Tuesday & Wednesday's Activities

The weather here has been beautiful lately...HOT, but beautiful!!!  Yesterday, we decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather so we spent the afternoon playing outside.  Madelyn absolutely loves being outside...she points out every single bird and tree, she chases Trooper around, and she has a blast kicking her ball.   

Unfortunately, this is what happens EVERY TIME we have to come inside after our fun filled time in the sun...

Yep....full on MELTDOWN!!!!  I'm not quite sure where this temper tantrum throwing child came from, but she is here and in full force!  Have we already entered the "terrible-two's" this early in the game???  Lord, I hope not, because I don't know if I'm ready for this stage yet!

Today was our normal Wednesday morning Toddler Time at the library.  The theme this week was Halloween.  All of the kids dressed up in their adorable costumes and I have to say, they looked so cute!!!!  I didn't feel like getting Madelyn dressed in all of her bumble bee get-up today, so I decided to just let her wear her little skeleton PJs and call it a costume!  Good thing her buddy Braden was there and decided to wear his Pumpkin PJs too!

Madelyn seems to really enjoy Toddler Time.  I think it's such a great opportunity for her to meet other children who are not in our normal playgroup and it's good for me to meet other mommies as well.   The story for today was about a Monster and all of his body parts, I think! (I was a little busy talking to Jill during story time...oops!). 

After the story was over, all of the kids got to do a little "ghost bowling" and their "bowling ball" was a cute little Mummy.  Madelyn didn't really get the concept of using the Mummy to knock over the Ghosts, but at least she gave it a shot!

As soon as ghost bowling was finished, we headed over to the arts and crafts tables and made our own little monster like the one in the story. 

The kids got to take their monster creations around and Trick-or-Treat at different stations throughout the library.  They handed out things like lollipops, cheese crackers, fruit snacks, and animal crackers.  It was so cute!!!

I think after today, we are ready for the big Halloween night on Sunday!  This will be Madelyn's first year to actually get out and enjoy the fun of Trick-or-Treating and I can't wait to watch her do it.  She will definitely be the cutest bumble-bee out there!