Here's an old concept in New England: the public schools get TWO spring breaks: one in February, one in April. (Now you know why we go to school through the end of June, here.)
I think maybe because winters are so long here, they like to give people the chance to vacation away where it's warm, or vacation to somewhere where there's really good skiing. They have resorts here, of course, but no huge mountains.
(Now that I've offended all the New England skiers, I'll backpedal a bit with "Your national parks are beautiful--great hiking trails everywhere! Cross-country skiers have it made, too! It's even fine to learn to downhill ski here. It's just not the Rockies.")
So, for those of us who do NOT plan big, expensive vacations to Carribbean waters, we stay in town for the week. (Frank, of course, does not get the week off. He works, same as every week. A thousand thanks for that, Frank.)
To give us all some variety, I put on my Activities Director hat. One day we played indoor mini golf, another day we went to Disney on Ice. We also visited Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), and tonight we'll try Rock Climbing at a rock climbing gym.
Here are a few pics from the ICA, the INSTITUTE of CONTEMPORARY ART. It's right on Boston Harbor, and some of the top floor even hangs out over the water.
From the top floor, you can see the bridge and the skyline. Yesterday it was clear and sunny--really pretty. (The long, skinny picture is from the ICA website , and the boat/bridge picture is mine.)
Teresa and Kara tried their hands at creating contemporary art: see Teresa's mound of flowers on a base, and then here at home she let Komodo explore the artwork.
P.S. Just got back from the Rock Climbing Gym--awesome! The kids have so much energy, they could probably have stayed longer and longer. Me? I'm beat! I think everybody had fun. Friday night is "Family Night" and they cut rates a little for you. Here's a picture from their website:
Well, it's Friday! (After a week of Saturdays, that doesn't mean that much.) Have a happy weekend! Kari
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Same here Kari. They call it reading week which I don't understand at all because we don't stay home and read. We did something different this year, we went skiing. It was a first for me and it was lots of fun! The slopes in your neck of the woods sound perfect for me. The bunny hill was my friend for two days!
sounds like a fun week..you have so much to do there, it's like going away...
You are such a good mom, planning all of those activies! We just had a week home with the kids too. It's hard sometimes, but sounds like you made the most of it.
Brazil has 26 national holidays (and Rio has several city holidays) and if one happens to fall on a Thursday, we'll then they can't possibly have school Friday! There's even one where the holiday is on Wed. and they have Thursday and Friday off. It's called the "ponte," the bridge. And they wonder why nothing gets done here...
They just remodled the playground at Madrona and put in a very mini climbing wall, but the kids love it. Sounds like you had a great "staycation."
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