Monday, January 23, 2012

Like White on Rice

Another LONG day with 3 kids at home. I was on the fence about whether to send Micah back to school yet, so when Keziah woke up with a sick tummy, it was an easy decision to keep them both home.

After playing 2 games of Clue Junior, sticking stickers on paper, driving cars down the side of the toy-box into an empty laundry hamper, refereeing a wrestling match on the trampoline and letting the kids watch WAY too much TV, I came up with a great idea that kept Silas busy the entire time I was making dinner. I found a few nearly-empty bags of different kinds of rice and a few random raw macaronis and created Silas' own private rice table.

We're talking hours of fun. Why didn't I think of this before?


Well, there is a downside to every fun thing, isn't there? Playing with rice in a bucket does not mean that it will stay there...


Fortunately for me I have a weird enjoyment of the "ding-ding-ding" of rice getting sucked up the vacuum cleaner, so it really was a win-win situation for all of us...

5 comments:

Kim said...

Great idea. And dry rice is easy to sweep/vacuum up. Hope everyone feels better quickly and that you stay healthy too.

kelly ens said...

i may have to try this. what a fantastic idea. and dry rice is SO much easier to clean up than cooked rice. and yes, that is a very satisfactory noise :)

Bonnie said...

You're awesome... :)

Trev and Rebekah said...

Looks like fun! I'll have to remember that some time.

Oh Jamie I so wish you could have come and hung out on Friday. Sounds like you are in need of getting out of the house! Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.

Tara V said...

ah, yes, the sound of the vacuum cleaning...I'm with you on that one! I might have to let my kids try that to!
BTW, you floors look great, I love the wood