Easter Break

School has let out for two weeks. The cousins were down over the weekend and we all had a blast, but now that those kids are gone, it’s me and my two for 13 more days. What will we do with ourselves? My kids and I have differing opinions.

Things my children (2 and 5 years old) would like to do over the two-week Easter Break:

photo by Jeroen van Oostrom

• Stay in pyjamas all day, eat chocolate for breakfast, ice cream for lunch and ham straight out of the packet for dinner
• Go to the local soft play centre, daily (at 14 bucks each time) 
• Be driven two hours to the zoo, in another city
• Sail a boat (the five year old insists he can because he knows how to say, “Man overboard.” He’s never been on a boat)
• Visit the Great Wall of China 
• Drive my car to the shop
• Get a pet dinosaur
• Battle an evil transformer
• Meet the Queen.

Things my children will actually do over Easter Break:

• Be let outside to play.

They better get used to it, because it’s pretty much what they’ll be doing for the summer holidays, too.

Happy Easter and/or Passover!