Spring? Break

I am sad to say it is still very much winter in Indiana.  Last night it got down to a brisk 18 degrees!  This afternoon my car said it was 27 outside.  Not exactly spring weather.  Tomorrow at 3:40p spring break officially begins for us.  I asked all the kids if they could do anything at all on spring break what would they choose.  Jonah said stay home, play with his toys and go to Toys R Us.  Jacob said watch movies and cuddle with mommy.  (He is so sweet!) Jackson said he just wanted to stay home.  My boys are so adventurous, but I love their low maintenance, just content being home attitude.  My daughter said she wanted to go to Disney Land and then Disney on Ice.  She is not so low maintenance.  They make me smile so much.  We had planned on going camping.  That is in the past tense.  With the frosty temps we have decided to wait until summer.  For the next 24 hours I am going to planning and preparing for two weeks with four kiddos home.  I am excited!

One big item on my agenda for spring break is lots of exercise.  Exercise for the whole family.  I really want to instill healthy habits in my kids while they are young.  I am hoping and praying as they get older exercise won't be so much of a chore.  It will just be the norm thing you do.  For me exercise is something I have to be intentional about.  Recently, we put our Y membership on hold.  I adore our local Y.  We have spent countless hours there.  Since we are really knuckling down on our finances we chose to forgo our membership.  Speaking of saving...we are still sticking with our plan.  We have had some set backs (eating out) but we are very determined.  The next two weeks will be challenging.  I love splurging with the kids while they are out of school.  I want to plan lots of activities.  Jeff has next week off work as well.  Sticking to our budget will be especially challenging.  I am secretly in love with challenging myself to see how far I can stretch a dollar.  During Fall break and Christmas break we really spent a lot of money.  Well, a lot of money to us.  We did so many fun things.  I will be posting how we stay frugal during spring break later.