Cure for Stuck Insideitis part 2

Everyone had a snow day last Monday (we couldn't get the videos to upload), so here was the cure for that day:

Turns out that mommy is getting a lot more creative (or at least less mess averse) this winter:

After finger painting was bath time, then lunch.  While Sarah was napping, Emma got to make her chocolate pudding pies:

 Then she got to play with something new, cloud dough (which is just corn starch and oil).  It is crumbly and powdery, so she had fun making a huge mess, but also molds really well.  Turns out mommy is way better than she thought at making dough animals:

 After nap, we spent some time building with the magnatiles.  Here is the house, with attached garage, that Emma built 100% on her own:

While Emma was doing that, Sarah was playing with her activity center.  She was very studious and careful about how she approached this playtime:

Then came science time with daddy (Emma got a few science kits for Christmas).  She got to do 3 or 4 of them, but daddy spent a little time on each experiment teaching her about the science.  Here she is making a volcano:

Even Sarah got in on the science action, using her magnifying glass to observe the experiments:

 And we ended the evening with family storytime. 

What a great day!  The only problem is mommy has run out of creative ideas, while Emma keeps asking for her next new activity! It will be a long winter for my brain.

Stuck insideitis

We have been snowbound for 4 days now.  Mommy has been getting creative with things to do with the girls.  Today we built a tent for the girls to play in:

Mommy and Emma made homemade play doh:

 we had a picnic lunch in our tent:

 We made snow ice cream:

 

 Then mommy set up our own little summer with a water table on the kitchen floor; that entertained the girls for hours:

Emma got to cap off her night by sleeping in the tent with mommy.  What a great day!

Ring Around the Rosie

Sarah's new favorite game since Thanksgiving is Ring Around the Rosie.  Mommy has to do it for at least 30 minutes every day (getting very dizzy).  Sarah now tries to sing it herself and will say down, which pulling you to the floor.  Here she is doing it with her cousin Kayla, Aunt Stephanie, Emma and mommy around Christmas time:

Yum!

Sarah really enjoys her cupcakes (or at least her frosting).  If you listen very closely, you can hear the slurping sounds):

Good Jewish Girl?

Sarah found our Dreidel bear, which we had not yet taken down.  Turns out she loves it, and plays it often (mommy and daddy find it a bit loud and obnoxious after a while):

Snow

We had such great snow here the other day, but it was too cold to go out and enjoy it.  So in a moment of insanity, mommy made snow inside for the girls (some is real snow, some is shaving cream):

The girls really enjoyed it, particularly when they got to paint the floor with shaving cream:

 Emma also tried her hand at ice skating:

Later in the day, mommy kept the winter theme going and let Emma make marshmallow snowmen (she ate a lot of her materials):

Mommy thinks she deserves a mommy of the year award for allowing such a mess!