February 25, 2011...Crawl Balls

When Western NY brings you months and months of endless cold and miserable days that keep you cooped up inside and going stir crazy, you have no choice but to let your kids strip down to skivvies and go swimming in a bathtub full of crawl balls.  Of course.  What fun they had, though! 

February 3, 2011...Simple Entertainment

Another Target find to keep the kids busy on a cold winter day...little capsules that dissolved in warm water and turned into animal shaped sponges...the kids loved these - sure they drove me nuts kicking around after bath time, but you can't beat the entertainment factor for a $1!  Plus I got to use them to as educational references when we went over animals and what sounds they make, what they eat, where they live, etc.