Friday, November 11, 2011

What to do with this baby?!?

Being without a car is starting to be inconvenient. We do have a bus stop right in front of our home, which is a blessing. But even if I want to go somewhere, which would take about 5 minutes in the car, it takes 2 hours there and back on the bus. Thus Victoria and I stay home most days. We normally like to take walks around our beautiful area, but with the bad weather setting in, we stay home more.

If Victoria takes two good naps, the day seems to be bright and beautiful. But when she takes bad naps, the day gets frustrating! We can't really go anywhere with no car and bad weather (though I just throw caution to the wind a couple days a week). And I only have a handful of things to do with Victoria till my ideas get completely depleted.

Today was a bad nap day. And though we had our sweet neighbors over for tea, the day seemed to go on and on. By the end of the day Drew and I had;
1. Read books 3x
2. Practiced walking
3. Crawled around with her till our knees hurt.
4. Watched 3 shows (don't judge me; the person who said "don't use the TV as a babysitter" must have never had to make dinner or clean for guests).
5. Looked at pictures 2x
6. Alone play
7. Together play on the floor, bed, couch.
8. Ate breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
9. Took a bath.
10. Played paddy cake.

And after all these things I was wiped out. Totally and completely wiped out... and I looked at the clock...5:45pm...still 2 hours till bed time!! Ahhhhhhhh!

Dear friends and family, please, please, please send ideas. Highchair games, Busy games, or Educational games. Anything! Please send ideas, and please pray for us to be good parents.

5 comments:

  1. Oh! Another thing we did today...take funny pictures.:)

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  2. Awe, I'll pray you can find some fun activities and also get some rest! How old is she again?

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  3. 10 months old. Thanks for your prayers!

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  4. Ummmmm, Amos and I think you should make another baby...then they can entertain each other! :D

    ;)

    (You know you want to...)

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  5. Does she like playing with things? Like, flour on her highchair tray? Or how about if you blow bubbles at her, normal wand bubbles. Jewel loved that.

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