Adventures of Evie

  Today is movie night!! I don't know how long it's feasible to do these but they are so much fun for me to set up so I hope to make it a regular thing for a long time. Tonight, we had a themed movie night.  This is actually our second one, we did Luca last week and it went pretty well but this week I had more time to get things set up and it was so much fun! First I always surprise her with the menu  and some ticket stubs.  Then when she gets home from school she gets to see the whole set up and we eat dinner together and then snuggle up with popcorn and sometimes a movie theater candy and watch the movie together. It's a really fun way to relax together and end the week. It also gives me some motivation to tap into my creative side and make a really fun evening for both of us. I still have memories of fun little things my mom did for my siblings and I when I was younger so I hope this is one of those things that sticks with Evie when she is older. <3

  Today I set up a little creation station for Evie. I found some trinkets at the dollar store for this and also some tiny scented play doh's. Then I added eyeballs and beads and some things we had around from last year to help fill it in. Evie was really excited to make some monsters when she found it today although she was not the hugest fan of the scents of dough. She made me several witches and also this rendition of Anna from Frozen (notice her streak)! It was fun to watch her create and since the doh was only $1 for 6 I didn't have to worry about if she mixed them up or let them dry out which is always a win! Today was also Golden Slothtato day! We have a little Toca Boca capsule dispensing machine and once a week if she has completed all her chores INCLUDING the optional ones she gets to put a coin in and get out a Golden Slothtato. This week her prize from the box was an art kit!  Typically her golden slothtato prizes are activities or outings but I managed to snag thi...

  Today we did some fun experimenting with "ghosts"! Since Evie was a baby we have been dissolving packing peanuts in water and its something she has always loved to do. I frequently get boxes of nail polish full of these dissolving peanuts because of my nail blogging so today since I had a whole box sitting around, I decided to set up a Halloween themed one! During her lunch break today I had her draw faces on some of the ghosts. She had a lot of fun making different expressions on them and coloring them in various ways. Then when she got home from dance class I gave her the box of them and let her dissolve them into this pumpkin full of water. She had a ton of fun with this and also with dumping the pumpkin bucket over and letting the peanuts splash around everywhere while she stomped and smashed them! It was a fun and free project! :)

  Today we worked on making some art. We had a rough start to the morning and Evie wasn't feeling well so she stayed home from school but she wasn't feeling well enough to do much. She really loves art and it's an easy thing to do so I set up this fun tree project for her. First she got to tear up the pieces for the tree and then she glued them down on the paper where she wanted them. Then we used foil and paint to make the falling leaves. I had originally set out red, orange and yellow paints for her but she really wanted to do green leaves so we swapped the yellow for green. When she finished it we hung it on the art wall to dry and display. I miss doing these projects with her. It's always so fun to see what she comes up with. <3

  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...