Rainy Days and Halloween Activities

It's been raining for days here in St. Louis, and I'm running out of ideas to keep this rambunctious toddler occupied.  On Monday we were expecting severe weather, so I set up the kiddie table in the living room, threw some coloring books and crayons on the table and let Katherine go at it.

This turned into an all day affair for me, as she thought it was more fun to hand me a crayon and tell me where to color.  I was having to color hair purple and faces yellow for most of the morning.

That afternoon, I got the paints out and we made Halloween hand and foot art.  Katherine hated it.  So, we went back to coloring.  Or me coloring for her.  

On Tuesday night, we went to the Halloween party at the library (in the rain of course).  We colored some more, because we weren't quite ready for the big kid Halloween crafts.

{Katherine's Witch Hat bow}

During Halloween story time, my child was the wild child who wouldn't sit still.

  And then she just sprawled out on the floor.

A lot of the kids were dressed in their Halloween costumes.  One little girl was dressed as Elsa from Frozen.  Katherine stalked that poor girl for most of the night, because she recognized the dress.  The little dress also had a picture of Elsa on the bodice that Katherine kept pointing at and trying to touch.  The little girl kept looking at Katherine like she was crazy.  I completely understood her aggravation.    Note to self:  When Halloween costumes go on sale, buy Katherine an Elsa dress of her own.  

I'm hoping it stops raining long enough this week to take Katherine to a pumpkin patch.  We need some outside time.