Planes, Trains & Automobiles

It has been a difficult task getting the boys to want to spend any time inside since there is a park right outside our front door and there are usually children out there to play with. So, we have had to come up with some ways to get them to play independently while the necessary evening chores take place.

This is flour in a baking pan (Bryan's idea!)...He briefly considered using powdered sugar but I helped him come to his senses! Now Warren can pretend to be a "plow truck guy" while I pretend to know what I am doing in the kitchen, clumsily preparing dinner.



This is painter's tape (of which there is an abundance in my house right now, go figure!!) making a two lane road on the living room floor for Jack.


OH! And we also installed a lock on the INside of the door so they can't escape in the oh-so-rare event that they attempt to disobey.

Any other ideas are warmly welcomed!