Beach Week!

This is officially the third week in our beach week theme...it will be the last, I promise!! It was harder then I thought to complete all the activities I had in mind when I am working part time and visiting a lot with friends! One of Adalyn's favourite activities so far has been the cornmeal sensory bin! She has played in it four or five times now, I almost don't want to pack it up!

I bought a bin to have for sensory play at Walmart and we filled it with cornmeal, shells and sand toys. She is still fascinated with shells but does love the feel of the cornmeal as well. She has eaten it once but that was it. I don't think it tastes very good! :)

Here is our beach in a box:

At first she liked the feel of the table cloth. She was moving her legs back and forth..it was cute. Then she dug in

She found the shells right away and continued to feel the bumps

 I also placed her in the box. I wasn't sure if she would like it...but she had the same reaction! She didn't freak out like I thought she might!

Our friends Chrissy and Zachary came over last week so of course we played with it!!

 Zachary took a mouthful too...he didn't like it very much either!

Overall this has been an awesome idea! I would do this again in a second!!! I will be posting the rest of the beach theme activities as well as our 9 month favourites this week! Can you believe I will have a nine month old tomorrow?!!! wow!

Ashley

My new plan..

Hey guys! Hope you all had a great weekend! Recently I have started following a few blogs that focus on baby/child activities! I found them when I was searching for art ideas (babies could do) on PINTEREST! I love how the moms are so interactive and hands on with their children! I would like to become better at this! I would love Adalyn to explore more, get messy more, and experience more sensory activities! Adalyn is really good at exploring but I would like to give her new things to explore...just like at our infant discovery class. Each child got a basket of different objects they could explore.They included toys, household items, fabric scraps etc. They were different colours, textures etc . She loved it! I would like to provide her with a new sensory basket each week, with stuff from around the house!

The one blog I follow, House of Burke, has a different theme each week! I love this idea. All of her activities have to do with that theme! I think I am going to try this as well! Maybe one theme for every two weeks though, because I am fairly busy and work two afternoons a week! She just did a beach week. The activities were adorable! She incorporated sand and shells in a lot of her activities! I think that is going to be my first theme!! I am not trying to copy her with every activity but a few will be the same ;) I am only planning on spending $5-$10 on each theme, if that. I don't think I will spend near $10. I plan to use as much as I can that I already have. I am on a very tight budget!!

I'm not sure if I will post after each day we do an activity or after the week is up. I will have to see how busy we are and how many activities we get done! I hope you follow along with us and enjoy seeing my babe exploring and getting a little messy! I am excited!!

Ashley