These are the last of the cute chicken pictures. We went to our church's Halloween festival. That Grace was a huge hit, although she is really not a "center of attention" kind of kid, unlike her big sister. People kept going on about her costume and how cute she was and she did okay with that. However, quite a few people tried to touch her or even, *gasp* pick her up, which she was not okay with! She really enjoyed the festival, though. Here she is playing with "World's Largest Rabbit (probably)." She loved the hayride and seeing all of the other children dressed up.
I tried to ply her with nutritious snacks before we left, so she wouldn't eat so much candy. She caught onto the grabbing candy notion really quickly. We didn't take a bucket for her, though, so we just got a piece of candy at one station and ate it a little at a time until it was gone, and then got another one. She had about 3 pieces of chocolate, 1 cupcake plus a few bites from another and shared a hot dog with Daddy. Not too bad, and we didn't bring any candy home with us. I'm sure this plan will have to be revisited in a couple of years, but it works for now.
Earlier today we did a big/little activity. It was very easy and required minimal prep time. I just grabbed a big and little object of several different items (shoe, cup, and spoon) and we talked about which was big and which was little and then I let her pick out the big ones of each. Cheap, easy, and educational entertainment!
These are the last of the cute chicken pictures. We went to our church's Halloween festival. That Grace was a huge hit, although she is really not a "center of attention" kind of kid, unlike her big sister. People kept going on about her costume and how cute she was and she did okay with that. However, quite a few people tried to touch her or even, *gasp* pick her up, which she was not okay with! She really enjoyed the festival, though. Here she is playing with "World's Largest Rabbit (probably)." She loved the hayride and seeing all of the other children dressed up.
I tried to ply her with nutritious snacks before we left, so she wouldn't eat so much candy. She caught onto the grabbing candy notion really quickly. We didn't take a bucket for her, though, so we just got a piece of candy at one station and ate it a little at a time until it was gone, and then got another one. She had about 3 pieces of chocolate, 1 cupcake plus a few bites from another and shared a hot dog with Daddy. Not too bad, and we didn't bring any candy home with us. I'm sure this plan will have to be revisited in a couple of years, but it works for now.
Earlier today we did a big/little activity. It was very easy and required minimal prep time. I just grabbed a big and little object of several different items (shoe, cup, and spoon) and we talked about which was big and which was little and then I let her pick out the big ones of each. Cheap, easy, and educational entertainment!
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