Gloomy Fall Days

Don't get me wrong - I absolutely LOVE fall. It's by far my favorite season and holds my favorite holiday. The fall excitement is in the air and I'm just itching to get my scarecrows, leaves and pumpkins out of storage to scatter around the house and yard.

Today was one of those typical gloomy fall days. It rained or was misting most of the day and it was cloudy and gloomy. On these days back when I had no children I would curl up with a blanket and a couple of good movies and waste the day away. Since that isn't an option when you have a 4 and 2 year old running around the house - these gloomy rainy days take on a whole new meaning! How do I entertain these kids when we can't go outside??!!!?!

Well, you play marble tower, store, give overdue baths, break up some fights, squeeze in umpteen loads of laundry, make lunch, pick up after lunch, take a nap, watch a video, break up a few more fights and finally break down and pull the cars out into the driveway so the kids can let off some pent-up energy riding their bikes in the garage. And yup - it's 10:00 pm and I just realized that I didn't leave the house all day - slightly depressing! In fact - I didn't get out of my jammies until after 3:00 pm - even more depressing!

I'm hoping tomorrow is a better day!