Beach Snow Day

I know there are a lot of people who aren't so thrilled with all the snow that we've been having lately... but... we do live in Michigan and it IS winter time.  I actually find it a bit refreshing just because last year we didn't have a lot of snow and the whole global warming thing is starting to really show through.  This week was another 'winter' storm... we had a few inches fall over night which caused a lot of schools and such to be closed.  It was nice that Gaetan didn't have to go into school the next day... but even if he did, a few miles down the road isn't such a bad commute.

Anyway... while it's snowing out the kids are pretty much cooped up inside.  Which, can make things a little crazy for us.  They do so much better when they can get out and do things and burn off all that never ending energy they seem to have... so its days like this that Momma and Papa have to get creative to keep them entertained inside so they don't get naughty from boredom.  Dude had such a good time with my Dad and their 'beach' day during the weekend he asked if we could go to the beach again.   I couldn't find any reason not to so we got out the beach toys, got the bathing suits on, got out some towels and their outdoor chair and pretended that it wasn't blizzarding outside and had a fun beach day. The kids put on their hats too and had a designated sand area and a place where the 'water' was.  Dude was much more into the beach idea and played it the entire morning!

Shoveling imaginary sand into her bucket

This was the water area... obviously, since that's where the floaty toy it!

Dude got a lot of his pals in there with him... the stairs were a 'waterfall'

What was really going on outside...

It was really cute and they seemed to have a lot of fun with it.  I'm glad that something so simple made them so happy and kept them busy all morning!  Can't beat that!

JVG