Happy 2nd Birthday Peyton!

We made it to Friday! Yippee:) We celebrated Peyton's 2nd Birthday today, it's so hard to believe that she is a big girl now! She was my "spoiled" baby for so long:~) Apparently Baby Alive's are something worth fighting about? That was what she got for her birthday present and the rest of the kids sure were interested in checking it out, but there was no way she was going to share it.... MINE! Oh, how we gotta love the 2's!

We used shaving cream and glue to make a snowman, they will have to dry over the weekend so we can finish them up on Monday. After we finished that, we did shaving cream on the table.... oooohhh... was that fun:) The kids thought it was neat that they could write things in it and erase it and write again!

We headed out to the snow hill this morning, they all had a blast going down, even Alexis did! She was giggling so hard:) I stood at the top to hold their sled and sent them down, they climbed back up and we did it over and over and over again!

Have a great weekend!

Breakfast: glazed donuts, grapes
Lunch: mac n cheese, hotdogs, green beans, banana
Snack: Peyton's birthday treats

It's Thursday already!

Walking down to check out our new big hill!

It seems like the week is buzzing right on by! I can't believe that it's already Thursday! It's amazing how fast the week has gone by considering that school has only been late once this week!

We worked on listening skills today with a snowman worksheet, they had to listen for directions. Color one mitten green, color one mitten red, etc... They did very well with it and it also worked great for the littler ones on colors. After that, we practiced our cutting skills. We have some great cutters, that is when we are holding the scissors correctly :)
We were able to enjoy the beautiful weather this morning! IT'S GORGEOUS OUTSIDE! I wish this weather would stick around for awhile, sure makes me want SPRING!

The rest of our morning, we spent dancing to some music and the big kids did puzzles while the little girls played dolls!

Breakfast: french toast sticks, oranges
Lunch: tuna hotdish, banana, grapes, garlic toast
Snack: PBJ

Busy Wednesday!

We had a busy morning! We headed to the Marshall Library where they had fun playing with the different toys including puzzles, flannel board pieces, trucks, big legos, etc... After the library we headed to Wal*Mart to pick out some new fish for our fish tank! Nope, I wasn't crazy, but we sure got some looks from people and a few comments :)

It is beautiful outside today, I can't wait to get out this afternoon and let them enjoy all this fresh air! We may have to head down to the big snow hill as Mike leveled them out last night, so they should have a nice path to sled down!

Breakfast: pancakes, pears

Lunch: cheese pizza, grapes, apples

Snack: clementines

Tuesday!

It is beautiful outside today! We managed to get out for a little bit but the wind was a bit chilly! We made Eskimos this morning and water painted a snowman. Grandma came and read stories and the Bookmobile should be stopping this afternoon.

We will plan to go the library tomorrow instead of Thursday this week.
Breakfast: cereal, banana
Lunch: chili, grapes, crackers
Snack: crackers

Bubble Wrap

I cleaned out my craft closet the other day and found this bubble wrap.... They seriously had a ton of fun stomping on it. I just love to listen to their giggles:) When we were done, I told them that there was still one bubble left to pop! They couldn't believe it when they found a ton more:)

December Pictures

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Happy Friday!

We are getting tired of being cooped up inside! I'm hoping that next week is much warmer so we can get outside and enjoy some fresh air in our lungs!

Today, we made snowmen with three different sizes of circles. I always love to see how they create their art projects... We had snowmen of all kinds, from tall ones to smashed looking ones:) We also made pigs (out of hearts) for our bulletin board. The kids are developing excellent cutting skills!

Breakfast: donuts, grapes
Lunch: cod fish nuggets, french fries, bread, banana
Thanks again for making arrangements to pick your children up early today, I really do appreciate it. I have a great group of parents:)

Have a great weekend! 

Just a normal day:)

Kaylin & Carter

Wonderful Wednesday!

We kept busy this morning! We did the letter O today, thanks to Brianna for bringing back the letter jar for us! We made owl's and learned the letter O song,

An O is just like a circle or a zero- Oh, it's so easy for me!
You just make the sound with your mouth open wide!
/o/, /o/, /o/, /o/, /o/, /o/, /o/, /o/, /o/, /o/!
An O is just like a circle or a zero- Oh, it's so easy for me!

We also played a few games of memory with winter pictures, they loved this and it seemed like the littler kids got all the matches by luck:)

Breakfast: cinnamon raisin toast, banana
Lunch: hamburger rice hotdish, cheesy veggies, grapes
Snack: cookies

Tuesday!

It feels like Monday today with a few of the kids out yesterday! Grandma came and read stories this morning... We made a snowflake puzzle, the bigger kids actually got a puzzle when they were done while the smaller kids practiced their cutting skills! Too cold to go outside and play so we danced and did exercises to get rid of some energy!

Breakfast: monkey bread, banana
Lunch: pork chops, cheesy potatoes, grapes, bread
Snack: bread sticks

No School/ Pajama Day

No school today! We also had pajama day. I got a few new buckets of legos this weekend, so the kids had a blast building huge towers with them this morning. We also played with playdough- they were busy making cookies and pizza today! We started making our Valentine's Day bulletin board. We also enjoyed the beautiful weather this morning:)

Breakfast: poptarts, banana
Lunch: tacos, grapes
Snack: ranch oyster crackers

Alexis facinated with the ribbiting puppet

Peyton & Alexis

Peyton's favorite thing outside is to pull Alexis in the sled

Video of the kids on our snow hill

Here is a video of the kids on our snow hill back in December! I'm sure it is much larger now, but we haven't ventured out that way for awhile:)

Library Today!

We had a busy morning and one will all girls too I might add! The boys were all home sick :( So the girls and I headed to the library, picked out some stories and listened to a few stories. Then we got to play in the gym for almost an hour. Boy, did that tire them out:) All that running around! We even picked Brianna up after preschool today!

We met Mike for lunch at the Oasis (they were busy singing the number 5 song in when we were getting ready to leave... it was cute and everyone thought they did such a great job!) came back and read a few stories and they were wiped out and ready for naps!

I think after nap we will have to give pedicures and manicures since we have all girls today! I hope they tip good.... LOL!!!!

Breakfast: cereal, banana
Lunch: cheeseburger, french fries
Snack: bugles

Wonderful Wednesday!

We enjoyed our time with the big kids before they had to go to school once again this morning! Not sure who is enjoying it more... the little ones having the big kids around or the big kids getting out of 2 hours at school!

We worked on letter N today and also did number 5. We counted the fingers on our hands and realized that we have five fingers.

The little girls helped me put out some valentine books today so they spent most of their day reading "new" books and building on the Lego table.

Breakfast: pancakes, oranges
Lunch: roast beef, potatoes & carrots, oranges, bread
Snack: string cheese and crackers

Snowflake Tuesday!

Here they are with their snowflake masks!

I guess our theme for today was snowflakes, we made a snowflake with different shapes. We learned that a snowflake has 6 sides just like a hexagon and we also made snowflake masks! Afterwards, we played a memory game with.... SNOWFLAKES!

Grandma came and read stories this morning as well. We didn't venture outside this morning :(

Breakfast: chocolate chip muffin, oranges

Lunch: Italian Dunkers, banana

Snack: banana bread

Monday!

I hope you all had a great weekend! We enjoyed having the school kids around this morning! They were busy throwing birthday parties for everyone along with presents (things wrapped in blankets) and cake and other food!

We used dot sponges to create a snow scene picture, some of them created snowmen, others a snowstorm! Afterwards, we played with white play dough followed by flannel board stories. We headed outside for a little bit this morning as well!

Breakfast: cereal, oranges
Lunch: chicken & cheese tortillas, lettuce, fruit blend
Snack: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots

Thursday, January 6th

This is what the kids love to do... match up the Lego's to the Lego plates!

We had a light bunch today or so it seemed! We worked on our cutting skills and also on smallest to biggest. We had enough time left this morning so we did stickers for a little while! The little ones pile them all each on top while the bigger kids spend time deciding where they are going to place each sticker!

Grandma came out and read stories this morning as well and we also got outside for a little bit! This little bit of snow is great, the kids love to shovel the sidewalk and actually see their path!

After lunch, we had another snowball fight.... they had a blast! "That was so much fun",  one of them said!

Breakfast: caramel rolls, banana
Lunch: hm pizza, oranges, yogurt
Snack: tuna salad, crackers

Wonderful Wednesday!

It's a gorgeous day outside today and we took advantage of the fresh air this morning! Brianna said that she found bunny tracks in the snow so her and the boys were following them around :-)

We also made mittens this morning and they played Lego's for quite a long time as well as doctor!

Breakfast: granola bars, banana
Lunch: hamburger hotdish, garlic bread, oranges
Snack: muffin

Terriffic Tuesday !

It was too cold to go outside today, so we had a "snowball" fight inside using plastic golf balls! The kids thought it was so much fun and giggled and giggled while doing it!

We also made snowmen and learned about letter M today... "Capital M's got big bumps" Thanks to Madison for bringing letter M things today!

The babies had a little bit of tummy time today, will keep working on that!

Breakfast: waffles, banana
Lunch: tacos, oranges
Snack: pretzels

Happy 3rd Birthday Madison!

I hope you all had a Happy New Years! As much as I enjoyed my extra day off... I was still looking forward to Monday so we could have a normal routine again :)

The kids must have all had busy weekends as they were tired today! I think we had a record time of the bigger kids all asleep at nap time :)

We celebrated Madison's 3rd Birthday today! She brought a pinata for us, they thought that was nifty! We will also have some ice cream cake later :)

We made penguins today and they kept busy playing in/with the rest of the stuff that I set up yesterday! We were also able to get outside this morning!

Breakfast: cereal, pears
Lunch: round steak,. mashed potatoes, corn, bread
Snack: crackers

January Theme

Here's what I spent my day working on! A little sneak peak into our polar bear/penguin/ice fishing/snow theme!

Ice Fishing!

Ice fishing anyone?

Tackle box

worms?!?!

5 Little Penguins flannel board story

Bears/ Artic Animals

Softner Salt in sensory tub with penguins

Covered our blocks with white paper!

Bear Cave

A few books!

"snowballs" for our snowball fight!