Saturday the museum was hosting an American Indian celebration with music, dancing and crafts. Grace enjoyed the dancing and was not shy when they asked for volunteers. She went up by herself and danced with the group. She then made a bracelet, mask and pinch pots.
Grace went to her first theater production today. We went to see a preschool play with singing and dancing at Imaginon in downtown Charlotte. The building has a few play areas, a library, as well as two stages. During the play, she sat right up front by herself with the other kids. She did seem scared sometimes, as she put her hands over her eyes. She was right at the stage, so I think it was a little frightening at first. She says she wants to go back.
Grace got to wear her costume everyday from Wednesday to Sunday (except Saturday). There were so many carnivals and trick or treats, she was excited. We only painted her face for Halloweens treating and for the treating Friday in downtown Mooresville. She loved her pace painted better than anything. She kept having to run and look at herself in the mirror.
Nana and I joined Grace and her preschool class for a trip to the pumpkin farm. We were lucky that the weather was not wet, but it was still muddy from the rain the day before. Grace loves the mud. Grace and I have been to Patterson Farms a number of times, and it is always a good time. We came home with three small pumpkins and one large pumpkin for carving.
The weekend before the big balloon festival, Grace looked out our front window and said " Mommy come look at the rainbow". We looked out our dining room window and saw this. We missed its landing but watched them deflate it and put it away in a truck. We were told the driver had landed in our neighborhood a few times in the past years. From the air, our neighborhood is open with no power lines. This picture was taken from our front porch. Pretty cool.
Grace went to an ice skating rink for the first time Saturday night. The Charlotte Sports Center held a Family Night, where kids could skate, play in the bounce houses and play soccer and hockey on the indoor fields. Grace went right to bouncing first thing. We finally got her to skate, but she really didn't want to. She wanted Dan to hold her and skate fast. She did make a lap or two around by herself in her own skates. They didn't have small enough ones for her feet.
This was the opening weekend for the Renaissance Festival and tickets were buy one get one. It was cold and wet when we went last year, so I thought we should brave the traffic and enjoy the sunny, hot day outside. The traffic was much worse than I thought, and it took us an hour to travel about 3 miles. It was crowded when we arrived, but we still have a good time. Grace is all about the rides. You would think she would be more interested in the costumed characters and neat buildings, but she paid little attention to them. She did sit long enough to watch a joust and a few minutes on a bird show. At the end, she had to have a caramel apple with sprinkles. So she sat and listened to a harp player for 30 minutes until she had eaten the entire, huge apple. She did not want to share and we couldn't get it away from her until she was finished.
The grandparents visited for a few days while Dan was away for work. Sunday, Grace, Grandma and I went to Touch a Truck, a cancer research fundraiser. There were over 50 vehicles for the children to play in, including a bulldozer that Grace is driving in the picture. She loved the fun bus but was most interested in the bounce houses, balloon animals and tatoos. Along with her tatoo she got red color in her hair. It really didnt show up, but she loved it.
Today was community helpers day at preschool. The school was visited by a fire truck and Grace made a doctor bag to bring home. Here she is cleaning Babe's boo boo before putting in a bandage.
Grace wants to be a mean witch with a green face for Halloween. She already has her costume, she just needed the face paint for it to be complete. Only problem is that she wanted to keep it on until Halloween.
Grace and I went with Lily and her parents to what Grace calls the Greek Festibal. Lots of food, dancers and rides, so Grace was so happy.
Grace enjoyed coloring faces on her little pumpkins. She is ready to carve the big one too.
A children's museum opened about thirty minutes from us, so we took Nana for a visit. It was very crowded because it was opening weekend. But we at least got to see it. Grace had so many things to do. It is a really nice area designed for kids under 7.
We saw lots of family on this trip.
