Best. Spring. Break. Ever.

big guy and I had the best spring break ever. it was just an amazing week for a bunch of reasons.  Clearly having off for nine days is the biggest reason, but closely followed by the fact that grandma dino came to spend six of those days with us!

Friday was my bday- the big 31! and dino arrived in the afternoon.  both big guy and I were super juiced!  I had to go get some extra shredded cheese for the tacos I was making for dinner and big guy chose to hang with dino instead of coming with me.  Just to give you an idea about how much big guy loves his dino!!  Following our taco dinner, we sang happy birthday with some cupcakes I purchased, which of course thrilled big guy, as big guy's love of chocolate cake had reached epic proportions at this point.

Saturday we relaxed and Sunday we ventured to the academy of natural sciences. Both Dino and big guy loved the butterflies, the upstairs kid play area and checking out all the cool bugs! Apparently tarantulas are very delicate and their limbs fall off if dropped/thrown- if you need an interesting fun fact or ever are faced with one!

Monday had Dino visiting friends, while big guy and I ran errands and since the weather was semi nice, we cleaned out the sand table. Why clean the sand table you ask? Well, some cat who shall remain nameless, decided to use it as a potty all winter when I forgot to out the lid on. Yuck. But big guy and I had fun washing the table, as there were a lot of bubbles and hose spraying.

Tuesday, dino was with friends again, so big guy and I continued our awesome fun of getting sand for the table and then of course spending hours playing with it outside. Dino surprised us by showing up for dinner, so I whipped us up something yummy for dinner and continued relaxing. We also dyed some Easter eggs- which big guy and Dino share a love of making crafts! He especially enjoyed the pink, such, as that is big guys go to color.

Wednesday we finally got Dino all to ourselves and we took her to Longwood gardens! Big guy loved the kid fountain zone. We got thoroughly soaked and spent probably an hour in the conservatory. Following an epic and I mean epic meltdown following a shirt change, we finally made it outside to go check out the bell tower. Big guy and I attempted to walk to the top but then he got upset when drink wasn't following us, so we just listened for their music, which was actually quite lovely. We then had a healthy and tasty lunch in the cafe and stopped in the gift shop, of course!

Thursday was Dino's last day. After crying from her departure, we took big guy to get some bagels, as conveniently, hubs took the day off as well. We then discovered big guys favorite new meal- mini chocolate chip muffin, everything bagel toasted with egg whites, turkey ham, and cheese with a side of cream cheese. And he eats every bite! Then we relaxed the rest of the day.

Friday big guy and I ventured to the zoo! And we arrived with the rest of the tri-state area who had off from work! It ended up being a perfect visit. It was warmish, but really sunny. We rode the train, the carousel, ran around the tree house and o yeah, saw some animals! We payed particular attention to the African animals, zebras and giraffes. The hippos were inside, which was sad bc we had been reading the book- but not the hippopotamus a lot. But we still talked about them.

Saturday we enjoyed the weather and did several practice Easter egg hunts using our recently dyed eggs. Big guy loves Easter, it might be his favorite holiday. Something about hiding and finding eggs. Seeing all their colors. Getting to collect them. It's just awesome. And he's really good at finding eggs. Then it of course descended into throwing the eggs into the street and then getting upset that they were broken. We had many long conversations about the broken eggs with sad faces.

Sunday was Easter but the weather was totally yuck. So, it was actually good that we did all those practice hunts. We went to uncle E and aunt K's house in the afternoon. We ate lots of food and watched bad movies. Then bc it was raining, they did an inside egg hunt just for big guy. It was hilarious as he made gmom J carrying his basket for him so he could use two hands to collect eggs. Following a gorging of chocolate candy, we took a bath and headed home.

Though spring break was over that week, I felt like it was really long but in a great way. Big guy was relaxed, talking up a storm. He was in good spirits everyday and was pretty much up,for anything. He ate like a champ every day and slept well. It was just a great way to spend a week!