Stuck at home pt. 2

Some days seem to have a will of their own. And no matter how much you want to make a turkey cupcake, it ain't gonna happen! Because you're out of baking soda, and can't find candy corn, and the kids are at each others throats.

Some days you have plans for fun crafts, lunch, snacks, and memories together and it all turns south and you realize you don't even have bread for lunch that day. (We made home made lunchables) lol --

So, when all else fails...and when staying at home is driving you and everyone else crazy. I mean really crazy.... you just go to Lowes and look at the Christmas decorations instead. =) And lay out frozen spaghetti to reheat from a few nights before and call it a day.

Both kids asleep when I got there. Crazy!

Yay for Christmas lights!

And Frostys to help sore throats

Even if they get everywhere.

These are how the turkeys turned out from yesterday. I love them! Can you guess whose is whose? 

Thumb print turkeys. I need to make the faces on them still.

And gratitude pumpkins from the weekend. I loved how these turned out. 

When we got home Ryan's fever had returned and he was coughing and sneezing so it looks like its home again tomorrow. =) Thankful for God's many graces even on the not so fun days. =)

Stuck Inside!

This is how the past two solid days have looked at our house. Sick! Fever sick. High fever sick. Sunday Josh was sick, Monday Ryan was sick, Tuesday Scott was sick. For three straight days we have been inside. The kids did literally nothing but sleep and watch TV. 

Today both boys woke up without a fever. Yay! But... I knew they weren't ready to be out. Both had energy back which was good, but keeping them inside all day was going to be a task! So, this morning I made a list of all the things we could do so we wouldn't lose our minds! 

- Calendar time/Tracing time/Highlights magazine

- Snack- make trail mix

-art projects...(check pinterest)

-TV time

- outside time

- book/puzzle time separately

-hot chocolate?

I was literally trying to come up with anything I could think of. I have had some long days here at the house before when I felt unprepared for keeping these two busy. With my list in hand I felt like I had a plan for the day!

First we did art....

I found this turkey pasting activity on pinterest that was super easy for me to put together. I forgot to get a pic of the finished product but they were cute! 

Then...

The boys made Thanksgiving bracelets and loved that. Ryan's had to be a pattern and Scott's could just be whatever he wanted. =)

Next...

I let the boys make their own sandwiches like at Subway. They love doing this. It can be a big mess, but worth it!

and more art...

The boys did a brown handprint for a turkey and then thumb prints for feathers. I taped something over the turkey's "head" so they wouldn't paint over it. 

And then outside time...

We only stayed out for around 15 minutes because Scott fell off the slide and started coughing. Really short lived! It was freezing cold too.

We also did some reading, tracing, TV watching, and some free play time. Josh came home for lunch which gave me a short break to go on a walk which was wonderful! Overall my day turned out way better than I thought it was going to be just by doing some really simple things together. I have a feeling we will be here all day tomorrow too to let the boys have one more day to get over the sickness. I think I will start my list of activities tonight! I'm thinking turkey cupcakes??

What do you do when you are stuck inside all day? I'm open for ideas! =)