Keeping Busy

We've been trying to have indoor fun in this very cold weather.  We can go through about 50 activities in one day just to keep the little miss happy. She is pretty moody lately...this is her diva scowl.


So we go from one game to the next, kind of a like a kiddie buffet. We do play-doh. She really only likes to bang the jars (more on that in another post) and then lets me do all the hard work. On Friday, we made stars and rainbows. Her contribution was a little bitty thumb print in the middle of each star.




Next up -- castle building. Lyla is actually getting good at building. She did this castle with just a little creative direction from me.  Other than that, she does not want my help.  If I start to build, she usually pushes me away and says "I twy.  I twy."




Lyla's one castle-building rule is that Dora must always be looking in the mirror.




We've also been stacking some good, old-fashioned wood blocks (we're trying to stay low-tech over here. Once the technology comes out, a tantrum of some sort is generally not far behind). Lyla can stack up to 14 blocks before they tumble.