how to survive a rainy week

So we are super bored around here. It has been raining and cold all week and we have been inside way too much. Mary sent the girls a rainy day survival pack, it has lots of crayons and Paint. Violet loves to paint and color but Claire really loves to finger paint. It's even more fun if you get to be nakie while you paint because then you get to do body art too.

our little "butting" artist. ok now you know how bored I am I am making up unfunny puns :)
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Also, since Peter doesn't get home till 7 it has been a real struggle to get dinner made without a big fight, a tantrum and some destruction, so I decided we needed something cool to keep in the kitchen to keep the girls entertained while I made dinner. A little plastic tote filled with play sand and some sand toys and cars and animals and little plastic jewels and bugs and you've got an indoor sandbox! I know you think I may be insane but the girls are pretty good about keeping the sand in the box and they loved it! They sat for 45 minutes straight while I made dinner.

I buried a bunch of stuff in the sand and the girls had so much fun finding everything. Claire found an elephant!

Also on thursday we got to sneak over to the cider mill after preschool with Olivia and Rachel. There were baby goats born that morning and they were so precious! My camera was at home so maybe Rachel will share some pictures on her blog later. The girls had a blast and of course we had some donuts. We left just as the rain started and a field trip of preschoolers showed up. Just in time! So we are surviving our boring rainy season, but we are really anxious for some sunny weather! Hope you all are well. We are ready to count down to August when everyone will be here.