Spring Break: All Good

Despite the fact that it was Gommie and Pop's departure day today, we are doing pretty well.

Bud is doing much better.  He hasn't had a fever in more than 36 hours and he is only somewhat congested; thankfully, the severe headache is gone.  But he is still tiring easily.

Still, we managed to have a full day.  Sis and Bud played Ninjago Legos until Gommie and Pop arrived around 9.  They had kindly offered to help us get new clip-on reading lamps for the kids' beds and brought them this morning, heading back to the store for zip ties and a power strip.  I'm not sure what Gommie was doing with the kids while I helped Pop out (or, really, just watched and kept the cats out of trouble, no small feat that.)

Later in the morning, they played Angry Birds and some kind of kids' picture sudoku.  Then we went outside to shoot hoops and paint "splatter pictures" (yes, it's as messy and fun as it sounds, a little Jackson Pollock in the front yard).  We also got distracted with some yard work--moving some dead plants, cleaning around and pruning the butterfly bush, and removing a big, wild heather plant from its place near the front step and putting some pots for herbs or flowers there.  Sis especially loved helping out with the gardening, waving her shears around, "What can I trim?"

Soon, though, we hugged goodbye.  Pop and Gommie are headed to various historical sites, while we ate a deli lunch and watched almost the entire first season of "Phineas and Ferb," focusing on the episodes we hadn't seen.  I even managed to fold the much-neglected loads of clothes.

Now, with a ham in the oven for dinner (along with cornbread and probably greens and mac and cheese and black eyed peas for me), I am holing up for a bit upstairs while the kids play Angry Birds and air hockey on the iPad.  Mama will work late--last night she was home around 10:30--and so we're pacing ourselves here on what is always the hardest part of these otherwise wonderful visits.