Adventures of Evie

  It's the first day of our first FULL week in awhile and it sure felt like it! Evie was not happy about going back to school today and she didn't have a good day there either. Unfortunately, that's been a theme of late. Well...since school started really. She has to sit next to a few bullies who say mean things to her and do things to get under her skin. Kids are already forming cliques and while she seems to have plenty of friends and her teacher says she is popular and well liked she says she finds it hard to fit in with the groups. So between kids being nasty to her, a bus full of loud kids, and just it being a typical Monday she left for school and came home from school in tears. After school I asked her what would make her feel better and she said Target and Starbucks so off we went. We didn't buy anything, just looked around at toys, clothes, and other things and then picked up a few coffees and a cake pop to go. Here's hoping this doesn't set a tone for ...

  It's finally October!! Evie and I kicked off the new season by decorating the house and today I started weaving Halloween into her bins and activities. Mondays are always rough for her so I mixed up a fun sensory bin for her today with colored (and regular) kinetic sand and some molds and cutters. She thought the cat cutter was Santa Claus which I thought was hilarious. We also picked out a Halloween outfit to wear to school today. She loves showing off her dresses so it gives her something to look forward to when she sees her teacher. She also got to wear these little bat bows we've been saving for this month. After that we did a few "games" on her Chrome Book (they are math lessons in disguise!) and then we played some princess games before she had to catch the bus. I'm so grateful that the weather has stayed pretty sunny and cool these last few weeks. Once it gets rainy and cold we're going to have to spend or lunches inside and while I have plenty of gam...