spring (break) has sprung

Spring Break is a pretty interesting time of year in a college town.  It’s a little different with 45,000 students (plus most of the profs and other personnel) heading to other parts of the country/world.  Normally, I’d be in San Juan de la Maguana (Dominican Republic), hanging out with some of the best little guys and girls on the planet, and Kim and the kids would be visiting her sister.  But since we’ve only been back from China for a month, we decided to stay put and Spring Break at home.

The weather has cooperated.  The snow is melting off and the sun has been shining.  The girls got out to play on the trampoline the other day.  It was hilarious listening to them laughing and squealing as they rolled around on each other.  I snuck out to snap a few pics, and ended up with wet feet.  Crocs + snow/ice = wet socks.  Yes, Sadie’s in her pajamas.  Don’t ask–it’s spring break.  All the rules are out the window, I suppose.  Dasher has enjoyed sleeping in the sunshine out in the backyard.  I even went for a run this evening before supper.

Saturday night while Kim was busy working on our taxes (there’s a woman who knows how to party!) I took the little girls to see Princess and the Frog.  Again.  In their pajamas.  The dollar theater makes it pretty easy to see movies for the fam, and the re-fillable popcorn bucket is a hit with the girls.

I preached at two of the worship gatherings at Calvary, which was followed by our weekly meal at the Big Bowl Noodle House (hey Wade).  Late in the afternoon, our buddy Doug stopped by to take a look at our defunct clothes dryer.  That guy is such a giver, and always has great stories.  Everybody needs a Doug in their lives…Levi and Lilly both had friends sleep over last night (code for stay up way too late being goofy), so we expected a little crabbiness today.

Today was actually pretty good on the crabby-scale, though.  Kim planned a Sublett Family Scavenger Hunt for us.  The kids got a clue card that led us to the first destination:  The Penn State Ice Rink.  Annabelle was pretty excited to try it, but I don’t think the girl from South China is going to be competing in the winter olympics any time soon.  Levi and Lilly were both great helpers for her, both times that she circled the rink!  Sadie, on the other hand, is a little more adventurous.  She started off on the wall, and took a few spills, but by the end was zooming around the place.  She wants to go back again!

The next clue took us to the Penn State Creamery, home of some legendary Peachy Paterno ice cream.  Now that’s more to Annabelle’s liking.  I took a second picture of everyone enjoying the ice cream, but Levi is such a goober, I thought I’d share the one that really displays his true character.

From the creamery, we scooted over to the Nittany Lion Shrine.  I’m not wild about visiting shrines, but I think we’re ok here.  It’s hard to believe that this was our first visit to the ever-popular photo spot.  We’ve lived here 11 years, and haven’t taken the family photo there, until today.  Some nice man snapped our pic, then wished us a good visit.  I guess we looked like tourists.  He must not have noticed my Spikes hat or Levi’s Little Lion football hoodie…

We finished the day by teaching Annabelle to play Skipbo, which Sadie won handily.  Kim comes from a long line of Skipbo players, and we can’t play the game without thinking of Pap George.  He left quite a legacy for his family, spiritually and game-wise.  He regularly cheated–not like you’d cheat, though.  Pap would take extra cards into his pile so that the grandkids could win.  That’s pretty neat…

I love the fact that I married a fun wife.  Kim does a great job of crafting experiences and creating memories for our family.  I am a man most blessed…