Spring Break, Week 1

We started off our two-week spring break with a friend-field trip to Placerita Canyon. The girls and I picked up pizzas and Cooper and Wylie, and met up with Sue and Jen and their kids.

As I figured, the kids had a great time running around exploring, while the mamas chatted.

For two mornings in the week, Cora and some of her friends were invited to take part in a leadership/mentoring program organized by Cooper and Wylie's mom, Pam. She's a high school teacher. It was a good experience for the kids, both the younger ones and the nearly grown ones.

After Tuesday's leadership academy, we took Big Violet with us, and later met up with Jen and some of the boys for lunch at the Habit. 

On Wednesday, we got together with some of the same kids for hiking at Towsley Canyon.

The kids stopped by these California poppies to admire them, before Cooper came back around the corner to show off a dead lizard.

Boys!

After Thursday's leadership class, a big group of us took the kids to an awesome park in Saugus. It was fun watching these big fifth-graders playing like kids ought to play, no screens in sight.

It was a warm enough day that ice cream was calling our name (and a big Coke for mom) before we headed home.

Thursday evening, we met up with Grandma for a couple of hours at Magic Mountain.

Friday was hot enough that we had friends over to swim. The pool hasn't been heated yet, so it was quite cold, but did the kids complain? You know they didn't!

They discovered, after turning on the hot tub, that someone had poured bubble solution into the water. Uh oh! Well, April Fool's Day was around the corner.

What a fun week we had!