We spent over 3 hours at the playground, thanks to a simple picnic lunch, and had a blast! We met several friends there, and happened upon one of Cat's friends from her preschool last year.
When we got home, Cat was so tired that she crashed during her quiet time, even though I told her she didn't need to take a nap. (She is sleeping on the bed she made for her baby sister.) Jack woke up from his nap first, and tried for a few minutes to wake up Cat, with no success. (I let him because if she sleeps too long, it makes for a difficult bedtime!)
"Wake up, Cat."
"She won't wake up, Mom."
"Maybe if I try this side... wake up, Cat!"
"Wow, all this waking Cat up has made me tired."
Did you notice that Cat is wearing multiple dress-up outfits (she usually dons at least 2), a sparkly sash, blue boa, sleeping on a purple pillow and blanket she got for Christmas, and covered with a pink crocheted baby blanket Oma gave her? I immediately started laughing when I found her sleeping like that.
Once we managed to wake the sleeping princess, we finally made the play-dough cookies I've been meaning to make for weeks! I saw this recipe and knew it would make a good activity for an afternoon at home. Cat loved it! She didn't want to stick with the instructions, though, and made several creations of her own. But they baked up just fine, and still tasted great!
I was excited about this activity with Jack because when we play with actual play dough, he plays with it some, and puts it in his mouth intermittently. I was hoping that with this he would also play with it some, but he really just put it in his mouth and ate it, then tried to crawl across the counter for more. There's no fooling this kid. The fork helped him "play" for a few extra seconds.
Side note: I was very proud of my idea to tape parchment paper to the counter to reduce the mess and clean-up, but didn't realize that parchment paper is so non-stick that painter's tape wouldn't stick to it! So it came off within a minute or two. Oh well.
What a fun time. Wish I was there to play too! You are such a fun mom with great kids!!
ReplyDeleteI thought these pix were so funny I sent this to Ben the Wonderful and he saw the post at work. One of his coworkers saw it, too, and said about Jack: "Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!"
ReplyDeleteThanks for making us laugh all the way in the SC :P