Creative inside fun

First, let me tell you that I completely sick of cold weather. Then, I remind myself that it could look like this outside and I feel a little better!

This is the front of our house in Maine a few years ago. I know the weather could be worse, but I think I would prefer cold and SNOW versus just COLD!

Anyway, the boys have been very creative with their inside time! Who would have known that the Russell Stover heart-shaped Valentine boxes that we gave the boys would turn into HOCKEY PUCKS and provide hours of entertainment!! But they have, which I think is AWESOME! I have had to send them to the garage to play a few times, but I don't mind if they play in the house. Am I a cool mom or too permissive? Oh well!! Here are some shots...of course, they use plastic baseball bats for hockey sticks.


Then, one night after dinner, Mike and I are still sitting at the kitchen table talking when we hear something like "cannonball!!!!" coming from the living room. I think this is SO creative; they had taken Nate's blue comforter and turned it into a POOL in the middle of the living room. They were taking turns jumping off the couch into the pool. Now, standing on and jumping off of the couch are both not usually allowed in our house, but I was so awed by their creativity that I didn't care and quickly grabbed the camera!
Here goes Kyle:
and Ian:
and Nate doing a cannonball (while Caden was "walking on water" haha):
and Nate "floating" on his back:

The boys are SO ready for our neighborhood pool to open. Every time it gets even a little warm outside, they ask if we can go to the pool or play in the sprinkler! No one would believe these kids were born in Idaho and Maine!