The week of Thanksgiving has arrived, and that means that Hutton has no school this week. I see a whole lot of TV and Wallace and Gromit playing on Xbox in our future. In fact, Hutton is playing Wallace and Gromit on Xbox as I type this. Oh well. I was a "good mom" for approximately 20 minutes earlier today, when I helped Hutton with his homework -- a page of writing out his name, a page of "color the things that start with G", and a page of cutting out the bees and pasting them on the corresponding number on the hive.
Twenty minutes. That's about right. I could never homeschool my kids, because I know that I can't come up with things to keep them busy for longer than 20 minutes (other than TV and video games, which I don't think count as "schooling"). Yesterday afternoon, I played games with the boys. We played the Oreo cookie game - Matching Middles, Don't Spill the Beans, and Barnyard Bingo before I was bored silly and Hutton had gone back upstairs to play Wallace and Gromit. Harrison would have been happy to play those exciting games for hours more, but I convinced him to let me read him some books instead.
Harrison is currently entertaining himself by putting all the train-related toys in the Thomas toy box. At least he's not doing what he did yesterday morning while I showered: putting every toy in the room, including puzzles, in a big pile in the corner. That's fun to clean up.
Gotta come up with something to do. Maybe lunch out and shopping. Get some more toy organizers and let Harrison go crazy. Maybe some more challenging games, too. Like Candy Land. Don't think the boys are ready for chess just yet. It's not raining, so the park is always an option, too.
We can go to the movies this week, too. Flushed Away and Happy Feet would probably be entertaining for the boys. Don't think they'll go for Casino Royale. Darn. Mommy could use some Casino Royale.
Monday, November 20, 2006
It's Thanksgiving Time
Posted by Laura at 11:50 AM
Labels: Boring days, games, toys
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3 comments:
Ha...."Dont Spill the Beans". I loved playing that game growing up. I didnt know that it was still around. My son is going to a turkey farm Wednesday with an uncle to...gulp...pick out a turkey to be beheaded. Ahhhh, life's simple pleasures.
I highly suggest Uno. Do you remember Uno? It's a card game even your youngest can play with help. It's a sorting game- by color or by number. I also suggest Crazy 8's - similar philosophy. My youngest's first game she ever played was Sequence - you put chips on the matching animal that's on the card.
It's hard!
Yes, Mommy REALLY could use some Casino Royale. This mommy plans on getting a second helping this weekend... ;)
Ken took Elias to see Flushed Away the other day and he loved it.
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