Its good to plan for a rainy day, or in today's case, a frigid day. Today would have been the Babe's second kiddie gym class. However, after getting her into snow pants and boots, the phone rang. As the windshield had reached -11 degrees...yes, that is negative eleven degrees, they cancelled today's class. When I broke the news to the Babe, her face fell, and she immediately burst into tears. I was dreading taking her out into the cold, so I was happy they made the call, but felt bad for the Babe who was so looking forward to playing with the other kids.
Did I have a back-up plan for this? No, but I quickly offered to do a craft project. She likes to glue (glue stick and construction paper that I cut into shapes). Not my favorite thing, but I immediately offered that up to her. I also had bought a while ago a safety scissor, and figured today was a good day to bring that out. Once the tears were dried, she jumped right into it, thrilled to be using a scissors for the first time. She cut lines all along the edges of the paper, then ripped off chunks for me to glue. After we finished, we watched a little t.v., and then went up to play in her room. The second bonus for her today was a reserved holiday gift. She had gotten so much this year that we held an item back. It was a box with a few wooden learning toys. Out that came, and she was thrilled. I suspect this is going to be a long winter, so I better have a few "surprises" or activities planned for those future snowy, rainy, windy, or frigid days.
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