Snow Day

As my tummy is full of stew and cornbread and I sit here in front of the fire anticipating the hot chocolate that my sweet husband is making for me, I can't think of anything better than a snow day. But, as a mom, do you ever have those mornings when you wake up thinking, this is going to be the longest day ever? Haha - I don't either. But, if I did, then hypothetically speaking, this would have been one of those mornings. A snow day to a mom with a 17 month old is kind of like a prison sentence, with a very cute and loveable cell mate. There is just something about knowing that there is no option to get out of the house all day that makes the day seem long and looming ahead - hypothetically of course. So, with that kind of attitude (hypothetically) starting my day you would have thought that I would not have had a good day, but we did! Addison is at a really fun age, and loves to play and discover and if I can just get my mommy juices flowing it's not extremely hard to find new things for her to do. Here are a few things that occupied us on this cold, snowy day.

Play-doh (or doh-doh as Addison calls it).

She loves taking the play-doh out and putting it all back in.
Trying to just go ahead and put the lid on. The play-doh doesn't need to be all the way in, right? (Maybe this is a direct result of Addison watching mommy put her clothes into her drawers?)

YEAH! It fits.

Side note about Addison's hood: I put it on her head this morning while I was working in the kitchen to try and distract her for a minute. She bent over, looked at her reflection in the oven, said, "mi?" (her word for mirror). I told her to go look, she ran to my room, looked at her reflection, laughed and left it on for the next two hours, every now and then reaching up, touching it and saying, "ha" (hat). Haha, silly girl.

We played with blocks. This was another moment Addison had to go look in the "mi." (What have I taught her?!)

We sorted beans and erasers (yes, I was a teacher, I have random supplies on hand).

She was so focused on this activity, and so good at sorting. I wasn't really sure how it would go, and was fine if she just wanted to touch, and scoop and dump, but she actually wanted to sort. She would pick out an eraser, put it in a measuring cup and then dump it in the extra bowl. She got a bean in the eraser bowl at one point and said, "bee?" (bean), "uh-oh" as she picked it out and put it back in the big tub. How cute is she! :)

Lesson of the day: Get a little creative. Stalk some creative people's blogs. Have craft supplies on hand, and salt (which we didn't have, so that will have to wait for another day). And, include your little toddler in whatever you're doing. I wish I would have gotten a picture of Addison helping me make corn bread tonight. She had a blast, and all she did was dump the measuring cups into the bowls.

YEAH for Snow days!! :)