be canceled. The swine flu has hit our state. 11 people have died in the last couple of weeks. It came in from Argentina. The kids' schools are sending emails home telling us that if we travel out of the country then the kids will have to have a doctors note before they will be allowed to come back into school. Taking all of our kids to the doctor before they are allowed to go back to class wasn't that appealing to us so we put that trip on hold.

Tomorrow Garrett and I were going to visit another state in Brasil as he was going to play in a soccer tournament. We got a call today saying it was canceled because of the swine flu.

We aren't going to let our lack of trip taking mess up our fun. How do I know? Well, our new house has a detached garage and on top of the garage is a flat roof that is accessible by stairs. As I type Ansley is leading the smaller kids in a "yoga" class on the flat roof. Also, when Benay got out of bed at 6:00 this morning she walked in on Carys and Anderson watching TV. They both had a plate which had two pieces of pizza on it and each had a cup of guaraná (a Brasilian soft drink).

So far so good....it seems the kids are definitely enjoying their winter break together.