tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31649681.post6902333698155592161..comments2023-04-29T08:05:54.736-05:00Comments on little bits of life: Summertime So FarAubreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11653913777541545638noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31649681.post-66061740210116740942014-06-13T06:14:40.125-05:002014-06-13T06:14:40.125-05:00It's probably not helpful, but we have gotten ...It's probably not helpful, but we have gotten our first real rains in four years this summer. That means it is my kids first time to see real rain! If it is storming we just sit on the porch and watch it, but if it is just raining they go play in it. <br /><br />Funny what four years of drought will do for you! But if that wears out, maybe some indoor obstacle courses to keep the moving, but in a contained sort of way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31649681.post-50905841766834931612014-06-12T20:32:25.679-05:002014-06-12T20:32:25.679-05:00Remember plastic canvas? You can buy individual pi...Remember plastic canvas? You can buy individual pieces at walmart and use scraps of crochet yarn. I think all three of your girls would like it. You can find all sorts of ideas online (bookmarks, more complicated things as well)<br /><br />The cheap watercolor paint. Put it, water, and paper in the floor and it entertained all of my kids and yours except Thomas for quite a while. Then (ok, several days later) we drug out the steam mop and in a few seconds, magically no more paint that had been accidentally dripped. Even better since Echo did the mopping ;)<br /><br />AngelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31649681.post-81840038836561193392014-06-12T06:59:46.297-05:002014-06-12T06:59:46.297-05:00Well, I don't know that they're official s...Well, I don't know that they're official suggestions but I have recently witnessed the children making forts, repositioning the couch cushions on the floor to create a hill that could be rolled down (I may or may not have joined them for the actual rolling adventure), and creating a zip line for their stuffed animals that ran from the top of the blinds to the bedroom door handle. So there's that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com