We did have lots of fun this week, and only just that little bit of drama. I have to tell the truth. I pay more attention to the kids when Seth is out of town. When he is here, we go places together and hang out after he gets home about half the time. The other half of the time, we dismiss the kids to the basement to play for their last waking hour of the night and I hog Seth all to myself. I think this is okay. Surely it is okay for them to play together, and it is okay for me and Seth to want to hang out with each other, but I admit that I still feel like a better mom on the nights when we all play. When Seth is gone the kids get so spoiled since they don't have to share me with anyone.
This week I was just sure that we would get a snow day on Tuesday. I shopped for cookie supplies and playdough on Monday so that we'd have fun stuff to do while we were snowed in, but even though it snowed all day, we had school. Such a bummer! We still managed to find lots of time to play. Here are a few of the ways we passed the time.
Playdough
Lego mania
Spongebob's Pineapple
The Krusty Krab
Our house. We made half of this one night and I was tempted to finish it myself because it was so much fun, but I waited until the next day so the kids could help.
Look who's mowing the lawn.
I am loving Legos. I never had any. I guess I thought they were a boy toy, but they are the best. I am even starting to understand why they are so pricey. Someone has to design the structure with all it's itty bitty parts that make garage doors open and close, and then they have to write dummy proof instructions so that lame instruction followers like me can understand. That is a tough job.
We played lots of board games. This is one that Sarah brought for us, called Headbanz. You have to guess the picture on your headband by asking questions.
We played with my next new camera. I am still trying to decide how I feel about it. It does lots of cool things when you play with the different settings, but in auto mode it is still not quite what I want. Shouldn't a point and shoot do it's best work on simple point and shoot pictures? I guess not. They are all trying to pose as DSLR's.
And the kids all slept with me, usually one at a time, but on this night I had all three.
And here is Chloe playing Headbanz. I recorded her because she almost always starts with the same two questions.
1- Am I alive?
2-Am I a donut? (if the answer to 1 is no)
She didn't say it on this particular video, and the one where she did is taking forever to load. I finally got this one to load to photobucket, but still can't get it small enough to load straight to blogger. In the video I did get loaded, she tells me what my picture is. I had been trying to guess the same card for three rounds. I knew I was an animal, but not a pet or farm animal. I knew that I was sometimes brown and smelly and that I only had a little hair, but I could not figure it out. Can you? If not, click on Chloe and she will spill the beans.
We had a nice week, and we were happy to welcome Seth home Friday night. We got in some good quality time on Saturday morning/afternoon, but I confess that that evening we did banish the kids to the basement to play so that I could lay on the couch with Seth and watch the Packers. Did you watch the Packers? They were awesome!
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Your posts makes me want to play more. We go out a lot and do fun things, but I think I want to pull out more gameboards this week. :) I almost bought that Headbands game. Would you recommend it?
The video is stinking cute! I couldn't figure out what you were, either. Thanks, Chloe!
You got the pineapple done! I hope there wasn't too many lost pieces. I'm glad you got to play hedbanz too. We didn't even think of playing it last week when we were out for so long.
I'm bummed that you didn't get a snow day. My kids are now in the making up days mode and just this morning decided that they don't want any more because it means more make up days. (if we have one more they go on April 22 and they are afraid they will miss seeing the baby come -I guess I need to let them know that they won't be witnessing that particular event even if school is not in session...)
I can't get the video for some reason...
Katie, We play indoors a lot because we can't go outdoors. If we lived in Vegas we would spend more time on fun field trips too, so don't feel bad. Headbanz is pretty fun and even the little ones get the basic idea, so the whole family can play.
Sarah, we weren't missing any pieces, but we did have to dump out the big bucket and fish for a few that had been thrown in there. Be glad that Alex abandoned it when you were building with him because that one took forever.
Val, I e-mailed you a direct link to photobucket for the video. It is no big deal, but I know you are one person who is actually excited to see it so I thought I'd pass it on.
The Lego sets do look like a fun activity. I always dismissed them as just for boys,too, but maybe it'd be fun to get a set to do with the girls.
Oh my gosh, I was laughing so hard at just the questions alone. "Am I alive and Am I a donut?"
If you're going to guess, why not guess you're something delicious!
I am so sad I couldn't hear the video. I watched it but the volume isn't working for me. I'm still wondering what you were.
You are such a good mom and so good at entertaining your kids. I immediately thought I should be playing more games with my kids, but then I thought I guess I have played a ton of games with them when they were little. Now we play Scattergories and Boggle. I tend to only like writing games! But, I do love LEGOS. I am a lego fanatic.
I think you saw our collection. I don't get to play them very often, but I set aside one day a year to build them all day. New Year's Day is Lego day, and I love it and look forward to it all year. My friends and husband know I love legos and have given me many for my birthday, too. They think it's crazy to be buying legos for a grown woman, but it's fun for me, and better than a puzzle.
Erin Leigh loves legos, really, my only child who really loved them like I do, so now we have to buy legos for the both of us. It is my favorite toy and I believe in the importance of play. (At least when all the work is done.) We could sit for hours together building, but it's so sad for us because Annie Laurie doesn't like them at all.
I thought the Headbanz game was so funny. I laughed at everyone wearing Headbanz and guessing.
I thought you were so smart and organized preparing for Snow day in advance and buying something fun to do with your kids.
It made me wish we were having a snow day, although I guess you're kids ending up having to go to school.
PS
I always wanted that Pineapple, and the house was adorable. Was that The Joker mowing the lawn?
Leslie, I was an elephant. I like writing games, too. Have you played Loaded Questions? I love that one. I am glad to hear another grown woman gushing over Legos. I have never played with them and now I am sad that I only have a few years to play with them before my kids are big. I was wondering if I would be like the crazy cat lady in my neighborhood if I just built them by myself once my kids are grown. Now that you mention it, Legos are kind of like building a puzzle, only more fun because you are continually making progress. Too bad Annie Laurie doesn't care for them. I was thinking about her last night when I finished A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for about the 15th time. Anyway, Alyssa played for a few days and then told me that she realized that she is not too interested in Legos. They should make some more girly Lego sets. I just found a game called Creationary in Family Fun magazine. It is like pictionary, only you build whatever is on your card with Legos. It is sold out everywhere I have been, but I am going to find it. It sounds so fun. Oh, and yes that was the Joker mowing the lawn. We borrowed him from the Batcave.
Wow, so I just read your previous post and I have to say none of my kids have ever choked, but the thought of it terrifies me. I'm impressed you stayed so calm. Of course James did almost drown right in front of me. And do you really play games with your kids every day? I'm feeling like a terrible Mom, because it is seriously torture when they ask me to play with them. I do it sometimes out of abligation but I'm usually counting the seconds until I get get out of it.
Oh, I will have to try Loaded Questions and Creationary.
You should post about it for Friday Favorites.
I always love to see what everyone is doing, playing, eating and enjoying.
Ah,yes a Tree Grows In Brooklyn. She and Jordan are my literary names. We love to read our favorite books over again. I can watch movies a hundred times, too and I never get tired of them.
Catherine is working on book club. She is creating a specific blog for it, and I thought we would all choose a month for the year and each of us be in charge of it that month. Did that make sense?
Anyway, it's in the works. We're excited and I think we'll have a good time since we already have such a good time blogging.
I was laughing at the Joker mowing the lawn.
I recognized him from our Batman legos.
Oh, and I want to hear all about the catlady and what she does. I will buy, play and show off my legos until I can no longer put them together anymore.
I love them.
Sally, Drowning is another super scary one for me. I always wonder if I could locate my kids in dark water and be strong enough to get them to the surface. I am really afraid that I couldn't. I am not a good swimmer, which is why my kids are still in life jackets, even at the waterpark where the water is two feet deep. And NO we don't play games every day. We used to play as a family every night, but now it is more sporadic. I don't play with them every day either, except for when Seth is out of town. I like to read, play games, paint/color, or cook with them, but I don't like to play with toys. I will play Little People with Chloe since no one else is home to play with her and now that we have legos I will play Legos, but for the most part they are on their own for playtime. Sorry, I didn't mean to give a false impression.
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