Emma has been in school for a week and a half now while Isaac’s preschool doesn’t start until after labor day. I never would have guessed that I’d be wishing for preschool to start so badly. Isaac has been bored and lonely to the point of driving me crazy. I have done my best to plan activities or have something to keep us busy every morning but my efforts don’t seem to keep him satisfied.

The moment we get home to put Leah down for a nap I hear, “Mama, Who can I pway wiff?” I reply with “Sorry bud, everyone is at school.” They I get a great big frowny face and some whining.

“But mommmmm!”

It really isn’t fun for either of us.

To stave off some of the whining today I helped the little guy build a “todally awesome fort” to keep him occupied for a while.

After we had it fixed up just right, it did the job for an hour or so as long as he had his trusty flashlight with him. He specifically wanted no holes in the fort so that it would be as dark as possible inside.

For an hour of peace I give two thumbs up for blanket forts.