"Spring" Break

I was asked the other day if I've given up blogging for Lent. Nope, there's just not much "blog-worthy" going on around here these days. Frankly, this doesn't bother me in the slightest, because that means no emergency room visits, catastrophes, and the like. (I am fully expecting Marina to bash through a wall now, just so we're clear. :)

Speaking of Marina, her preschool teacher commented the other day that if Marina was a boy, nobody would think twice about her energy level/accident-prone-ness/etc. It's because she's a girl, and looks deceptively quiet and well-mannered at first glance, that people are always caught off guard by her whirling dervish of energy. I have to say, I agree. On the flip side, people in my family take it in stride because she's exactly like my sister Jess was at that age. Since Jess has managed to turn out A-OK, I think I'm not going to worry about it too much...just keep plucking those grey hairs and plowing through.

Melanie learned a new trick yesterday. She's been pushing chairs around the room for awhile now, and up until yesterday, just liked climbing on them. Well, somehow she figured out that if she pushes a chair into the kitchen, and climbs on it, she can pull things off the counter. And so it begins...

Our Spring Break starts today. This statement is steeped in irony, as the snow drifts outside are taller than both my older kids, and almost up to my own shoulders in places. It is also 1 below. My gmail background has a picture of a beach and waves on it, along with a solitary pair of flipflops lying lazily in the sand. I could almost cry. We'll be spending "spring" break inside, thank you very much, cranking the heat and nursing mugs of hot chocolate. Grumble grumble...