My grand ideas for the week

While scrubbing the kitchen floor, I needed a few minutes of a kid-free kitchen so I scooped small cups of fresh snow for them to play with.
Play with?  They just sat on the couch and waited for the snow to melt so they could drink it.  ha ha

Before playing that afternoon in the fresh snow, I cranked our heated mattress pad to H (which means raging hot!).  

 After 45 minutes outside, we stripped our snow gear and ran in to cuddle in Mommy and Daddy's warm and toasty bed.  Genius, right?  Yeah.... only if your kids like to cuddle in your bed.  Mine like to bop and spin and tackle each other.  So, I cuddled under the covers while they wrestled on my legs.  Not relaxing, but it did warm us up.


Little Ladies who need attention while my hands are busy washing dishes can be satisfied with a scoop of bubbles to play with.  An even more fun twist?  A clean paintbrush so she could paint with the bubbles!