It's officially going to 100 today (though for weeks our car thermometer has registered 100+ in the afternoon). Our backyard is currently painful to walk on (scorched brown grass due to drought and mandatory water restriction), it's way to hot to just go for a walk or to go to a playground, and we don't own a 
pool. So, today we're home all day. That's FINE by me. I need to get some things done around here anyway. But what to do with the kids. We've started restricting the amount of TV and computer time... I'm not usually very strict with it but lately there have been days the kids never left the screens! So, I encouraged them the other day to do a puzzle. I found about 20 boxes of puzzles in the basement that were still sealed shut! Seems for awhile they were asking for puzzles as gifts and then lost interest. So, we're now photographing all finished puzzles. I think they've done 4 or 5 now. Unfortunately with a 3 year old in the house who LOVES to mess things up, we're finding that by the time a puzzle is completed... even brand new ones... a piece or two are always missing. Oh well. They'll make for a funny scrapbook page if I ever get back to scrapping again. In the meantime, they're staying busy, working together, and using some thinking skills (right?)
pool. So, today we're home all day. That's FINE by me. I need to get some things done around here anyway. But what to do with the kids. We've started restricting the amount of TV and computer time... I'm not usually very strict with it but lately there have been days the kids never left the screens! So, I encouraged them the other day to do a puzzle. I found about 20 boxes of puzzles in the basement that were still sealed shut! Seems for awhile they were asking for puzzles as gifts and then lost interest. So, we're now photographing all finished puzzles. I think they've done 4 or 5 now. Unfortunately with a 3 year old in the house who LOVES to mess things up, we're finding that by the time a puzzle is completed... even brand new ones... a piece or two are always missing. Oh well. They'll make for a funny scrapbook page if I ever get back to scrapping again. In the meantime, they're staying busy, working together, and using some thinking skills (right?)
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