Tropical Storm Weekend

During the past week or two we've been watching more Weather Channel than one should while obsessively tracking Tropical Storm Fay. It's been a totally wacky storm and has done exactly what no one predicted right down to totally missing our area of the Panhandle completely. Of course, before we knew we were going to get lucky I prepared for our big weekend inside by getting together some activities to keep Jack occupied.


On Saturday the weather wasn't great and we really couldn't do anything outside, but it was nothing like I anticipated. It drizzled (I seriously wouldn't even call it rain) on and off throughout the morning and early afternoon. It was slightly windy in the morning, but I'm pretty sure Jack blows harder when he's trying to cool his food.


Anyway, I was afraid the storm was going to hit at any moment, so we got to work on our inside projects. Jack colored in his new Winnie the Pooh and Friends coloring book. He thought it was fun to color with more than one crayon at a time.

A friend recently directed me to this awesome blog full of activities to do with toddlers. I got together supplies to make a stoplight and help Jack learn his colors. Here he is working hard.



Finished project (now displayed proudly on the fridge).

Jack worked on learning shapes with his new shape sorter. You can tell he's concentrating because he's sticking his tongue out slightly. So cute.

Last, but not least, Jack played with his crazy musical truck!

Sunday, the day the forecasts said we would get the most rain, turned out to be a beautiful day. Sunny, some big pretty clouds in the sky and about 10 degrees cooler than it had been lately. We went for a walk (at the outlet mall, but that's not really the point, now is it?).