Posted on February 16, 2010 - by Estate Manager

Winter Days Inside

The past month or so Hearthstone House has been mostly confined to inside play. Snow has come and gone twice and the temperatures are too cold for playing outside. We have been able to put all the Christmas toys to good use. The Bird is really into playing with her Barbies, Quadrilla set and Legos. Meebs is into anything Elmo, her tea set, coloring and puzzles. But I simply love to watch them imagine and play on their own.  They take ordinary objects, create and make believe and end up entertaining themselves and me for hours.  For instance, the Bird loves to cup stack with left over sample cups I have from my job. She builds colossal pyramids and waits for Meebs or Tiki to knock them down and then rebuilds. Scraps of construction paper and sticker rhinestones become rings and bracelets. Meebs also pretends to to be Super Mia with a dish cloth cape. The living room drapes are now a “stage”, they are the stage curtains for their plays.  Even while watching TV their little minds are going. One of my favorite things we have been doing is recording the Olympics at night and then replaying it for the girls to watch. The girls have been bobsledding in a laundry basket, speed skating with wax paper skates, hooded sweat shirts and sunglasses and pairs skating with each other. Also the Weather Channel is a big hit around here, the girls pretend to be meteorologists and predict upcoming weather patterns. Here are some images and videos of them in their element. What do your children imagine when they play?