Funday Monday

What a fun day we had yesterday! Matt had to work all day, but Madeleine had a holiday at school and we made the most of it. I'd planned some things to do away from the house, but Charlotte came down with a high fever Sunday and was still a sick little girl on Monday -- so we scrapped those plans and had a fun day inside instead.

We started by letting them have a "sleepover" in Harrison's room on Sunday night. We put the blow up in there for Madeleine and they were sooo excited about this! Thankfully, we didn't have to be anywhere the next morning because there were a lot of giggles and whispers before they finally went to sleep.
They'd requested breakfast in the room the next morning. I made them a muffin tin breakfast (and used up all those cereal boxes that just have a little bit left in them). They quickly gobbled it up!

Sweet Charlotte spent most of the day like this...

or this....

Madeleine and Harrison were quite content to play together in their rooms that morning. I never get tired of listening to them in there, in their own little world, playing. After lunch, we broke out the paints and they spent most of the afternoon happily painting. I have many, many masterpieces around the house today. :)

After baths and dinner, I brought out the rice bucket that I'd been saving for a rainy day. Charlotte was starting to perk up from the Motrin and played for a bit with them before having an early bedtime.

I really intended this as an activity for Harrison and Charlotte, but Madeleine loved it too. They had their mean guys/princesses in there and were putting their imaginations to good use! Then they used it to play with the food stuff. This was such a hit that Harrison woke up this morning asking to do it again. They made a HUGE mess, but thanks to the shopvac, it was easy to clean up!

Such a fun, fun day at home! I love days like this and sometimes it's good to have a whole day at home ~ it you look closely, Madeleine sports 3 different nightgowns during the day. :)