How We Spent Our April Vacation

Last week was school vacation week.  We didn’t have any exciting vacation plans, so pretty much left it up to the girls to decide what we should do.

I woke up to this every day.  Closed doors = sleeping children. (Emily slept in the guest room so that she wouldn’t be awoken by Elizabeth)  They got between 9 and 11 hours of sleep each night.  I hope that their internal batteries recharged enough to get them through these final seven weeks of school.

On Thursday, we visited a very cool fish store in New Haven.  Elizabeth has been working hard toward getting a new and better tank – and by working hard, I mean a well-written business case that included prices, protocols, fish species (well-researched), etc.  This was the ultimate result.

And lest you think that the visit to the fish store was all about the fish…..well, it wasn’t.  Of course this guy spied Lee the second we walked in the door and climbed aboard as soon as he had the chance.

Elizabeth, who is a lot like her father, was also a willing victim.  Emily and I kept our distance.

On Friday, we went to Yankee Candle flagship store (their choice) and then toured Deerfield Academy in the afternoon, meeting with faculty (a former Groton classmate of Lee’s) and the admissions office.  These visits do nothing to diminish her boarding school enthusiasm – fortunately, they also cause her to dig deep when it comes to her studies.

Last, but not least, Emily got a hedgehog.  After she begged us for a hedgehog for a few weeks, Lee and I looked into it.  And promptly told her "no way".  When we were at Yankee Candle, she stumbled across this fake hedgehog and of course we let her get it (purchased with her own money).  Now everyone is happy.