Storytime in the Park?

Another one of the many park district classes I registered Miss Gracie in this summer was a one day class called "storytime in the park." Well, we woke up this morning only to see yet another storm brewing! I don't know about you but I am getting sick of these storms. First of all, if you know me, you know that I hate storms! I try not to get to nervous in front of the kids, especially Gracie because I don't want her to have the same fear I have. Anyways, it was pouring rain this morning so I knew we wouldn't have the class. Luckily, the park district called to say that they would still have the class but they moved it inside. Yeah! Plus, it would be where Gracie will be going to preschool in a few short months. So we got dressed, grabbed Gigi, who is in town visiting from Colorado, and away we went. It was fun despite being inside. We still did all kinds of summery things.

After listening to a summertime story, there were stations all over the room and the kids could go around at their own pace. Gracie's first stop was to make crafts. She LOVES glueing things. So we made a rainbow fish and a frog.

And the frog had a big, long, pink tongue that Gracie loved to blow.

After that, we went fishing.

And then it was time to make our very own beehive complete with Honeycomb cereal that you could eat while you worked. Gigi helped with this one.

After, it was on to playdough. Everyone loves playing with this.

One of Gracie's favorite activities she didn't discover until the end. You had to find animals hidden in the grass. Using tongs, Gracie dug out many animals. The other parents were impressed that she knew all of the animals. And lucky for Gracie, there happened to be not one, but two panda bears hidden in there!

Finally, we ended the class by playing with big parachute. All of the kiddies enjoyed this. We had to keep all the animals bouncing around on it and then we even got to sit under it like a tent which was fun too!

Thank you Plainfield Park District for yet another enjoyable class!

More pics to come of swim lessons from this week too!