When I saw the writing on the wall as this all started to unravel, I foresaw the monotony that would soon follow in my house and made an executive decision to go shopping. I spent a few nights shopping ideas online and filling up and emptying...and filling up my Amazon cart online in uncertainty, waffling between what I really wanted and what I was impulse buying - because I can do that. So I got a few fun things....a giant wall sized coloring page that I plan on taping to the living room with painters tape one week, a bead sorting box for Baby Girl to organize all her crafty stuff into, and a few more puzzles to expand our collection. I am a bit of a puzzle snob, although I have been known to jump in on any old thing if it is out - I like to buy Ravensburger puzzles. They have great sizes for kids of all ages - so we just keep upgrading to the next size as the kids get more adept. I am not a paid spokesperson for Ravensburger, but go buy their puzzles. And if they see this and send me free puzzles, so be it.
Anyway...I traded afternoon study time for puzzle time today. I yanked out a new 200 piece dinosaur themed puzzle, broke the seal on the box (soooo satisfying) and sat down to start hunting for edges. My seven year old son ran away while I was engrossed in a sky corner. My five year old was sneakier and told me she would be right back - and then came back with her tablet set to a timer and told me she would watch and just time me. Game on pint size me, game on. So Mama rocked out the puzzle all on her own. And frankly, I am reassured that my brain still functions logically enough to do that in a respectable amount of time. Maybe I should do it every few days to a timer to make sure I don't gradually mentally decline on the quarantine-vacation...
Things that worked well today....the 30 day Lego challenge the school gave us, Cincinnati Zoo and journaling (love this combo, just my fav activity of the day), the kids going on a socially distant walk with their aunt and the dog today so I could do laundry in peace, and spending some me time playing with dirt while I repotted my tomato seedlings into bigger pots.
Things that did not go so well...too much tablet time makes my kids cranky, I am going to have to adjust it even if it is mostly talking with friends. It still wires their little brains weird. Adjustment needed. Working from home - eh, there was a lot of yelling today. My kids do not respect the sanctity of my work desk. Something to work on. But...we are slowly settling into a little bit of a household routine. I still have a few tricks up my sleeve for further down the road, but as of now I think we are holding our own.
Anybody else do any binge shopping to entertain your house in the coming weeks?
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