Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Wet weather... and a song about a spider

Ok. This rain is doing my head in!  The dogs are over it, the kids are over it, my TechnoHusband is over it (his whole long-service leave has been bad weather, aside from a couple of rare sunshiny days here and there).  Even the spiders are over it.  I know this, because they have all taken up residency in my cupboards, under the couch, on the walls, and in the bed sheets.  They have divvied up the prime real estate locations and seem to be satisfied tenants, spread nicely throughout the whole house.  Oh my gosh- that just reminded me of the cutest song ever. We found this fantastic album by Jewel which has all kids songs, but really enjoyable/clever/catchy/funny.  We play it in the car and one of my fav songs is about this spider who goes on a mission....from the bathroom to the kitchen.  I love it! I mean....BoyWonder loves it! Here it is...
It is SO hard to get out of bed in the mornings when you all you want to do is snuggle up and keep warm and dry in bed. The only upside to this weather is that I have an excuse to be lazy and use the two-stroke clothes dryer instead of hanging out washing.I am running out of inside ideas to keep BoyWonder busy.  We've been baking, drawing, painting, playing trains, making music, extended plays in the bathtub and have even resorted to looking at pictures of planes, trains and helicopters on Google Image.


The coolest kids in town have only had about two or three outside plays at school all term.  Thank goodness for interactive whiteboards (Smart boards).  I've introduced Kids Yoga to my classes, and they are loving it.  They all get on their little mini-mats and bend and stretch and breathe while we follow the instructor on the Smartboard. It's not quite as good an energy outlet as running around the playground, but it's not bad.  I'm finding it helps work on a whole range of skills and needs for these little yogis, and it's an activity they ALL seem to enjoy. 


What have you been doing to keep the kids entertained? What's your best rainy day/week/month activity?

P.S Blogger is doing weird things with my text fonts.  Does anyone know what's going on? 

4 comments:

  1. Ugh...spiders!
    We don't have spiders...or at least not that I can see...but we do have so many ants and so many fruit flies!

    I am totally over having everything in the house feel damp!
    And yes, Toddler C has been going totally stir crazy...and we have been watching too much Peppa Pig as a result!

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  2. I can't stand spiders, they make my skin crawl...ugh!

    We haven't really had a winter here, we tend to have warm weather all year long, so I've been watering my grass, planting etc. But I am looking forward to real summer, so I can't even imagine how you all must be feeling.

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