Cabin fever strikes again

Owen and I like to improvise when it's a yucky day outside.  This winter we've had quite a few yuck days.  How things have changed.  Last year, he was quite content staying inside and chewing on a ring for hours.  This year I get  dramatic whines if I don't come up with fun and novel activities for the little guy.
Here's some of my ideas...

Helping mom write the grocery list

Eating foods in different ways.  This is the first time he ate an apple without me cutting it up.  Funny part of this is he only has those two little teeth on the bottom.  He carried it around and gnawed on it for hours, and when he was done it looked like a rat had been chewing the apple.

Pots and pans drum set

complete with cymbals of course!

Emptying the junk drawer...ok he came up with this one on his own.  And yes, we do have multi-colored ping pong balls in our junk drawer.  Why, I don't know.

He loves to sweep the floor.  This kept him busy for a long time.  I've been wishing for a maid for a long time, but it looks like this is as close as I'm gonna get. 

Throwing laundry down the chute.  Helpful for me as well...until he starts throwing down everything in his room.
I also have him "help" me bake things.  I don't have pictures of this because it requires close supervision...mostly for him falling off his helper chair or breaking the eggs.  It is one of his favorite things right now though.  You will also notice that none of these activities involves any of the 105,684 toys that he has in this house.  Obviously a pen and a broom are much more interesting.  Go figure!
P.S. I do put clothes on him at some point...I just noticed that all these pics are in his PJ's ha ha!