The Easter Long Weekend is coming up fast and we'll have two 4-day weeks. Of course, it's my turn to do the business paper at work and I know about Wednesday next week I'll be on high alert. It's always the same, but this time there's the added stress of delivering it by Friday 13th. I have an ominous feeling about it (ha ha).
Alex's school held their annual Easter Hat Parade this afternoon and I didn't take lunch so I could go. It's only over the road which is handy. I watch all the kids parade around in their hats. You can tell the kids who's mother's helped to make the hats, they're so cool. It's usually kindergarten and 1st grade kids with the best hats: after 7 years it gets hard to think of something new. this year Alex made his own hat, and although he didn't win a prize, he got 2nd place in the decorated egg competition. He made a skate park (naturally), and had lots of boiled eggs as spectators, and a couple on skate-boards.
We were lucky enough this year to get a prize in the Monster Egg Raffle as well, so we came home with two lots of Easter eggs. Alex won a rabbit and 2 eggs wrapped in cellophane for his 2nd prize, and we got a big basket of eggs in the raffle. By Monday, I'm sure, everyone will be sick to death of chocolate. Zeke is funny with chocolate, he loves it, but Lauren doesn't let him have too much. It will be interesting on Sunday when he'll have so many to choose from.
I'm looking forward to a 4-day long weekend. No sport, no work, and with a bit of luck (if Carly wants any money), no housework to do. Alex turns 12 on Thursday and he wants me to get off work early so I can take him shopping, then out for tea in Wagga. I'm not sure yet that I'll be able to do that, but I'm hopeful. I bought him a petrol/nitro remote-control car that he can't wait to get. It's coming from China and I was worried it wouldn't get here before the weekend, but there was a card in the mail today saying I'd missed the courier, so maybe tomorrow they can deliver it to me at work. I just have to remember to ring them in the morning. The other half of his present is coming in the post too and fingers crossed it will get here before Thursday too.
As usual, life's hectic, and I guess I wouldn't have it any other way. It's all good.
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