Famer's market...

 

It's Christmas week...which feels insane! I can't believe it's already here. This week we are using up the last of the activities I planned for 2020 that we either didn't get around to or that we had extra sheets for. Next week I am on vacation, and I hope to get the first month of the year set up during that time, so I want to clear out all the stuff we haven't used yet. 



Today we made a little farmers market out of beads, felt and fluff. Evie used to be super great about eating and then over the last year she's gone from very easy and adventurous to being SUPER picky. Recently she's starting to get back to trying new things and eating more variety and I love activities like this one where we can talk about food and where it comes from and why it's important to eat lots of different kinds.


It was super easy for her to stuff and thread beads too so she could do it almost all by herself which she was really excited about. After we finished making all the different veggies, we set up a farmers market using these as well as a previous Sago Mini box we got with some eggs and veggies, and she had a ton of fun selling me things and buying things from me. It was a great opportunity too for me to explain how things tasted and talk about different varieties of veggies. It's been a while since we've been to an actual farmers market due to the pandemic but this spring/summer I hope to take her to a real one and let her pick out some things!




In addition to this activity, we also did some cleaning today. Since Christmas is right around the corner we're clearing out some of her old toys and also clothes and shoes that don't fit to make room for the new stuff she's going to be getting. We did work on a Christmas gift for some of the people in our lives too. We usually get an ornament from her daycare and often we buy a bag of foam ones from Micheals to make together as well but this year since she's not in daycare and Micheals had no kits we decided to make our own with my Silhouette and some paper we had on hand.



Tomorrow we will pick up some photos to pop in them! :) I have a couple more Christmas themed activities this week but for the most part it's going to be a hodgepodge of things. ;)


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