Wet weather activities

Oh what rainy weather we have been having. The children have been like caged animals! I let them out this afternoon when it finally stopped raining. I stuck waterproofs and wellies on them and set them free. Of course the first thing they did was find a huge puddle in the garden and stomp all in it. Which is fine by me, but...

they seem to think that wearing waterproofs means that they are totally impervious to water. They can't possibly get wet.

What they don't seem to realise is that they are only wearing wellies, which are calf high. Not chest waders. And that if you stomp really hard in a nice deep puddle chances are you will get water into your wellies... and splashed all over your face. Which is fine by me, but apparently not fine by them!

Playing in mud and water, eating raspberries washed by the rain and hunting for frogs and worms is great fun. Just what they needed.

What I didn't need is for them to wander through the house still wearing all this wet, muddy water-gear... after I had JUST mopped the floors this morning.

Makes me seriously wonder why I even bother.

On a seperate subject, one of Pip's godmothers came over this afternoon bearing very belated birthday presents for Pip and Dude... Uno for Pip and Ooky Spooky for Dude





Remember this one? I have memories of playing it for hours during those everlasting summer holidays we used to have when I was little. Was it just me, or did time actually go slower back then?

This is a new one on us, but it is a good one for numeracy. There are two games you can play with it, and we only tried one out but it was fun. You have to put a card with the same number as the player before you laid, or one more than, or use multiple cards to add up to the right number. All good skills being snuck in with a game!

So after we put Spike to bed we played both games once each instead of having stories. We all had fun, and both boys played well, even losing well, which is a really good skill to learn.

So anyway, despite the muddy floors, it was a good day all in all.

Oh, by the way, lucky old GardenBoy is out camping tonight with the Youth Group... hope they don't get too wet, muddy and cold. At least the rain has stopped now...