Last week...

Makenna was on spring break and although Rylan still had school, he only goes to preschool two mornings a week so it led to a lot of special time together.   And it just happened to be a week that Scott was out of town for a straight 8 days for business so it was the three of us.  And Abby. :)

Last Week...

Sneaking in a treat at the local yogurt shop 

We spent a lot of time just hanging out together playing, relaxing, making plans as we pleased.

The kids play really, really nice with one another currently.  Yes, they still annoy one another at times and I still hear a lot of intermittent  "Mooooooommmmmmm,  he's not sharing."  or "Mmmmmoooooommm, she's not letting me play with her."  But overall they are really the best of friends with she playing legos and trains with him and he playing dolls and school with her. And of course their clinic is always open with lots of playing doctor to all their patients in between. 

Saying that, there was plenty of time I was able to just step back, take a few minutes for myself or do some housework while they happily played together which makes for a very content momma and many great days of balance.

We went to Brookfield Zoo and enjoyed a beautiful sunny warm spring day outside.

We spent many days (3!) at the library with special events.  We dropped off a couple of stuffed animals for a sleepover (the cutest thing!), picked them up the next day and Makenna attended a class on Mo Williams books. 

We went swimming. 

We played outside a bit, when it wasn't raining. 

And we really, really enjoyed being together.  So much so, both Makenna and I were both pretty sad when school started up again on Monday and usually we both are ready for school to resume!

But today, after 18 hours of constant thunderstorms, both kids have a "Rain Day" as the streets are flooded and everything around us is closed.  We'll just call it a bonus spring break day. 

I'll be back next week with more photos.