Icy Day Activities

The last few days, my crew has spent most of their time indoors. Yesterday, I decided to keep Cooper home from preschool because the weather conditions looked bad- and were predicted to get worse throughout the day- and add that to the fact that his preschool is about 20 minutes away and I was fearful we may get caught on icy roads. Today, our public school district cancelled school so both boys were home. It was wonderful....not having to be anywhere at a certain time. We all stayed in our jammies and just played. I really enjoy days like this. Almost like God's way of saying "slow down and enjoy each other."

For Christmas, Hudson got a magnet set so we got that out and did a few experiments. He learned that opposites attract and the same repel each other.

His magnet is pushing the same colored magnet away.

He learned that magnets work through plastic, wood and even water. He has a magnet under this lid and is driving the magnetic car around. He thought that was pretty cool.

My favorites were the little body builder guy we made and the fact that when we were ready to clean up, all the pieces stuck on the magnets.

Cooper is really into dump trucks. He likes to scoop up his dominoes and then dump them into the bed of another truck.

After breakfast this morning, the boys looked outside and saw a few patches of white on the ground. They kept asking to go out and play in the "snow"......they were unhappy with me when I told them that there really wasn't enough snow to warrant us getting bundled up to head outside. I could tell they were going a little stir crazy and that they needed to release some energy they have been storing up over the last few days.

Sooo, I pretty much became Mom of the Year in Hudson's eyes when I informed him that we would be bringing the bounce house inside for the day. His eyes lit up and he was so excited.

Cooper, on the other hand, wasn't so sure about my grand idea. He was nervous at first and the loud noise of the blower scared him. It took him a good 15 minutes to warm up.

But once Monkey Boy finally got inside, he had a blast. These boys jumped a ton today and this can only mean one thing............they will sleep like angels tonight!