Things to do when you're stuck at home!

Chris's 1991 Honda Civic broke down 2 weeks ago (for about the 5th time in 2 months!) and so the kids and I have been without a car while we're waiting to find a new one for him. This hasn't been all bad. Last week we were still able to go to the pool every morning, but this week, school started back and the pool has been closed during the day and so we've had to get a bit more creative with our activities. It's still very hot here in Georgia and if you don't get out before 9am, you'd better be doing something that involves water to cool you off or else you'll just be miserable and over heat!

So here are some pics of some of the things we've been up to this week to fill in our days..

A friend called from Target to say there were lots of toys for 75% off. She picked up a few things for me, most of which I was able to hide away in the attic before the kids could see them. I did not, however, get the picnic table below hidden away very well. Sam found it and so I decided to let them put it together. It took them 2 hours to screw together and then they played with it for 15 minutes!!

Here are the 3 monkeys making Anzac biscuits (oat cookies)

Ella has been doing some great art work lately. This one is a caterpillar...

Owen has been ready for potty training for a while. This week seemed like a great chance to let him get the hang of things while we are stuck at home anyway. He has been doing really well - only one accident today, and that one landed on the grass! It's great having older siblings to help - I haven't had to do much at all. Here he is getting clean - he LOVES climbing up on this sink and today I caught him just in time. He had the tap running with the plug in and the first drops of water spilling over...

Elliott hasn't been very happy this week and Sam has been a great help trying to cheer him up. Here is Sam "showing" Elliott his baby toys..