Winter time can bring on special play time challenges. With everyone recovering from Christmas we have been taking it easy. Reading our favorite books, singing familiar songs and discovering new puzzles. It's important to exercise, snack healthy, and "keep the germs away". We've been learning about ice - it's frozen water you know! And while on the subject we decided to make Ice Castles. We filled our sand buckets to the top with water and left them outside to freeze. We also put different objects inside the water such as big leaves, rocks and sticks to see how they would look inside the ice. The guys were fascinated! We also play kick ball,basketball and soccer. Vita makes a good human goal.Fantasy play is always my favorite! Yesterday Jackson called Darth Vader to come and help capture the bad guys (played by Colin and Judah)!I'm not sure Judah knew he was a bad guy but it was fun running with big boy Colin. Darby and Finley cheered them on while Nathan watched and laughed from the safety of the tomato house. This is such a great group!