Today was supposed to be spent taking Owen to London (Ontario, don't get too excited for me) to visit my mom. We've been planning a trip to the craft show at the fairgrounds for a couple of months now, and I was looking so forward to it. I have a list of things I wanted to try to find: a stocking for Owen, some homemade tree ornaments, a unique "crafty" gift for my MIL, and some delicious baked treats (you know, a reward for shopping so hard...). Afterwards, we were going to pick up my Grandma and have her over for dinner. She hasn't had any one-on-one time with her Great-Grandson since he was 4 months old (he's 11 months old now), so I had my camera all packed and ready to capture some wonderful moments.
Then I had a play-date planned for tomorrow morning with a mom friend of mine from high school, whom I reconnected with on Facebook while we were both pregnant last year. Her daughter is just a couple of months younger than Owen and the last time we got together they had a lot of fun - again the camera was ready for certain cuteness!! After that we would go to my mom's place of work where she would show of her one and only "Bright-eyed, Beautiful Baby Boy" to her co-workers and we'd likely go out for dinner afterwards. Tuesday was to include a visit to my cousin's house. She has three young children and also runs a home daycare, so it's always tons of fun over there!!
So, we woke up this morning, very pumped to get on the road. I called my mom right away, and was talking about how excited I was to get there when she totally burst my bubble - there is a major snow storm watch in her area and it would not be safe to travel. It took a few minutes for me to totally accept it, and if were just me going I might have even chanced it, but now that I have such precious cargo to transport, it's just not worth it. The warnings were for "severe and dangerous driving conditions". Who wants to mess with that? Certainly not me, but I'm just so disappointed that our plans have been ruined. To top it all off, Luke had to go to a work course all day today, so it's just me and Owen hanging out at home. There's absolutely nothing going on on Sundays - no drop-ins, no programs, and none of my friends are available to rescue us. So I'm stuck trying to find ways to entertain a spunky kid (who, by the way, has decided to switch to only one nap a day recently), without having anywhere to go, or anything in particular to do. I must say that, so far, it's going well - he's in pretty good spirits and happy playing in the living room. But how much playing in a two bedroom apartment can a kid do before he gets bored? I fear what happens when that time comes. And it is imminent...
Anyway, if anyone has any Sunday boredom busters (for today or future reference!) I'd love to hear 'em!
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