Halloween Fun!


Halloween was a lot of fun this year - Mia eagerly anticipated the holiday, and we did a lot of celebrating!  We attended a Halloween cookie decorating party, a MOMS Club party, a neighborhood parade and party, a Halloween event at the Roger Williams Park Zoo and, of course, we did the traditional trick or treating on October 31st!  This year, Mia decided to dress up as a unicorn (we were lucky to find a costume that was pink and purple, which are her favorite colors!) and she really enjoyed decorating pumpkins, baking treats and doing arts and crafts in between parties - it was a holiday filled with fun!

 

Very Hungry Caterpillars

Thanks to Mia, we had a bit of a butterfly theme at our house this summer, so I thought I would share some of our fun photos!  It began when I ordered caterpillars so we could watch them transform into butterflies at our house - it was a lot of fun and really fascinating to watch the butterfly life cycle at our house.  I also used books and some manipulatives to help explain the process to Mia.  After enjoying our "pet" butterflies for awhile, we brought them outside and released them. 

Along the same theme, we took a trip to the Butterfly Zoo in Newport with Grammy - we saw hundreds of butterflies and Mia's favorite memory is of a big blue butterfly that landed on her head! 

Caterpillars!

 

 

Butterflies love to eat watermelon!

 

 

 

 

 

Newport Butterfly Zoo

 

 

 

Blue Butterfly on Mia's Head :)

 

 

Releasing our Butterflies!

 

 



 

 

                                               

School Days!

 

Today was a big day - Mia started preschool!  She was very excited to go to school, and had a great first day!  On our way home from school this afternoon, Mia was already asking when she can go back to Miss Jen's class, so the school year is off to a good start!

 

 

Mia's 3rd Birthday!

This month, we reached another fun milestone - Mia turned 3!  She was really excited about her birthday this year and we all had a great time celebrating with her.  Her party suited her perfectly - we had a Purple Party (Mia's favorite color) at our home with family and friends, which included a purple coloring station, photo booth, piñata, purple beach pails, beach balls, bubbles, wands, and many other purple favorites!  She loved being surrounded by family and friends at her party - she is still talking about it over a week later!

On her actual birthday, Tim and I brought Mia to the Roger Williams Zoo.  While we had been to the zoo before, we had never been to the new "Our Big Backyard," which was a lot of fun - Mia loved playing in the water, on the outdoor play structures and in the big tree house.

So far, age three has been really fun - we are looking forward to seeing what the rest of the year brings!

 

Mia's Purple Party!

Roger Williams Park Zoo!