busy boys need to be entertained all of the time!

I'm sure like many three year olds, my boys, Jackson and Shane need to be entertained a lot. They play very well by themselves for a while and then bamb for no reason other than because all hell can break lose and they go crazy. My question from this weekend is what to do all day every day with pre-schoolers! No, I don't think that they are toddlers anymore, I do consider them pre-schoolers. We definitely go out every day and we go some place every day but every second of every day can't be someplace else? or can it? I admit it boys, yesterday was the first day that I HAD to put the T. V. on- we watched Winnie the Pooh. You were going crazy we were raking leaves, but you weren't listening and were playing in the street; then the guys were there painting the house and you kept wanting to touch the paint- it was all good in nature- you truly wanted to help but it was not helping. So when we came inside you were crying and yelling and I didn't know what else to do except put a movie on. Daddy and I have tried very hard to keep the T.V. off limits but I am now convinced that there is a time and place for it.

I almost turned it on this morning when you woke up at 4:45 am! and wouldn't let daddy sleep but I resisted and instead Dealt with the crying and yelling that comes along with Daddy being upstairs and Shane being down stairs. Our poor neighbors on the first floor- they got an early wake up call today! I love you guys! When i left you were happy as clams sitting at the island playing Play dough with Trish- you weren't that into the play dough when we were playing it this morning, but what ever, you were smiling and laughing and asking me to roll out the dough so that you could make dinosaur shapes and that made me happy.
All my love.