Keeping Jack Occupied #1

Yes, it's been a LONG time between posts on Jack.  Can't believe my last post was when he was 20 months! How slack. Well, as you can imagine, he's changed quite a bit! I'll try to post more about these changes, but for now I'm going to focus on my latest mission: keeping Jack occupied.

Since Jack was about 3 1/2 years he has become a lot more boisterous and needing more direction, structure and stimulation.  We go out quite often and socialise nearly every day in order to counteract this.  But, we can't do this all the time, especially with a 4 month old.  I'm beginning to realise that it's important for my relationship with Jack to do fun activities with Jack at home.  So, I've been on the hunt for fun activities to do with Jack.  I've been finding lots of great ideas on Pinterest and have been using these to create a list.  I'm going to work through the list and try a new activity every day or so.

Today we made "Moon Sand".  I found the recipe for it here (http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2011/11/cloud-dough.html).  It's just flour and baby oil mixed together.  It's a little mouldable but also breaks up and feels like flour.  As I write this post, Jack is happily playing with it.  

What's good about it?  It's really easy to make and Jack could do a lot of helping. It's a little messy, but nothing a vacuum cleaner can't fix.  It kept Jack occupied for about 45 - 60 mins, which is pretty good, although I would have liked a little longer ;-)