Inside day

Yesterday was a gray, foggy, drizzly, inside kind of day. We did not leave the house, which made for some antsy boys. However, Austin can be very creative when he wants to be and fortunately he chose to have fun and not complain.

First item of business was...Austin wanted to be an angel. The angel at the empty tomb. So we assembled some wings (I know wings are theologically questionable, but...) and made a tomb. I was instructed to be the woman who comes to look for Jesus and the "angel" told me he wasn't there after moving (more like blasting) the "rock" out of the door. Then he wanted to be Jesus. So the wings became the linen cloth and I wrapped him up. He laid on the floor, then stood up and busted out of the tomb. You can tell we have been doing our "resurrection eggs"- a great tool for talking about Easter and the different events of the week.

Here is "Jesus" walking out of the tomb.

Then he needed some higher activity, so he made a huge pile of couch cushions and kept jumping off the trunk and onto the pile of pillows. Over and over. He said he was Jesus ("but I'm not really Jesus, Mommy, I'm just pretending") jumping into the water. Bennett tried to join in the fun, but he just "jumped" into my arms.

Here he is flying through the air onto the cushion stack. It is amazing how many times in a row he can do this without getting tired of it.

Bennett wants to do whatever Gege (older brother) is doing.

Chris and Austin also had some indoor baseball fun. I am not sure it is a great idea to establish a precedent of ball playing in the house...however, it was great for a rainy day and Austin cannot do too much damage...yet. He actually hit a few pitches with the bat, but mostly missed. However, he was always the optimist and after every missed hit, would say "Almost, almost got it" and happily throw the ball back to Chris.