It was Spring Break this past week, so I tried to make the week extra special with lots of things to do (to keep me from going crazy).

The start of Chili.

We played outside a lot, despite the nasty pollen.

Chocolate Chip Pancakes!

As you can imagine, the boys were over the moon.

Annual yellow dust – pollen. I’ve stopped trying to clean off our outdoor furniture. After living here for three years, I’ve learned its best to wait until its over.

Can’t get enough of this combination, plus grapefruits were on sale and I had a lot of avocados in my fruit bowl.

This is near the entrance to our neighborhood. I love the color of these petals.

It happens only once a year and I finally remembered to take a picture.

Almond Bread with Cherry Glaze. (That’s Silas’ finger.)

Morning reading.

Lots of giggles.

Mark took the day off on Wednesday to hang out with the kids. They went to the park in the morning, had lunch at the airport (and got to sit in the pilot’s seat of a stranger’s plane), and then we went canoeing after nap. It was a fun, but exhausting day.This picture doesn’t show it but I was so nervous a snake or goose was going to catch a ride with us.

See you next week!