Madelyn is learning about rhythm and control. In the end, she reverts back to her version of "peek-a-boo"

So Close

The closest Madelyn has gotten to getting on her knees. This is a good first attempt...

Rainy Day Activities

The weather here is blah. Overcast, COLD, no snow, occasional rain showers. I'm sure if I got the girls bundled up we'd last all of 7 minutes. When Moriah wants to REALLY go outside she pitches it to us like this: "Can I go outside and get some energy out?" On days when she can't get her energy out outdoors, we like to play hopscotch.

Toy Boat

Moriah and I decided we would give book illustrating a try. I love Moriah's details - and she always points out that her little boy does not have a string attached from the boat to his finger. In the book, he let go of the string and the boat floated away.

Multipurpose Cardboard Roll

Moriah and I have an ongoing game we like to play...we think up different uses for this roll and write them on it. Here are a few examples we've come up with.

Fire Hose
Cast
Telescope
Horse
Telephone
Walking Stick
Paint Can
Car Tunnel

Paw Prints

"I'm making paw prints!"

Finally! Winter has arrived.  All last night they were predicting snow and sleet.  The plan this morning was to take Moriah out to play once Madelyn went down for her nap.  Then plans changed.  I looked out the window to see rain, and lots of it.  The snow was quickly turning to mush.  Who knows when we'll get another good snow again...I got Moriah dressed as fast as I could and sent her out.  Only problem was her mittens were nowhere to be found.  So, off she went until I could find the next best thing to mittens...

Mom- have you found anything for my hands yet?

My temporary solution: Papa's work gloves.

Moriah walking backwards so that she could watch herself making paw prints.

Really, it was more like Moriah got to play in the rain.

"Mom, it is a beautiful day!"

Moriah putting her soaking wet gloves in the dryer.

Ah ha! An even better solution:  Papa's thickest pair of socks!

"Look Mom, I'm skiing!"

Moriah told me she wanted "those things" (skis) like in the cartoons. This was the best I could do given my limited resources and time.

"Ooohh, I'm so cold."

Where's Madelyn?

Playing in the Mud

Recently we converted a small storage room attached to the house into a pottery. Jeremy spent some time with Moriah this afternoon playing in the clay.









Can't believe I actually caught this on video:
Moriah is using a sponge to keep the clay moist...

Racing

6 o'clock rolled around tonight, a time when Jeremy normally spends with the girls. Instead the phone rang and Jeremy was consumed for the time being. Quick, I had to come up with something to do with Moriah, something that would engage her, something we hadn't done yet today. To my dismay Moriah hasn't really taken interest in cars (and me having been a tomboy, had trouble with the excess of dolls, princesses and pink) until tonight. Moriah had a blast racing cars with me! I loved it. Then Papa came along, and of course was a better race car player than me. His engineering skills came in handy and the two built a race car ramp...