Spring Break 2015

We stuck around for most of Sam's spring break this year. Here's how the week went down.

The weather was looking great for Monday so we chose that as the day to go downtown and visit Dan for lunch. He wanted to take us to eat at Capitol Square so we picked up some sandwiches and ate on some benches near Virginia's capitol.

Then Afton had a potty emergency so we rushed into the capitol to use the bathroom. First time I've ever had to go through a metal detector to use the loo.

Tuesday was gray and rainy, but we found a little snippet of time when it wasn't raining and went to the middle school track to practice bike riding skills. Sam is getting much better. Afton still isn't really interested and walked/ran around the track instead.

Wednesday I took the kids to a branch of the Richmond Children's Museum that I thought was closer to our house than the main branch, but it's not really. I think it was probably less crowded, though, so that was a bonus. The kids loved it and went spent two hours there.

 (Above: Sam taking orders at the diner. Below: Afton manning the register at the grocery store.)

Thursday we headed over to Earlysville again for more Cheney grandparent time. We met my dad for lunch at Bodo's and Mom watched Eli while I took the older kids to see Cinderella. It was cute, but I don't go to movies very much anymore and it totally gave me a headache to have such loud noise and sit so close to a big screen. I'm getting old.

On our way out of the theater, I saw a sign for a new donut place I've been wanting to try (we just got one in Richmond, too) and you know I couldn't pass that up!

They make 'em while you watch so they're nice and warm (like Krispy Kreme) but they're better. More dense.

Friday we went to a pie restaurant to meet Dad for lunch again (he had meeting late Thursday night so we didn't get to see him much). Thanks to Candice for the recommendation. It was good.

Then we played at Mom and Dad's, had dinner, and headed back home.

Saturday was spent prepping the garden and planting our new crop. We ditched cucumbers, onions, and carrots this year. We're still doing cherry tomatoes, green peppers, jalapenos, and romas. We're going to attempt broccoli, pole beans, and zucchini, too. We'll see how it goes.

I just noticed how much food I mentioned in this post. I really like food.