Posting was unusually sporadic last week – I was rather sick and more than a bit uninspired. We have been sick SO much this winter, with at least one family member being ailing every day since January first, and apparently we’re not alone in our cooties-covered condition – several families in town have told me the same thing, that they’ve been endlessly sick since Christmas – but even with that knowledge I’m feeling more than a bit smote. Smoted. Besmited.
I had made careful plans last night for school today, with The Boy being declared well enough to go, even though he was pale and with a deep, Edgar Allan Poe-style cough, and just now, as he was eating his hearty breakfast (waffles – the TOASTER KIND because I AM SICK and a chocolate banana milkshake*) my mom phoned and said that the school buses were canceled and I just about burst into tears, which is what makes me suspect that I might not be a good homeschooler, although I’ve been toying with the idea of building a giant bubble over my house to keep the germs out. Germs and Bratz.
(*do your kids like milkshakes and fruit smoothies as much as mine? A good blender and some fruit and there’s a part of your healthy breakfast, as those ads for cereals made entirely out of sugar say.)
It’s March break at the end of this week. One of the things I have to do today in between stealing a few naps and lethargically doing some tidying is to make a list of fun things to do next week – although I feel a bit like it’s an exercise in hubris, since someone has ended up in the hospital every March break for the past two years, me in 2006, The Baby in 2007, and some superstitious part of me just wants to hunker down with a giant bottle of Vitamin C and some antibacterial handwash. But the list of good times must be made because we might be well, might have some good times ahead of us in our near future after all.
So that’s what I’m up to today – next week, I’ll post my playdough, watercolour and fingerpaint recipes (all very, very easy), just in time for March break. I’m drawing a bit of a blank as far as other ideas go, though – what are your ideas for keeping kids busy and happy over the March Break?