"Home Is Where Your Story Begins"

5 days of "home" is starting to take its toll thus the necessary movement towards the daycare before "The Shining" kicks in.  No, not really.  But, we did need to get out of the house today and I, certainly, needed a few hours without my munchkins screaming about something or other.  Here are a few pics of our alternative housing that we attempted during our snowcation.  It all still felt like home though.  I guess that is a good thing. 

Location #1- Kitchen Fort:
Gavin, Sophia and I put lots of efforts into our little above fort.  We ate puffs, played puzzles and bonked our heads (about 15 times).  It was a blast...for about 20 minutes.  We got bored and ended up chasing each other around the house like crazy monkeys. (Please note: not pictured...stockpiled wine bottles for later consumption)

Location #2-Car City:
Todd and Gavin had a blast creating and recreating a Lego city for all existing small vehicles (trucks, cars, planes or trains...it didn't matter.  They could all "magically" drive on these streets made of paper).  This provided a plethora of opportunities for "smaller" car crashes beyond the real iciness outside.  This, also, resulted in cars being put away, because "giant babies" (a.k.a. Sophia) were walking on "streets" leading to a temper tantrum from the eldest lasting about an hour.  Not worth it.

Location #3-Playhouse
This area was most appreciated as Sophia was always calling in imaginary pizza orders and international cities (hopefully they won't charge a fee).  She found many ways to call these locations with items other than phones.  Examples include: her patent leather shoe, a ball, a hat, and who could forget the baby food jar.  All of these proved to be working phone lines.  As far as I know, I've cancelled any orders placed except for the Chinese delivery, but that wasn't so bad.  She knew just what I wanted..."glaba golie blakasnacka."  It was perfect on a cold day.

All in all, we've had a great time in our many play areas.  We've had a dance party, computer time, lots of books and lots of laughing.  My favorite has been the blanket monster as we needed many imaginary keys to lock his mouth shut.  (We had to work together on that...he was out of control)  Perhaps our day will consist of something crazy tomorrow-another snow day?  Maybe....