A couple of weeks ago Vanessa was to dress as a storybook character. She really wanted to dress as Meg from Magic Tree House but we don't see many illustrations of Meg and the ones we do, she looks pretty average, so I asked Vanessa if she wanted to explain herself all day and she said no. Vanessa went through a very brief Fancy Nancy phase when she was a preschooler and since has read a couple of Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth chapter books, and so it was somewhat easy to convince her to go as Nancy.
Although her hair is full of curls, we opted to pin curl her hair to get big and full curls. We then clipped and pinned with her fancy hair clips. Most recognized her dress up immediately. As soon as she walked in her music class, Mrs. Rittberger identified her first thing. Mrs. Rittberger even emailed me at home wondering if I would consider taking Vanessa to CCT performance of Nancy Fancy. Vanessa loves music class and Mrs. R, and often teaches Zane all the things she learns.
After school that day, Vanessa came home anxious to super sleuth an idea Grandma shared -- color ice balls. The kids loved ripping off the balloons and then as they melted a tad, the kids grew extra excited by the unintentional rainbow they created on the porch. We then moved the balls to the snow to watch over the course of a couple of days. It was fun to see the color each left in the snow too.