The Party Continues
I’m beginning to wonder how I’m ever going to get our kids back into their regular routine.
They slept until 7:05 am this morning–that’s got to be a record!
We're slowly condensing the mess and taking it upstairs bit by bit!
I’ve been gritting my teeth a little bit to let them play free without fussing about the noise, the thumping and crashing, the constant light saber humming, and the endless computer voice of “I AM OPTIMUS PRIME.” I mean, it’s our own fault. We bought the toys. And clearly they’re loving them.
The Cowboy loves his little "writing tablet" to practice tracing his letters and numbers.
But let me just tell you…I mentioned yesterday that we love those Schleich toys. And we do. But when I said “practically indestructible” (just ask our lawn mower!), what I should have said is “they’re heavy and solid and sure to bruise (and possibly concuss) someone when hurled from short distances.” All I can really say is thank goodness for bicycle helmets!
They've been spies, they've been soldiers, they've been on safari...who knew bicycle helmets were so multi-functional?!
We’ve built legos, gone on safari, held jousting tournaments across the coffee table, shot bears, and wolves, and bad guys, and raced cross-country in a Hess truck. And it’s only Tuesday morning.
Speedracer wanted to sleep in his bathrobe and helmet last night, but I had to draw the line.
But today we’re tackling the toy store for a return. (Word to the wise–Disney Princess 18 inch doll clothes do NOT fit 18 inch American Girl dolls. And I’m seriously put out about it. If you’re in the market, Target’s 18 inch and Walmart’s 18 inch DO.)
Oh pray for me! {grin}
What wonderful imaginations! It does my heart good to see that there are still kids out there that do have one. Many just sit in front of the television or video game and turn into zombies!
Good luck on your return and I will pray for you today…and the rest of the week with all that playing going on…have a great time! You can rest when you get back to work (Tee hee!)
We’re having fun so far! It’s so nice to be home! We can do chores while it’s light outside, we can start dinner early so we can eat right when Mr. Fix-It gets home, and then we’ve still had time for him to sit and build legos with them in the evenings before bed. Hope you guys are having a good holiday too!
I’m quite thankful that nothing is going back….else I would be standing and standing in line. Hoping that your line wasn’t long and you are home playing again 🙂 I’ve given up doing school this week – the girls are way to excited to just play!
It didn’t go too bad! The return line wasn’t bad at all. We let the kids take some of their Christmas money to buy something for themselves to avoid the “i want!” issue since they all had to come with me. The decision making process was the hardest part, and even that didn’t go to bad because I made them walk through the whole store and look first, then we went one at a time to pick out what they wanted. Things were starting to get busy about the time we were leaving, but we were home by lunch.
Good luck tackling the stores, I hate returning things. We did a battery free Christmas this year, and thank goodness, we have enough toys that make noise already!
It didn’t end up too bad. We went first thing in the morning and a lot of people were back at work already, so it wasn’t too crowded. We were home by lunchtime and I think things were starting to stack up behind us.