quizlet

I decided to create a quiz just for fun. would love to see you copy and paste your answers in the comments!

Genre (lit): dystopian

Genre (film): documentary, sci/fi/fantasy,

Architectural style: Arts and Crafts, Victorian

Time period: Victorian

Plants: succulents

Coffee: chocolate raspberry

Beer: Peanut Butter Chocolate Stout

Favorite countries visited: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Italy, Switzerland

Countries on "to visit" list: Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Norway

Favorite Cities: Barcelona, St. Augustine

Book Series: Anne of Green Gables, Little House, Pippi Longstocking, Divergent, The Giver

What I wanted to be when I grew up:

age 7 fascinated by sewage systems

age 10 architect

age 12-17 bed and breakfast/hospitality

age 17-18 physical therapist

age 19-20 international studies

age 21+ elementary teacher/author

age 28-33 kids' yoga teacher

TVshows: 3%, Humans, Black Mirror, Electric Dreams

instruments studied: piano, violin, percussion

End of spring break update

It's a quiet Saturday afternoon here on Holly Beach Dr.  The littles have been playing outside since first thing this morning.  I am so grateful for this for so many reasons.  Yes,  they choose free play outside with the neighborhood friends over screens.  The weather is cooperating.  Cool and breezy, with pops of hot sun here and there.  They ride bikes, strategize and plan epic nerf battles, play family, school, and most recently a game called "principal".  They draw with chalk, they snack and talk, it is wonderful.  We've had a lovely two week spring break, beginning with Kim, Anthony, and Katie's lovely visit March 24-29.  It was A and K's first plane trip, first trip out of state, and first time meeting the ocean.  I say "meeting the ocean" because like her mother, Katie and the ocean are kindred spirits. We spent the first and last nights on Holly Beach, and the three nights in between at a suites hotel in Carlsbad, visiting beaches, Legoland, and the Flower Fields which were in bloom.  We enjoyed a late dinner on the patio at Wood Ranch the last evening, and I'm sure all of six of us spent the next couple of days recuperating from so much fun! 

During week two we celebrated Easter, spent a day hiking with daddy, enjoyed some pool and biking time, along with plenty of free time.  The kids still had art and karate class, and Owen had a school biography report to finish up along with a couple of Cub Scout projects.  Yesterday morning we drove daddy to the Flyaway airport shuttle in Van Nuys and bid him farewell on his nearly two week European business trip! He is currently sleeping after nearly two days of travel in Milan and heads on to Frankfurt Wednesday.  Tomorrow Delaney's Girl Scout troop is heading to Olvera St. in Los Angeles via Metrolink train ride, and then we gear up for the last 9 weeks of school!!

That is not to say that those last 9 weeks will not be very busy! Owen has decided to join band next Fall, so Wednesday night we head to the parent info meeting for that.  His four instruments in order of choice, include, in order, trombone, violin, cello, and clarinet.  He will be finishing his first year of cub scouts as a Bear Scout and moving to Webelos 1.  Delaney will bridge from Daisy scouts to Brownie scouts. Also, open house is early this year on May 10, so there is really only one month to prepare my classroom! The other thing that will make the 9 weeks fly by is that we are planning a trip to visit Gramp in Costa Rica at the end of July! Both kids will go to Scout day camp July 9-13 and we will hopefully head to CR around July 20 for about two weeks! I have started looking at possible side trips from Grecia where we are very excited to see Gramp's new home he moved to in December.  We cannot believe Owen will be turning 9 in June and moving to the "upper grade" side of school in the Fall.  He is looking forward to celebrating with either a Nerf them party or Lasertag.