Naptime Blog

Sunny Florida hasn’t been so sunny the last 10 days, though it seems like it has been longer. The day before all of our rainstorms, I couldn’t help myself when I saw this and purchased this really cute Disney inflatable for the pool. Its got Mickey’s Clubhouse on it and a little sunshade with 2 holes for baby’s legs. I was so excited to get in the pool once Shaughn was over a cold he was having. Well, now that he’s over it, the sun refuses to shine!

All this weather is just a wet reminder that hurricane season is not too far away. We’ve been through hurricanes before but not with a baby. Being young and on our own, we never stocked up on batteries, but we did have board games! We didn’t really get canned food, just bags of snacks and soda. And when I lost power for 10 days in 2005, it didn’t really bug me that there wasn’t television because I had friends in the neighborhood who would come over and we’d make time fly by with games, silly activities.

Now, we need to have plenty of batteries to make sure all Shaughn’s toys are operative in the event there isn’t power! Perhaps even a portable, battery powered DVD player because he loves his Baby Einstein videos. We need to have plenty of water, food for us and food for Baby! Things change when you have a family of your own… ok, AND when you don’t have the same 20 year old metabolism to survive off of junk food ! Since we have been locked indoors with heavy storms, we’ve done indoor activities. What kind of indoor activities do you do with your child when fun in the sun is being interrupted by rain?

-Krystle