Rainy Days and Thursdays

Reeves' school had a little (big) sewer pipe burst last week, so school was closed on Thursday. This didn't really affect us since we're MWF, but Henry needed somewhere to go. Jenny brought him by on her way to work in the morning. I know Reeves and Henry play very well together, but Thursday was a dream. Having Henry here was just the thing we needed. The whole day was cold and rainy, so there weren't going to be many (any) jaunts outside to work off some energy, and as anyone who has ever done it knows, a toddler inside a small house all day is never a good thing. Luckily, Henry was there to distract Reeves, and himself, from the fact that they had not really "done" anything all day. We did do lots of activities, though, and having Henry as a partner made each thing even more fun for Reeves, and vice versa. First, we painted. Oh how they loved that. They painted boats and horses and snowmen and dogs, as you can see. Why is it that the palette ends up looking almost better than the artwork? I'm starting to go with Gwen's practice of using coordinating colors only.
We had a picnic lunch in the den, followed by a Popcorn Picnic viewing of Mary Poppins. (I am getting just a little tired of Cars.) Finally, we made cookies. The boys loved getting all dressed up in their matching aprons. (Thank you , Caroline, for these. I was glad not to have different colors for them to fight over!) I do think it's high time I get some new cookie cutters. Star, gingerbread man, and snowman (was there a theme to the day?) are the least Christmas-sy ones I have.
Bennett made appearances throughout the day. As much as he loved sitting in the Bumbo watching them make cookies, I think his favorite was to be in the swing watching them play. Every once in a while, they would actually acknowledge his presence with a "Hi!" or a pat on the head, and this would make his face light up. I can't wait to see what these big boys will think of him when he's old enough to run around with them.