Spring Break

"It's spring fever! That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! -- Mark Twain

It is. It's a fever the makes us all a little wild for the outdoors. The warm air blows in and the children's feet start twitching. They can't sit still. They stare longingly out windows and hear only a Charlie Brown "wah-wah-wah" coming from their teachers. So we give them Spring Break. A time to stretch their legs and pick flowers. A time to lay about lazily and run circles around the house.

Today begins Spring Break for us. Bring on the week of rest. We all felt the freedom as soon as we drove away from the school today. So we went out for ice cream to celebrate.