I love Spring! Kids can run and climb outside on the jungle gym instead of inside on the couches. That makes for a much happier mom scrambling around the house while kids are occupied and very tired sleepy bugs at night. Great for everyone involved!
It's nice having the weather change just in time for March. Especially since Sada's MRI was rescheduled until the first week in April (instead of the first week of March). The change means the quarantine will continue for at least one more month until we can get back to church, school and playing with friends. But we won't be all stuck inside together - we can be outside together getting our daily dose of vitamin D.
The nicest surprise that has come from all this togetherness is that the kids have become really close friends. They liked each other before but true love at home was definitely fleeting at times. Tolerating one another has gone by the wayside and they are much more thoughtful of each other's feelings. Even Jason and Paige talk out their conflicts instead of banging each other over the head. They've learned that if they get along they get more activities - painting, playdough, beads, puzzles... so they're pretty happy most of the time. And if they all keep it up this week, they get to toilet paper Dad's bedroom (shhhhh - don't tell). It's not considered Mom's room if she's helping, you know. As always, any other ideas to keep little hands and minds busy over the next month will be greatly appreciated!
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Hello. Have you let your kids play post office? Justin was totally "busy" for about a year and a half "making mail". Nicki let him borrow a mail slot organizer box from her teaching supplies. I bought a box of envelopes from Costco and gave him some post-it notes and some random stickers for the stamps and decorations for the "letters". You could work it in to a lesson on "what is our address?" and writing/spelling practice. The good part about it is that I hardly ever actually let him mail anything for real. He'd just deliver to our pillows or the mail organizer box slots. Fun, fun, fun!
ReplyDeleteOh, and make sure you short-sheet Jeff's bed, too! If you're going to TP, you've got to make it really count. But you can skip the saran wrap on the toilet seat. That can only end in tears and who wants that?
Wright Chickadees, Please oh PLUHEASE do everything your mom asks, and then some. And TAKE PICTURES. THIS I have to see. Trac`
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