We made it to snake park twice, once with a side trip to the Toy Library. We never did make it to the indoor play place. I mostly wussed out on taking 3 kids on the train to a location I have never been to, nor completely sure of where it is. It did occur to me that those sorts of places are germ breeding grounds and I partly didn't want to risk getting the sickies, but mostly I chickened out on the idea.
We did manage to do a few fun things at home. How I didn't think of this sooner, I don't know, but it occurred to me to look at Pinterest for ideas for kid activities. I did some searches and was rewarded with some fun, basic science experiments. We played around with mixing acids and bases (baking soda and vinegar) and static electricity, and flotation. We worked on transferring substances (instant coffee grounds) with different spoons and using tongs (not on instant coffee grounds). We also made another Aunt Mickey recipe- a kind of play dough. Most of this was all in one day :) On top of this we played plenty of hide and seek, simon says, duck duck goose, road rally (from Mickey Mouse clubhouse), we painted, and we did some baking, too.
Yes, we lick the spoons.
Mixing up flour dough for play.
Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday and Kenny, despite not being a particularly big football fan, was really missing the "holiday." Because of the time difference, if the Super Bowl were to be shown on tv here, at the same time as in the States, it would be on in the middle of the night. I promised Kenny I would look for it while I was up nursing Eli and that I would wake him up if I found it. I found it- with French play by play. And it was only about a half hour delayed. They didn't show any of the commercials so I wasn't as interested. Kenny got out of bed and moved to the couch for the game. He definitely fell asleep, but he says he would wake up and watch parts. Not exactly, a Super Bowl party, but a taste of the American Way. We also had fondue for dinner- somehow bread and cheese seemed to be a close approximation to Super Bowl food.
Updates:
Johanna has decided that underwear is more comfortable than a diaper so we are potty training again! Maybe it will stick this time? I can't say it is going great so far, but not too bad, either. Enough successes, that I am willing to keep going.
Eli is 7 months and is not only pulling up to standing but letting go with one hand and pivoting.
He's also eating more- very fond of yogurt and banana. Not as big a fan of avocado. Not a lot of variety happening yet. He's sort of on a sleep/nap schedule, which is nice.
Jackson can zip his coat by himself. This may be completely appropriate for his age (or for a younger kid, I don't know) but it impressed me. Zippers require some serious fine motor skills.
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