Getting Creative!

Being a stay at home mom of two almost two year old twins is honestly one of the hardest jobs that I have ever had. Not to complain but when it gets simply almost too hot to go outside then our house can become a disaster within a matter of minutes if I do not keep Gracie and Bailey busy, which is hard to do because their attention spans are only a couple of minutes long. This month I have tried to become more creative in thinking of new things for us do to at home. We put together an art station that has lots of fun art supplies and we have started using new things like glue sticks, puffy balls and stickers. In the play room we try to change the train table up into a zoo and we put all of our Noah's ark animals and little people animals on it for the day. The twins love helping throw the train tracks in the basket and love helping to gather all the animals. We also have started make believing out story books and trying to do more "role play." Just yesterday I asked Gracie if she was ready to take her bath and she said "no mom, a shower." I held my mouth open in shock as my not even two year old little girl just told me she was going to take a shower but I thought why not and into the shower they went. Needless to say, they loved it as they played in the "rain." One of my girlfriends died laughing when I told her that I sat on my bathroom floor and enjoyed a book as they played in the shower but a mom has to do what a mom has to do to get a little peace. I am looking forward to the fall when more of our structured activities start back but for now my creative wheels will have to keep spinning!

Role playing "The Three Little Pigs" Bailey loves to huff and puff!

Playing in the "rain" can be so much fun