It’s crazy cold outside. Stupid cold. Even though we got some snow, I shudder at the thought of going out to play in it.
Yet, I’ve got these three kids. And after, oh, I don’t know, six hours in our house, the kids start to climb the walls. Or each other. Plus, that basement that I cleared out so the kids could ride tricycles and work off all that energy in the midst of winter? Still trashed.
But I’m trying hard to think outside the box, but at the same time, not travel to the Big City every day. All that driving is exhausting and it means losing all of Ellery’s naps to the car.
I often forget we live near a small college, and that college has resources. Akiko suggested a great diversion. The rec center has a small indoor soccer area which is totally enclosed by walls so that practice doesn’t bother the adjacent basketball players. We took the kids and way too many balls and let them go nuts. There was running and kicking and throwing, and Akiko and Beth and I probably all looked much relieved as we left the building, knowing our kids would be tired that afternoon.
All pictures other than the first taken by Neko (with less than optimal lighting conditions).