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Rainy Weekend
This weekend, I started feeling bad that our house is really not any fun compared to daycare. At daycare, they paint and color and craft and play outside at least three hours a day and have a slide inside and play with whipcream and water buckets and in the sprinker and and and and....
At home? Mason's big entertainment is the television remote and opening drawers. This weekend, it rained on and off for most of the weekend and despite running to the door and attempting the doorknob 924354 times (thank goodness he's still about two inches too short to require further baby proofing) he got no where near his 3+ hours a day of fresh air that he's use to. We did take a bike ride to the playground on Sunday night, but it was full of other kids he was too busy watching them to really burn off any real energy.
The other night, evening playground time was canceled for a trip to Wal-mart. It didn't burn off much energy, but at least he enjoyed the fish....
I'm pretty much lost on what to do when it's raining for days straight. Pushing his cars around doesn't entertain him much anymore, he's not really into TV or stuffed animals yet. Throwing things down the stairs gets old for Mommy quite quickly. We did buy him some crayons, so we'll see how he long that keeps him entertained - considering he barely can keep his scribble on the paper, I'm guessing it will be... interesting....
I can't help but think that when Monday morning rolls around, Mason is thinking "I get to go back to daycare, thank goodness!!" *sigh*
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You should have called Auntie Molly! I'm full of crafty ideas. Have you tried playdough? Or a (grrr stupid pregnancy brain) one of those tub/tables you put rice or dry noodles in? 
Try taking a trip to your local Petsmart - fish and birds and lizards and everything - it's like a very small zoo! Do any of your local libraries or bookstores have story time? 
finger painting - tint some yogurt with food coloring for a baby safe paint. or make your own play doh or slime - lots of recipes if you google it. put on music and dance silly. 
We like frequenting the children's section in book stores on rainy days or when it's too hot/cold to be outside. 
The fish at Walmart are the ONLY way I can get my 2 yr old into the store willingly if he's awake. When we go in, it's the first thing he asks to see. At least it's cheaper than going to an aquarium. Sometimes. :-) 
Have you tried Yo Gabba Gabba? Walmart sells some of their DVDs for $10 if you don't have Nick Jr. The Munchkin is OBSESSED with that show, hence his bday party theme.As for indoor activities, The Munchkin likes it when I "chase" him around the coffee table, lol. That and climbing the stairs over and over and over burns off energy. Baths tire him out too, for some reason. Maybe cuz it's like swimming, but indoors?
We do a lot of thrifting as well. Seeing all the new people tires him out. (He is very social and greets just about everyone.)
Do you have a Barnes & Noble near you? The one near us does story time on Wednesdays.
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