Bed Rest with a Preschooler

My bed rest days, it seems, come in three different shapes and sizes.  There are the days when Nathaniel goes to preschool (about 2 days a week), the days when we are all home as a family (weekends), and the days that he stays home with me.  Isaias can't take him to preschool every day, so I try to have quality time with my son while lying on the sofa.  Here's a peek into some of the things we have done during the past week...

These great math cards and apples come from a Scholastic book order at Nathaniel's school.  We have spent some time doing the math, but Nathaniel really enjoys putting them in his recycling truck (along with the marbles in the bin).

Play-Doh is a huge hit lately.  Sometimes we spend hours playing with Play-doh.  This is his new Play-Doh Fun Factory.

I had to enlist Uncle Jeff and Isaias to help us with the pumpkin carving this year, but it still turned out well! Nathaniel insisted on a happy face.

Sadly, trick-or-treating was definitely not on my list of approved activities.  This is my cute little scuba diver in final preparations on October 30th (left) and ready to head out with some friends in Pennsylvania (right).  According to Isaias, he did a great job of waiting his turn and saying "trick-or-treat" and "thank you." I'm so sorry I missed it.  At least he brought me some candy.

I got this "mosaic" kit for Nathaniel soon after finding out I would be on bed rest (Amazon.com is my best friend).  It has different transportation pictures and little foam stickers to put on.  Turns out nicely!

 Of course, we have plenty of time to plan for Nathaniel's birthday party.  Can you guess the theme?  I will be cutting out lots of monster body parts so that kids can decorate their own Play-Doh containers.

Oh, and with Nathaniel there is always cooking!  Today Nathaniel made smoothies, eggs, and croissants for breakfast.  


We have also been reading lots of books, playing some games on the Kindle Fire, and watching a few more videos than I would like.  This is what I would really like to do with my son, though:

I guess there's next fall...