Adventures of Evie

  Today was a slow day for us. Over the weekend Evie did several egg hunts and we also spent a lot of time with family. We made some felt Easter eggs and since the weather wasn't too bad so we got to play outside some too. Because she had such a busy few days (and ate more candy than usual!) Evie didn't get up until 9 this morning. So after breakfast and some Cosmic Yoga I was off work and we set about cleaning the house and running some errands. Pretty boring day overall but sometimes that's how it goes! This evening there were a few food trucks in the neighborhood so Evie got this epic swirled cotton candy on a glow stick! The stick lit up with rainbow colors and flashed in various patterns. It was super fun and the flavors were vanilla and watermelon which oddly tasted like a summery drink. It was a slow but fun day. We wrapped it up with some Finding Dory, popcorn, and snuggles. :)

  Today for Carnival Week we made some cotton candy! It was fun to make together and Evie definitely enjoyed eating it as well. We tried the classic flavor and then experimented with sour strawberry and watermelon. Evie preferred the watermelon and I think the sour cherry was my favorite. We've been continuing to play our games in the morning and weaving in other activities throughout the day. I have a few more carnival themed activities planned but unfortunately, they got a little delayed in the mail!  We're still having lots of fun though. Earlier this week we used some washi tape to make fun colored bandages for Evie's dolls and today she wanted to jazz up her dollhouse so she decorated the whole house with washi tape. Later in the day since our theme was cotton candy we made some cotton candy cloud dough. It's essentially just scented conditioner and some corn starch and it's got an interesting texture since it gets hard and soft depending on how much pressure y...

  Today was Carnival Day at Evie's preschool. After I picked her up we got to come back around and do the little carnival. This is one of my favorite events that they have and they put SO much effort into it. It really is like a real little carnival complete with handmade cotton candy and games and prizes. Last year they didn't have one because of COVID so we got a little bag of cotton candy and popcorn and while that was nice I am really excited she got to go this year. They had a cup toss... A "punch" prize cup... A balloon shoot... ...and so many more things I don't have pictured including boat races, ring toss, floating ducks, sand art, and even a huge bounce house.  Summer is quickly drawing to an end and we're really loving soaking up these last days while we can. <3