Tea Time

While Jon has been out of town I have been wracking my brains for activities that I can have the kids do during the days -- activities that don't involve Disney movies. We have played every single game in our cupboards, made forts, played in lakes of pillows and animals, and even made letters out of tape on the floor and devised different games incorporating those. But our most recent idea, and most loved thus far, is having tea parties. The kids absolutely love this idea. In the last 5 days we have had at least 8 or 9 tea parties.
Our tea parties of course consist of granola bars, cookies, fruit roll-ups, sandwiches cut into different shapes (a genius move thought up by me -- it's amazing the different things my kids will eat so long as it is shaped like a heart or star), and of course "tea" that magically flows from our bathroom faucet at the mention of a tea party. None of this pretend tea business for my kids.
Ah yes, Jon being gone has been a truly creative time in my life because I am having to make up for Jon's absence. He is truly the better at the two of us for pretending with the kids, but while he's gone they make do with me. Thank goodness February is almost over and Jon will be done traveling. We miss you Jon!