Keeping Busy

How do you entertain a 3 year old, while constantly being stuck inside? Easy just think up some of the messiest yet fun things to do. So far this winter we have painted with balls, cars and feet, played in shaving cream, painted the snow and numerous other messy "boy" activities!

Didn't anyone tell you not to lick "yellow snow". . . food color and water in squirt bottles makes a lot of fun in the snow!Shaving cream and trucks makes for a great time. He was a little timid at first and then he realized he could get as messy as possible. . . so much fun!

A box, paper, and some paint makes for some not so messy fun! He loved rolling the trucks and balls in the paint. Then he wanted to paint with his feet so we stripped down and jumped in. Following all the messy activities is "cleaning up" in the sink, one of Brady's most favorite things to do!

Oh yes we also went to a pottery place the other day with Grammy and made a mosaic lizard and painted a race car piggy bank. He is in love with the piggy bank, all we do now is take the money out and put the money in!

Snow!

Snow! Brady loves it so we got bundled up and played for almost an hour! His favorite part was when I taught him to lick the clean snow. . . see below pictures!

Christmas, Pretzels, Ice Cream, Paint. . .

The prize of Christmas. . . the power wheel Lightning McQueen that he can drive. This puts the total number of power wheel vehicles that he owns to 4! That is more than the number of cars that Josh and I both will own in our lifetime probably! The best part is they have all been free-thanks to Grandma and her boss who has grandchildren that are no longer using them!
Like father like son. . . it doesn't matter really what is on the tv, both Brady and Josh will just zone out and stare. I believe this was Brady's Curious George movie that Grammy got him. Notice the robe. . . we call him Lil Hef.

The one and only best present for kids and adults alike. . . a remote controlled bulldozer that is the loudest toy we own and gets played with the most!

Making Auntie Annes pretzels with Grammy. He had a wonderful time kneading the dough, rolling it out and cutting it. The he made his very own little pretzels. They turned out really well and were super tasty!

Making homemade ice cream with Hailey and Aidan. Who knew that a baggie full of ice and rock salt would turn cream, sugar and vanilla into super tasty ice cream! The kids loved making it and the outcome is wonderful!
Keeping busy on these horribly cold and snowy days. . . how many more until spring? Today we painted and then I let Brady clean up, which included painting in the sink and probably making a bigger mess than the actual painting process had but oh well, it was fun and it passed the time! We also built a huge road throughout the downstairs of our house, it's a mess but again fun and time consuming!