Spring break plans
We're getting ready to take a trip to Florida for the kids' spring break, which actually started late last week for Anna, and begins in earnest tomorrow as Nick and Maria start their break. We are driving down beginning as early on Saturday morning as we can manage. Saturday night we will spend the night with Chelsea's cousins in North Carolina, and Sunday we will finish out the drive.
Our plan is to spend about a week in Tampa. We'll be doing some work on Chelsea's mom's house so that she can either rent it out or sell it. We will also take a few opportunities to enjoy the 80-degree sunshine, maybe with a trip to the beach. Nick has already submitted a request for baseball practice while we're there, so he and I will look for some batting cages and will also get him practicing his pitching.
I am hoping we can visit one of the YMCA locations in Tampa that has a rock climbing wall - rock climbing up here is expensive, but if you're a Y member in Tampa, even a visitor, there are several facilities which feature climbing walls that are free for members.
And then there's Sweet Tomatoes, our all-time favorite salad buffet restaurant. (They operate in California as Souplantation, and it's the same thing.) We have an abiding love for Sweet Tomatoes, and over the years we've hoped in vain that they would expand north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Driving with the kids is getting easier as they get older. We also have copious amounts of technology to keep them entertained, including portable DVD players, Nintendo DS handheld games, and iPods. Shockingly, they even read books in the car sometimes. So old-fashioned.
Our plan is to spend about a week in Tampa. We'll be doing some work on Chelsea's mom's house so that she can either rent it out or sell it. We will also take a few opportunities to enjoy the 80-degree sunshine, maybe with a trip to the beach. Nick has already submitted a request for baseball practice while we're there, so he and I will look for some batting cages and will also get him practicing his pitching.
I am hoping we can visit one of the YMCA locations in Tampa that has a rock climbing wall - rock climbing up here is expensive, but if you're a Y member in Tampa, even a visitor, there are several facilities which feature climbing walls that are free for members.
And then there's Sweet Tomatoes, our all-time favorite salad buffet restaurant. (They operate in California as Souplantation, and it's the same thing.) We have an abiding love for Sweet Tomatoes, and over the years we've hoped in vain that they would expand north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Driving with the kids is getting easier as they get older. We also have copious amounts of technology to keep them entertained, including portable DVD players, Nintendo DS handheld games, and iPods. Shockingly, they even read books in the car sometimes. So old-fashioned.
