Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Blustery Day Activities!

What do you do with a house full of kids on a blustery day?

First we started out with spring cleaning,
we cleaned out the drawers and closets
and got rid of clothing and shoes that did not fit.

Then, we watched the movie Nanny McFee Returns.

Then the boys were up to their own devices,
and I was pleasantly surprised by their choices.



I-Man teaching J-Man a song on the Piano

Six Rounds of Uno


A Discussion on Whales
And Sharks. 
The Book Sea Creatures and a search on the google
helped resolve the argument that whales eat sharks and sharks eat whales. 
I-Man found a video of a shark eating a dead whale, Yuck!

Drawing game of "What Next." 
They started with a dog in the center of the page.
The dog is eating an alien spacecraft,
 which is above the ocean with a pirana,
Nanny McFee is flying on top of the page,
eating ice cream.... and so on and so forth. 
It took about an hour to complete.

Finally, What started out as blowing some bubbles for Mr.Mr.
turned into blowing bubbles with our hands


catching bubbles

blowing big bubbles

Fill the pan with bubbles

Try to blow bubbles inside other bubbles

Bubbles are beautiful.  Pop!

I am so happy they played together for the majority of the day
and genuinly enjoyed each others company.

4 comments:

  1. So many fun things to do! You always amaze me.

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  2. Wendy,

    I read an article once that said you should let your children get bored enough to entertain themselves. It works some of the time.

    Take Care

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  3. Jennie, Sounds like a lot of fun. Don't you just love the topics boys like to talk about, like sharks and whales and such. Jeremy's always talking about lasers, robots, and inventions. I'm going to get him to do that What's next activity next time he says he's 'bored.' I think he'd love it. Hope you're all feeling better this month!
    Melece

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  4. We played "What's Next" for the first time driving home from Utah last July. It was great for travelling in the car. Jeremy will be especially good at this game, he has a great imagination.

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