Day One: Christmas is over

Christmas and the heat wave is over.  Today really felt like the start of the school holidays here, so this is the first post.  We didn't go out today, mainly because my oldest daughter has a cold and didn't feel like it. Also, there wasn't anywhere we needed to go, and I'm saving the main attractions for times of greatest desperation!

Weather: raining in the morning
Kids: Both

In the morning:

• Television (still an appetite for the recorded Christmas shows)
• Tipped out the toy baskets and explored long lost treasures
• Coloured blank animal masks ($2 shop)

In the afternoon:

• Studyladder (for the six year old)
• Baked waffles with green mini M&Ms and made a huge mess
• 'Fake baking' - gave the two year old some ingredients and a bowl
• Spiral Art with marker pens that change colour
• A VERY long bath.