Toddler Game::Gone Fishing

On a blazing afternoon you will either find E and I huddled near our oscillating fan (we don't have AC) or out in the garden playing with water. We fill E's baby tub with water and let the fun begin (you may remember these shenanigans from a few months ago). This time we went fishing for CORKS! (Remember this?)

We poured the corks into the water, I gave E a small net that was thrifted from Freecycle, and small plastic container to dump the "caught" corks in.

The object of the game, scoop all of the corks out of the water and...

Dump them into the container.

And repeat. Let me just say this game lasted for longer than I anticipated. I was able to water all of our plants without my little hose snatcher interfering!

Have you played in the water lately?

Water Play

It was warm this weekend. Yes, Mother Nature has decided it's now summer. Forget that is was in the low 40's last week and raining just last Monday! Well, because it was so hot we decided to get wet and do a little exploratory development.

I filled Emory's baby bath tub that he has outgrown with just a little bit of water. I gave Emory a Tupperware full of water toys, funnels, cups, and measuring cups to play with. He spent an entire hour handling, pouring, scooping, splashing and just having a ball. We will definielty be doing this again on our next hot day.

How do you like to cool off when the weather gets warm?