Adventures of Evie

  Today was Treat Street day!! We didn't do much that was exciting during the morning. We played some games, did some art and made some treats. But this evening we got to go down to Treat Street which is an event in our area where businesses hand out candy and coupons.  There are decorations, music, food and of course...CANDY! This is the first year Evie really understands Halloween so it was a lot of fun watching her get so excited every time she got a piece of candy she loved. It was a rainy night but we made the best out of it! I'm really excited to see how she will do on beggars night! Just a few more days and we can trick or treat in our neighborhood! :)

 Today we had a spur of the moment trip for some fun outside the house! We did some worksheets in the morning and Evie played with her sensory bin some more and then when I got off work we got some lunch and headed out to an indoor playground. They had everything decorated for Halloween and since it was midday it wasn't super busy which was really nice. She got to run and play for a few hours and it was a change from our usual activities. It wasn't entirely on theme but it WAS a really fun  way to spend an afternoon! ;)

  Halloween week is half over already which feels crazy! This week has been hectic but we've managed to squeeze in some activities anyway. Today we had a scavenger hunt that led Evie to this banana flavored cotton candy. We made some foam pumpkins in the morning. This actually kept Evie pretty busy for about half an hour. I put some glue on the foam pumpkins and then she got to decorate them with tissue paper and some other accessories. She did a few of them and got pretty creative with it! In the afternoon we cleaned up the herb garden and ran around for a bit in the yard. It was pretty chilly out but we're getting close to not being able to go out at all much so I wanted to get out and take care of some things and get in an extra play day while we can. After we came back in we made some cookies and deep cleaned the house a bit.  We wrapped up the evening with some games before dinner and bed! It was a fun and busy day. :)

  It's day two of Halloween week and today we decided to try paint pour art. We made this fun pumpkin and also a drip painting on a canvas that's still in the process of drying,.  Evie had a lot of fun choosing colors to pour and then watching them run off the pumpkin. In retrospect we should have laid it flat to dry since all the color marble ran off but I also didn't want to leave it out all night in case it rained. Tomorrow we will add some leaves and a curly top! This evening we got to go to Nana's for family night and carve pumpkins with everyone. It's a family tradition and it's one of my favorite ones. Evie got to help clean out pumpkins and then she painted a little one as well.  They came out really well! :)

  It's Halloween Week! Since Halloween is properly at the end of this week I decided to do a week of fun Halloween activities. Unfortunately today went a little sideways when my work schedule changed mid morning. But we still made the most of it. Evie's sensory bin this week is black and orange rice and a variety of recycled Halloween critters from a few weeks back. The rice is recycled too, I just repainted the rice from her space sensory bin. Some of the pieces still glow a bit which was really cool! I asked Evie to draw me a picture of what she a wanted to be for Halloween and she drew me this photo of Ariel. She changed her mind (again!) in the afternoon and now wants to be Elena but we'll see what she chooses when the day finally arrives! Evie got to spend her evening making train tracks and driving trains all over them which she thought was just the absolute coolest. It wasn't a very busy day but it was a lot of fun! :)