Cheap entertainment

I think any mama of a toddler could attest to the importance of finding ways to entertain said toddler for hours and on a budget. It's been raining a lot lately, yet he still craves outside time, so we had to start looking a little harder. Thankfully our porch has an overhang that allows 3 feet or so of the deck to be covered in the rain. That paired with a bag of rice and some measuring cups made our afternoon yesterday a lot more pleasant. He loved stacking, pouring, and lining things up. So this was right up his little engineer-minded alley ;)