Mel - aricyn is teaching you how to play. Lovely isn't it? Nathan taught me how to play, and be a "kid". we could spend entire days being batman and robin, or bob and wendy. Enjoy these moments hun, they disappear all too quickly.
Aston and I played with the car mat and racing car track. He loves it. He is at day care today, but this week I'm going to build houses with the blocks around the car mat.
you can get cheap spray bottles and fill with coloured water or watery paint and we spray that on big sheets of butchers paper. Makes great wrapping paper.
DS love cooking and measuring out the flour, sifting and rolling. He also loves to help wash the dishes - he has the small sink with cool water in it and washes his own stuff - usually little bits of tupperware from his cupboard. Also loves helping to make the beds and folding - which is good bcos usually I hate doing that stuff and he makes it fun!
Gigi - DD only gets a small amount of TV when she gets home from preschool (so three days a week) to 'chill out' in front of with a snack. Then she has a bath and there's definitely no TV after bath. We found she was very uncooperative and grumpy if she had any more TV, especially regarding dinner. I think she's so tired by then the stimulation of TV pushes her over the edge. Turning off the TV definitely builds their imaginative play. I play with her if she's really whingey.
I thought of another one: Balloons! DD loved it when she was little if she had a few balloons to chase around.
Wow - so many awesome ideas here. I want to contribute but everything's been covered. Just thought of one little thing that has helped me soooo much in the kitchen. DS used to just tug at my pants and whinge until I picked him up so he could see what I was doing - then I couldn't do what I was doing because I was holding him. So... I got a little step ladder so he can stand at the bench and see (the layout of my kitchen means he's nowhere near the stove). While I'm cooking dinner he stands there and picks at the vegies (LOVES frozen peas). I try to find little jobs for him to do, like putting vegies into a bowl, getting out onions or potatoes or peeling garlic. It makes more mess but its so much easier to deal with than the whinging.
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