Well, technically it began for the lass at 11:45 or so and for the boy at 3:50 or so on Friday. Regardless of quibbles, they are not in school today, nor will they be until next Monday.
The boy’s vacation started out with a sleepover at a buddy’s house. The word is that they went to bed at a reasonable time, fell asleep at a reasonable time and then woke up at a completely unacceptable time. At least we had fair warning. If he doesn’t nap then he’ll likely sleep well tonight. Otherwise, he had fun and behaved himself. They didn’t even play much in the way of video games the whole time.
In an unusual turn of events, the boy’s gain was also the lass’. She makes the most of her alone time with Mom and Dad- especially Mom. She helped make dinner; helped me shovel the little bit of snow we got this morning; got to watch *Horton Hears a Who” (the original, non-Jim Carrey-ized version); and got to eat some pumpkin pie. Total angel the whole time. Well, almost he whole time. She likes to be difficult in the morning, but she snapped out of it quickly.
Not sure what to expect for the rest of the week. Perhaps some bowling (non-Wii), perhaps a day-trip or two. She’ll get the day with Mom on Thursday and the boy has a day at camp coming up. There will probably be some play dates as well.
Somehow, I’m sure we’ll muddle through.