Today is…Thursday Sept 30, 2010
The boys were playing happily with blocks this morning.
I intruded.
We prayed.
We learned about Isaiah’s prophesies (they did actually look at the picture and talk about it with me…honest):
We read our message (Giant is correcting my rather stubby “th”):
Then we walked to Stay and Play.
Galoot got his 2 month immunizations, and the boys had a short time to play. Then snack. Then they made leaf art, which we brought home (of course! 😉 )
After lunch, Giant asked me to “please play” with him.
I tried.
But I had to finish dishes, and then was interrupted with 2 dirty diapers and putting the wash in the dryer.
Why do things, any ‘things’, always seem more important than playing with our kids?
Eventually I did sit down.
We sorted blocks into colours:
Ettin did too:
Because I wanted to practice sorting colours with Ettin…. Or maybe I’ve forgotten how to play just for fun:
Then a tornado hit:
And a Galoot cried:
And mommy play time ended while I put a baby to sleep.
Giant started begging for computer games.
I was tempted…
…but this would make 2 days in a row of caving. So I gathered some energy from somewhere and dived into crafts.
We cut out the art from Stay and Play:
I love that littlest leaf:
Then we made ladybugs for our tree. Hmmm, I meant to talk about how ladybugs are finding places to sleep for the winter, now that it is fall. But I didn’t. Oh well.
And we cut out some egg carton sections to make into ladybugs:
Painted them red:
(note the look of disgust on Ettin’s face as he looks at his messy fingers. This, from a boy who purposefully colours on himself any chance he gets)
So cute! (okay, not really. But a good craft, anyway):
Have I mentioned that art has a short life around here? I saved the rest, but Giant’s ladybugs quickly turned into a helicopter:
Then we put them on our tree.
The ladybugs:
Our leaves:
And admired our work:
Phewww!! I must admit, the house was way less than clean by the time hubby got home. But we had a good play!