Tropical Storm Fay has been sitting over us for more than 48 hours and it's not been easy for Myles. The schools (and his day care) are open one day (because it looks like it's heading out) and closed the next (because it decides to stall again). The poor kid has been indoors for 3 days. However, we've tried to have some indoor fun these ways:
1. Lots of coloring. Myles loves to have me draw shapes for him so that he can identify them. He can also draw a pretty nice looking circle. We've probably spent more time coloring these last 3 days than we have his entire life. It's actually been nice!
2. Playing different games with his beach ball. We've played monkey in the middle, worked on his throwing and catching skills and batted the ball around our huge coffee table (among the 3 of us) doing our best not to let it hit the floor. Of course, as soon as Myles realized the reaction it got when it did fall to the floor (Ohhhh noooooo!), he purposely let it drop each time it came his way.
3. Watching movies. Last night we watched about half of Peter Pan before bed. We've also watched Cars, Finding Nemo and parts of Meet the Robinsons (which belongs to some friends who have been on vacation).
What do you do when you're stuck inside with a toddler for such long stretches? Today is more of the same...day care closed, winds high and rain heavy. If Fay doesn't go away very, very soon, I'm afraid we're all going to lose our minds!
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My kids have been watching WAY TOO MUCH TV, but what else can we do right now. IT SUCKS, I know!
Be thankful for ELECTRICITY! It might stink being stuck inside, but it could be worse.
We push the furniture out of the way in our family/dining room area and we play kick ball (Joshua is so good...we have enrolled him in youth soccer...starts next week). :)
We have also been known to throw on the flipflops (crocs in his case) and go jump up/down in the puddle at the end of the driveway...you can imagine the look in my husband's face when he looked out the window and saw us...he loved it! :)
We still need to schedule a playdate...sorry it is taking me so long! :(
In 2004 Pam & I were stuck in a house with NO ELETRICITY for a WEEK & FOUR!! (4!!!) kids.
Ages 4, 2, 2, & 3 months. We would tag team eah other every 30 min. It was MISERABLE.......
So happy we had electricity for this one.
Debby
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