Winter Wiggles

Not being able to get outside because of the cold weather is enough to make this guy dress up like this.....

No, actually we're just really lacking in boy dress up clothes around here, so he doesn't have much to choose from.  Plus, Big Sis looks pretty cool when she wears this stuff!

I posted awhile back about how we've already started to get the winter wiggles in our house.  And that means all of us.  Even if it's cold, we still try to get out.  Even if it's only for 10 minutes.  Fresh air just does a body good. 

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I just can't stand the cold as much as I used to.  So this is me.  Sitting inside the door on a chair watching my kiddos playing in the driveway.  Standing outside in the cold reminds me of how I hated winter recess duty when I was teaching.  That was until it was cold enough to wear snow pants without getting made fun of.  When it's that cold, I'm all about bundling up and hitting the sledding hill.  I just don't like standing around in the cold.

Our neighbor stopped over about a month ago curious as to why I had the pool out scrubbing it down in the driveway.  I explained to him what we were going to use it for inside, and he said I was doing way more work that he'd do.  I asked him if he's ever been a stay-at-home dad with two kiddos in the winter.  He laughed. 

Oh the games Lance comes up with to play in the pool.  He never ceases to amaze me with his creative play. 

We had lost the pens to the Aquadoodle, so we haven't had this out in like a year.  I finally found them when doing some deep cleaning, and they played with it almost non-stop for an entire day.

This little girl's imagination is really starting to take off.  I knew it would, so I've been patiently waiting.  Of course Micah's is taking off at about the same rate because he has a good teacher.  Maybe being inside more has encouraged her to be more creative in her play.  Dress up has become a favorite activity.  They're usually princesses or cowboys since those things make up most of our dress up clothes at this point.  They're often reporting to me that there's an alligator in my closet or a lion under the sheets.  Of course they require that I go check it out every time. 

 I do quite a bit of online shopping, especially this time of year.  So they've been enjoying empty boxes.  I forget how entertaining they can be. 

 She made several attempts at this but was never successful :-)

Box rides were definitely the most fun.  They giggled and giggled.  I was out of breath.