Snow Days

If you live on the East Coast you know all about snow days and the terrible snow storm we had this passed weekend and if you have kids you know that being snowed in for three days isn't the most fun thing in the world. Don't get me wrong I love our kids and would rather stay home than go to work most days, but they are kids that are made to be on the go doing something 24/7. Sitting still isn't their thing which meant I had to get a little creative this weekend and let me tell you something-inventing games for kids they can play indoors but still burn energy isn't that easy! The first night we decided to make it a family camp out in the living room, I feel the need to emphasize this because someone told me it was child abuse to make them sleep outside, we were inside! During this little camp out we watched movies, played board games, made brownies, and talked. After tucking them all in I thought to myself"wow I can do this!" now its Monday and were still snowed in and I've lost my mind! It might be because they're all sick and I just came down with what I think is a sinus infection, but they're so cranky and one even told me he'd rather be at school! I'm going to remember that tomorrow when he's impossible to wake up and refusing to go to school, but I guess this is what happens when you have 9 kids under 6 in the house. Preschoolers aren't made to sit still, they aren't made to be kept in a house for countless hours, they need to run and play. Luckily tomorrow we can get out of the house and the kindergarteners will go back to school and Brooke has gymnastics again so our tough time of keeping them inside is over and we hopefully won't have to do this again for at least another year.