Back in the olden days I don't remember having Fall and Spring Break. Maybe we did and I just don't remember, but my parents were both school teachers and I don't think we had many breaks until summer. I spent most yesterday outside while we were trying to do a service project. We thought it would be good to have the kids work on mowing, weed eating and cleaning up the backyard. It was probably the most frustrating thing I have done in a long time. Trying to keep three boys ages 6-12 and an 18 month old on task was impossible. We had lawn mower problems and ran out of string on the weed eater. Of course Rich and Dave are no where in sight, as they are on jobs trying to keep us in groceries and a roof over our heads. We are having record high temperatures so by the afternoon the kids were hot and wanted to swim. The water in the pool is still freezing but after telling them "NO" a hundred times we gave up. Jenn happened to bring her kids over to see the puppies and play with the cousins, so we let the kids in the pool. The bigger kids swam around and the little kids just played in the baby pool. Poor Max stripped down into his birthday suit before we could get a swimmer on him. We have lots of work to do this summer getting the little ones pool safe. I know we couldn't live through another tragedy that took our sweet Kamber from us five years ago. It will be good next week to get back to normal with the kids back to school. The only problem is there is only a few more weeks until the summer and then everyday will be like this. Spring Break is really just a break from what little sanity I have left.
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