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