At the beginning of March, I ran the Leprechaun Chase 10K out at Mahoney State Park with some friends. It was a fun race where the girls get a 5 minute head start and then the boys start. If a girl wins first, all the girls get free beer and vice versa. It was a great day weather wise for a run at the beginning of March. I ran the race in under a 9 min/mile with hills, so that was a great time for me! My time was just over 54 minutes. It was a really tough run with all of the hills. After the run, we had everyone over to our house for food and drink. We had a great time talking and hanging out. The boys were really good and entertained themselves the whole time.
The boys had spring break in the middle of March. I was a little bummed to not have the same break as them this year. I took them each to school with me one of the days, which they loved. They helped me do my inventory by scanning the books. They also helped catalog some of the books. At the end of the day, they said, "Why do you get a job that's so fun? It's not fair." I do agree I have a great job. I also took the boys to Lauritzen Gardens on one of the days. They have a Lego exhibit we wanted to see. It was fun to walk around the gardens, even though there weren't any flowers or pretty bushes and trees. We will head back when things are in bloom.
A friend of ours had a pajama party this month also. We had a good time heading to her house in our sweatpants to watch some of the men's NCAA basketball games. It was a really fun time!
Jack turned 7 1/2 this month! He got a cookie cake and loved it. They love celebrating their half birthdays.
Easter was at the end of the month. That is when I had my spring break. It was cut short to make up for some snow days, but I still had 6 days off, which was nice. The boys were at school all but one of those days. I kept them home with me the Friday before Easter, so we could hang out and do some Easter crafts. We ended up wrapping small water balloons with embroidery floss covered in a starch and flour mixture. When they dried, we popped the balloons and they made cute little eggs. The boys LOVED doing this. I am glad I had a friend share the idea with me.
On Easter, the weather was pretty good. We were able to do an egg hunt outside with the boys. My parents come over that afternoon for dinner.
