Rainy Day Fun

Well, unfortunately last night's thunderstorm did not only NOT bring blue skies today, but brought more rain. It pretty much rained all day long, which meant - no outside time today (which was sad for both Austin and Mommy). SO, Austin and I made biscuits for Father's Day breakfast tomorrow, he colored a card for Chris, we read some books, and then...it was still only 10:00 am. So, i decided to make a fort of sheets and pillows in Austin's room. At first he wasn't so sure about it, but after a few minutes he discovered it was great fun. The tent, as he started calling it, provided over an hour of entertainment. First Austin would get inside and then I would say "where's Austin?" (hiding and peekaboo are a favorite game at the moment. He is much more sophisticated in playing peekaboo than when he first started liking it at 6-7 months old). When he could tell I was getting near the tent he would just laugh and laugh and shriek with delight when I popped up the side of the sheet and found him.

Then we laid on the pillows on the floor inside for awhile- I would grab him and tickle him and he wanted me to do it over and over. Finally, we read books inside, which was way more fun than reading them on the couch or rocking chair. I took it down at naptime and we went to our neighbors' for part of the afternoon, but after dinner Austin kept asking for the tent (though it took me awhile to figure out that is what he wanted) and we put it up again. When it was bedtime, he was NOT happy that we had to take it down. But now I know the next rainy day we have might actually be something to look forward to!

Here is the "tent" set up between Austin's crib and two chairs.

This is inside the tent - so fun. While we were playing I was baking the biscuits. So I kept saying "I'll be right back" and went to go check on them or pull them out of the oven. Soon Austin thought this was part of the game. So started saying "be right back" and then going out of the tent for a few minutes and then coming back in to say "boo!". It was really funny to hear him say "be right back".

Boo!