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Windy today...

It sounds like the kid's all had great weekends! From what I've heard, they all had a great time. It's windy today!

We painted dolphins and sharks today and added our faces to our deep sea divers from Friday as well as added our picture to our dolphin to look like we were riding on it. We will have to finish up our sharks tomorrow. I will have to post a picture tomorrow of them hung up.

It's amazing to watch their imaginations come to life when they are busy playing. I added a few beach things to our dramatic play over the weekend and they can come up with more ideas to play, it's fun to watch!

Breakfast: cereal, banana
Lunch: tacos, oranges
Snack: cinnamon roll

Happy Friday!

The kids are all excited that the weekend is here. Although summer hasn't offically began yet, it seems like it's the first official summer weekend! They are all excited for those of them that are going camping! Hopefully the weather holds out!

We made a few things this morning- we colored a deep sea diver for our new bulletin board and we also made a jellyfish that we hung up. Those took us a little while as they had to dobber the whole thing and then we did the same to the back.

We did get outside this morning, but only for a little bit. It was chilly out! They kept warm running around playing some game they made up:)

Breakfast: donuts, grapes
Lunch: chicken strips, ff, oranges
Snack: puppy chow

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND... SEE YOU ON TUESDAY!

Thursday...

One more day closer to the weekend! Hip, hip hooray! This morning, we re-arranged the playroom and the kids played "cafe". The girls were also selling dresses in their cafe, (see the above picture) We also completed our bug theme by making bug jars.

We enjoyed the beautiful day outside, since it sounds like rain for tomorrow!

They decided that today should be "blue day", so needless to say we had to have blue potatoes, blue applesauce and blue milk at lunch.

Breakfast: pancakes, grapes

Lunch: mashed potatoes, applesauce, meatballs, tuna salad

Snack: crackers



Wednesday!

I had a Dr. appt this morning so Grandma stayed with the kids while I was gone. Above is a picture of the lincoln log tower the kids built. They haven't played with lincoln logs forever!

We headed outside for a little while, but it was chilly out!

I picked up Gnomeo and Juliet last night, so the kids are having a popcorn/movie afternoon!

Breakfast: toast, grapes
Lunch: ham sandwiches, applesauce, grapes
Snack: tuna salad/crackers

Tuesday

It's Tuesday already! The week is zipping right on by! We finished up our butterflies/cocoons this morning. We also made ladybugs with our hand prints and butterflies with band aids.

We headed outside to play this morning and they were having such a fun time I hated to come in for lunch!

Breakfast: french toast sticks, pineapple
Lunch: chicken & cheese tortillas, lettuce, pineapple
Snack: grapes and cheese

Happy Monday!

Here's a couple pictures form last week! Enjoy!

What a busy day today! We accomplished quite a bit! We finished up our bees, ants and started on our butterflies/cocoon's. We also played a few games of Hot Potato and did some flannel board stories before heading outside.

Breakfast: cereal, pears
Lunch: pizza hotdish, watermelon, banana
Snack: banana bread

Here's the recipe for the pizza hotdish since they all LOVED it!

2 c. egg noodles
1 lb hamburger
1 small onion
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp oregano
1 can tomato soup
1/3 c. water
8 oz. mozzarella cheese

Cook egg noodles per directions. Brown hamburger with onion and seasonings. Drain cooked noodles; mix in soup, water and hamburger. Put into a 2 qt. oblong casserole. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

- I didn't use onion

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! We started on making our ants this morning, then finished up our bees, colored, and spent the rest of the morning do puzzles, reading and playing. We didn't go outside this morning and they seemed fine with it.

Today, is Carter's last day at daycare. We will miss seeing his smiley face each day but hope that he stops back to visit us:)

A few things for next week:
Tuesday~ Bookmobile
Wednesday~ Grandma will be here while I have a DR. Appt in the AM

Breakfast: donuts, banana
Lunch: mini corn dogs, tator tots, oranges, watermelon
Snack: smore's bars

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!

*Thursday*

Happy Thursday! The week's almost over:)

We started on our bee's at circle time today, we will have to finish them tomorrow. Last night, I spent some time cleaning the playroom and re-arranging/switching toys. Their morning inside time was consumed with playing nicely! It's so nice when everything is fun and different!

We headed outside and it was nice out, however, it looks like the wind is picking up!

Breakfast: cereal, pineapple
Lunch: pork chops, potatoes, bread, grapes, pineapple
Snack: watermelon

1st day of summer vacation!

The first day of summer vacation! The school kids had to get back into our routine:) We made butterflies today for the start of our bug theme. They turned out adorable! I wish I would have made one for myself:)) We also cut out our sailboats we water painted yesterday and glued them together.

Grandma was here to read stories this morning as well and we headed outside. They must have all been tired, at nap time today all I heard as I was tucking them in was, "I'm so tired today Nicci!"

We ate lunch outside on the deck, they thought it was so much fun:)


Breakfast: waffles, peaches
Lunch: italian dunkers, grapes
Snack: strawberry fruit bars

Here's a few pictures of our fort we made this morning:

Last day of school!

Last day of school! The kids were all excited when they got off the bus:) I even heard, "I can't believe it's the last day of school today, it seems like we just started!"

We water colored this morning and did a seed worksheet then we headed outside to enjoy the gorgeous day!

My favorite thing I heard this morning was, "I'm a genius" they were figuring out what to play and one of them said how about magna tiles? It was too funny!

Breakfast: toast, strawberries
Lunch: chili, crackers, strawberries
Snack: monkey bread

Marvelous Monday!

What a beautiful start to our week! Let's hope this weather continues:) The kids' have been enjoying watching the finchs and orioles on the bird feeder, they are getting pretty good at counting them. A lot of the time, I hear, Nicci there are 3 yellow birds, or I see 1 orange bird!

We worked on our pre-writing skills with a tracing worksheet then made flowers with foam shapes. They think they are pretty big kids since I've been letting them use the glue theirselves! It's just the little things in life I guess:)

After that we headed outside to enjoy the wonderful weather!

Breakfast: cereal, banana
Lunch: scalloped potatoes/ham, cheese bread, peaches
Snack: yogurt, rice cakes

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! What a cold day today! We used liquid water color and practiced our fine motor skills by squeezing those pippets to pick up the watercolor. After that, we stamped and then did playdough.

We did manage to get outside this morning for a little bit despite the cold!

Breakfast: donuts, banana
Lunch: chicken fries, tator tots, bread, peaches
Snack: special k bars


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Thursday

What a rainy and gloomy day! Despite the weather, we made the best of it! We made flower puppets this morning while the little ones were sleeping, then we decided to switch the toys/books around, which is always fun to have something new to play/read with!

We cleaned up the garden thing, that they've been eying up all winter on the deck! (which is actually a baby toy, that they can crawl thru the tunnel and open the door) The big kids had more fun sitting in their reading books, I asked if that was the book garden? They just looked at me funny and continued to read.

We made a fresh batch of pink and green playdough, so that will be our afternoon activity. We haven't done playdough for a long time, so it should be fun and entertaining!

Breakfast: cereal, grapes
Lunch: french toast, sausage, oranges, hashbrowns
Snack: banana bread

Wednesday...

We learned numbers 9 & 10 today and letter Z. We will have to finish them up tomorrow. We also used dobbers to make kites for our bulletin board. We were able to get outside in between rain showers this morning!

Breakfast: muffin, oranges
Lunch: chicken, stuffing, potatoes, corn
Snack: crackers

Toasty Tuesday!

Ooftda! It's hot out there today! Definitely a popsicle afternoon:) Using paint, we made pussy willows this morning as well as mushrooms in the grass. We did a few letter/number songs as well as a couple flannel board stories before heading outside.

Breakfast: pancakes, grapes
Lunch: tator tot hotdish, green beans, bread
Snack: cookies

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday! Grandma Rosie came out this morning and watched the kiddos while I had to return for another ultrasound, when I got back she read stories to them and then we headed outside to blow away! They were so wild, they just ran and ran and ran while we were out! Nice to see them with lots of energy:)

Breakfast: cereal, pears
Lunch: pizza boats, peas, banana
Snack: apples

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday today! This weather is gorgeous:) We worked on sorting this morning then did a sorting worksheet with flowers. After flannel board stories, we did a few letter songs then headed outside and enjoyed a walk and just had a blast playing and just running!

In honor of Mother's Day, one of their new favorite books is, Mars Needs Moms! Of course, they always pick this book for us to read, so I about have it memorized! In the book, Milo wonders what is so special about moms? "Anyone could see that they were giant, summer-stealing, child-working, perfumy garden goblins. Mothers are also bellowing broccoli bullies and carrot-cudding cuckoos. Mothers were slave-driving, trash-mashing, rubbish odor ogres." Until the Martians take his mom back to Mars and he follows them does her realize just how special moms really are!  

Breakfast: donuts, banana
Lunch: fish nuggets, french fries, grapes, bread
Snack: carrot bars

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY!


*Monday: I have another ultrasound at 8:30, so Grandma Rosie will be here while I'm gone... this baby better cooperate!

Thursday

It's a beautiful day out today! We made dandelion pictures this morning as well as cards for our mom's, then went outside to pick out what we wanted to plant in our pots! We also hung up our bird houses we made yesterday afternoon and got the bunny out from the barn and stuck him in his little cage!

Breakfast: cinnamon roll, banana
Lunch: roast beef sandwiches, applesauce, grapes
Snack: muffin

Windy Wednesday!

We made flowers with our hand prints today and the highlight was using their own little glue bottle to glue themselves! It's just the little things in life:) We also colored after that, they are all getting to be wonderful colorers! 

Grandma came and read stories this morning and we headed outside and tried to stay out of the wind! Thank goodness the sandbox is sheltered from the house, so we played in the sand while we were out.

Breakfast: cereal, banana
Lunch: spaghetti hot dish, strawberries, grapes
Snack: grapes & pretzels

Tuesday!

We learned about the letter Yy today, made Y's with yarn and also each made a flower and chose the number/color of petals to put on our flower. They were still interested in sitting so we colored after that.

After flannel board stories and working on our counting skills we headed outside to enjoy the beautiful (non-windy!) day! It was so nice to be able to be outside, I think we were out for almost 2 hrs! AWESOME! We went for a nice big walk and wore them out:--)

Since it was so nice out, we were finally able to eat lunch outside on the deck:)

Breakfast: banana bread, pears
Lunch: hamburger/rice hotdish, strawberries, oranges
Snack: chips & cheese

~Monday~

Everyone must have had busy weekends! They were tired today:) We've been working on our Mother's Day projects and we will probably work on them off and on this week. We also planted some cucumber and tomato seeds (see above picture) it will be interested to see how long it takes for them to sprout!

We did manage to get outside for a little bit this morning, but it sure doesn't feel like May weather! Where's the 60's and 70's?

Breakfast: french toast, banana
Lunch: ham, hashbrowns, peas, garlic bread
Snack: graham crackers