Stir Crazy!!

We have been housebound much of the past week due to storms/sleet/snow. Leah has been home alone with the kids most of this time due to Mark's session retreat/Sunday services/job. What's a stranded mom to do?

We became very creative in our playtime- we had a "snowball" fight with cotton balls (big hit), underneath the dining room table became a train car (headed to California, of course), Ben tried on his spring/summer clothes stash (as the temperature dropped outside, he looked more and more like a Florida retiree), watched more than the usual daily allotment of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and the Wiggles (kids brain cells are fresh and new, they can handle it) and dreamed up any activity that allowed Ben to run, make a basket, or jump to burn off boy energy.

Ben and Clara shared their first true moment of mutual mischief. They got into the armoire in their bedroom and proceeded to tear apart and scatter the contents of the bottom shelf in a big pile. They were true cohorts working together. The mess was worth that moment of brother/sister bonding and the gleam in their eyes when Leah discovered just why the house had gotten so quiet.

Please note: Leah is ready for spring.