Wow! Is it ever cold out today! No one's car in the parking lot would start this morning, and my nostril hairs kept sticking together. Good times.
We're finding it somewhat difficult to think of ideas of what to do on our family days when it's so blasted frigid out. Hubby is one who likes to get out and about and doesn't really love sitting still for long, so we almost always go somewhere on our Fridays together. But, usually we drive somewhere so that we can be outside....and man - that's been hard to do! Any ideas?
Pre-kids, we would have hightailed it to the coast, even to just get out for a couple of minutes. But, that's not fun for the boys - especially Jesse who hates to be belted in even for a 30 second drive to church. They need to be able to get out and RUN if they're going to be driving for a trip anywhere. It's too cold for hikes or sliding...or maybe we've just gotten too wimpy. I'm not sure. We just hate being cooped up inside all day. All three boys start jumping off the walls!
So, we ran a couple of errands and then went to the mall and let them run around and play there. I'm so not a mall Mom, but it's fun once in awhile. Especially when treats are involved.
Now I'm sorting through a plan of attack for fun crafty ideas and things to do inside during these freezing cold days of yuck. I've got some ideas rolling around that I'll share if they're successes. We made some pretty fun homemade playdoh yesterday. Easy sneezy. For each kid: 1/4 cup salt and 1/2 cup flour. Let them stir that all around in a huge bowl. In another bowl add 1/4 cup warm water and let them have at it with making their own color out of food coloring. (Obviously, help the wee ones on this step. Jesse tried drinking his when I wasn't paying attention. Ahem). Mix all together and go to town with cookie cutters, feathers, toothpicks...whatever! Slightly messy, but good for about an hour of entertainment. It's worth it!
Before laying Kaden down to nap we had a cute little conversation, today. I said, "Kaden, do you know how much Mommy loves having you two boys?" He said: "Yeah. And you get to have THREE boys! How lucky are you?!!!"
Super blessed, Buddy.
I've got an idea. Every cold Friday just drive to Mumzy's, drop off the boys, then "high tail it to the coast"! :)
ReplyDeleteYou should go to the Childrens Museum downtown! Or I did see thaty MyGym in Brewer is having an open house this weekend free! Miss you!
ReplyDeletehey my friend..well, hopefully we'll get to chat soon. here are some ideas off the top of my head. go skating (indoors!), go to an indoor play place, let them play with uncooked pasta and tupperware (seriously, my girls love playing with this! they even color it!), get kaden working on a 'winter storybook' (he draws pictures and then tells you (or write's it himself...not sure where he's at) what part of the story is represented by the picture)..this is one of my boys' fave things to do, and it's something that he can just keep adding to (i laminate the pages when he's done so he has his very own storybook), make a puppet theatre (all you need is an old box..they tell you where to cut holes, and they decorate it to their heart's content...if you're really ambitious, you can make puppets with them...even just use a pair of those thin gloves and glue eyes, hair, etc...to them). Anyways, those are just a couple ideas. Hope you have a great weekend!! Hope we can chat next week! love you sweetie! xoxo
ReplyDeletei don't want to know where or how you found that picture. :)
ReplyDeletealso. . an indoor slide. which we were excited about for our little monkey . .but had no idea he would play on or around it the ENTIRE day.
ReplyDeletewe'll see if he even cares about it tomorrow. :)