11 Mar, 2014
This is day two of March Break
Posted by andrea tomkins in: - Ottawa for kids|Easy ways to make kids happy
I have a March Break philosophy, and it goes something like this: Every Day a Little Something. Not every day has to be a giant party or big excursion. Because that’s downright exhausting. I also have work to do, so I’m trying to keep our week reasonably balanced with fun stuff, chores, and responsibilities. :)
Yesterday was a pretty good start to our March Break and it might be hard to beat. I spent the morning working, and at 11:00 the youngest and I drove downtown. I had an appearance on CTV News at Noon (the segment was about things to do with kids over March Break), and afterwards we grabbed sushi at Lapointe’s. (Note to self: it was very good.)
After dinner, the four of us went back downtown to see Potted Potter. Have you heard of it? It’s an “unauthorized” parody of the Harry Potter series. Someone MAY have almost fallen out of her seat laughing. It was very fun.
I’m not sure what we’re going to be doing the rest of the week, but I poked around in my archives to find a few ideas we might revisit over March Break:
- I was thinking of bringing back the Harry Potter movie marathon, especially after seeing Potted Potter. This is something we did over Christmas holidays awhile back. We made butter beer too! You can kick this activity up a notch by designing your own movie tickets, inviting friends over, wearing pjs etc. It all depends on your energy level! :)
- Making s’mores on a stick.
- Or better yet, butter tart squares.
- Sending the kids on a photo hunt.
- Designing our own table cloth (hint: it’s made out of paper!)
- And maybe we’ll get dirty too.
It’s worth noting that as I’m typing this, someone is composing a song our new-to-us iPad and we’re heading out to the library after lunch. And let it be known there is also grocery shopping and laundry to do too. Gah.
What are you up to this March Break?
