"April is the cruelest month"

I never understood that quote before but I think that it is coming to me now. The first week in April we had a couple of days in the 70's. It was great! Jan learned to ride without training wheels. Everybody graduated to the next size up in bikes (Alec to Jan's, Anne to Alec's old scooter from last year, and Jan actually downgraded because it is less intimidating to ride without training wheels on a smaller bike). We got out the plastic pool and wore swimming suits for a couple of days. Then the snow came back. We are back inside eating soup again.
David had to work a few hours in the morning Easter Sunday and then had a week of vacation which we all thoroughly enjoyed. We are squeezing every last drop out of our Akron Zoo pass. On Monday we made our way to Pittsburgh and used our pass to visit the zoo and aquarium there. It was too cold to be outside much but the aquarium was so much fun. On Wednesday we headed to Erie, PA, mostly to see Presque Isle State Park. We played for awhile in the sand, built a fort out of driftwood and when it got too cold for us we drove over to use our pass at the Erie Zoo. David and I thought the best plan for the week would be to go and do something every other day and rest on the in between days. On Friday we had run out of (zoos?) ideas. I asked Jan and Alec what they wanted to do. "Stay home." "How bout we wrestle with Dad after dinner?" Sounded good to us. Almost every night Alec asked "When will we see Dad again?" It was fun to be able to say "Tomorrow" for so many days in a row.
David is back at work today for a 30 hour shift but at least for this one he is rested up. The pastor of the church we are attending here has been giving a hermaneutics class. David went to the first class post call, after he had been up all night. He actually was able to get some good things out of it (didn't fall asleep) and fill me in on the details when he got home. He sent me to the class this week. It was strange. I don't know how long it has been since I sat somewhere alone for three hours (OK so I did have to take a break to feed the baby) drinking coffee, eating doughnuts and listening to a preacher. It was terrific! We have some assignments to work on for the next class (hoping that one of us can make it) but it is three weeks away so we have some time. It was nice to have the opportunity to get some good input and encouragment to be in the Word. (The doughnuts were fun too!)
We were all going through David withdrawals today and can't wait to see him tomorrow. What a good vacation.