Mr. Boy is a Busy Busy Bee

Mr. Boy loves to read books with animals and some of his favorites have animals by letter. Books for kids commonly use bumblebees for the letter B and Mr. Boy likes to say: "Busy Busy Bee" every time he identifies the little stingers.

Which brings me to another new plan Mama is instituting. Mama likes plans!

In our new house, the kids' toys, DVD's, books, and DVR full of Diegos, Doras, Sesames, and Wonderpets are all upstairs. But when Princess Baby is napping, Mr. Boy cannot be upstairs with her. Because he is a door opening champ and he hates that his playmate is napping and not playing with him. So Mr. Boy is relegated to the living room every afternoon from 2-4. Big J and Mama have both had some REALLY boring afternoons trying to keep Mr. Boy off the stairs and entertained already in the past week in the new house. So far reading cookbooks and singing karaoke have worked, but they are not practical solutions in the long term.

Plus we have a babysitter here 3 afternoons a week and so Mama came up with a plan!!

Mama found an old backpack that is bright yellow and black with a bee on it in the course of unpacking. Perfect! Now we have a place to keep Mr. Boy's special Big Boy activities! Today I stocked the Busy Bee Backpack with preschool worksheets printed from the internet, 2 winnie the pooh puzzles, 2 boxes of word flashcards, crayons, 2 Sesame Street preschool workbooks, and some playdoh with alphabet cookie cutters. Now Mr. Boy has things to keep him busy and learning new things while his sister naps.

Sure beats singing "Tiny Dancer" and "Folsom Prison Blues" repeatedly while Mr. Boy reads us the Sandra Lee cookbook!