On Monday Holly got to come over and play. We spent the whole morning at the beach in Sausalito. Some friends from the park joined us. We built a big pool in the sand, looked at beautiful jellyfish, and got soooooo sandy! In the afternoon we went to get a frozen yogurt and to the grocery store.
Today We...
Got to celebrate Vinny's Birthday! Holly and Jackson brought some presents, we made a crown, went out for pizza, and had cupcakes- FUN!
We got really messy with shaving cream and kitchen tools on the table.
We had a dance party to the Birthday CD Christian made for Vin.
We pretended we were birds and made nests out of blankets and pillows. We got to watch some of a Sesame Street all about baby birds and babies in our nests.
We went to Smith and Hawkin to look at the fish pond and to buy tomato seeds. The lady that worked there gave us stickers.
We talked about our parents names for a long time today.
B- waffles and grapes
S- yogurt and crackers
L-pizza and carrots
S- Cupcakes, milk

Today We...
Enjoyed the sunshine at the park for a long time this morning. J and H met some friends and they all played "cooking" in the play structure house. H and J collected small twigs and brought them home. I asked what they were going to do with them and they didn't know. We talked about it and decided to make nests. They made nests and put little bird cutouts in them. So cute!
We used plastic Easter eggs to make circle prints with pastel colored paint.
We have been talking about the fact that girls are Sisters and boys are Brothers. Its hard for the children to understand which one they are and which one they have- funny.
We have been talking about slowing our bodies down and the fact that we don't always have to be first to do everything such as wash hands, get out of the car, eat...
We played with play dough and made Birthday pies for Vinny's Birthday.
We are going to start talking about seeds and growing.
B- pancakes and grapes
S- Earths Best Krispy bars
L- PBJ, Kiwi,banana, milk
S- Grahams and cheese and grapes
Have a great Weekend!

Today we...
We got new potato heads and cars to play with.
We read a book called A Nest Full of Eggs.
Talked about nests and learned that they are homes for birds. We learned that baby birds eat worms that the Mommy chews up for them. We looked at sequence cards of a birds life cycle.
We made a picture chart of all of the animals that grow in an egg.
We played with small plastic bugs and butterflies. We filled up jars and plastic eggs with them. We talked about the simmilarities between the butterflies and birds- that they both have wings and fly and that they come from eggs.
Holly made a picture of a roller coaster.
Jackson told us all about his baby Sister tickling him this morning.
Vin brought some Easter books to share with us.
Ceci and Vinny have been working hard at trying the potty.
We brought so many big containers to the park today to do water play with our friends. That was a great time!
B-PBJ toast, berries, grapes
S-Goldfish and raisins
L- Quesadillas, broccoli, kiwi, and apples
S- Grahams and kiwi
Kate will bring snack for next week- It's Vinny's Birthday!

Hi all! Today we were all so happy to have Jackson back! We started the day with painting bird shapes with red and yellow paint. We are making a bird mobile. We went out this afternoon to look for sticks that we can use to hang them from.
We talked about things that hatch from eggs. Holly told us that Dinosaurs hatch from eggs- she remembered from last week! Lizards, turtles, caterpillars, and birds also hatch from eggs! We watched videos on the computer of chicks, lizards, and turtles hatching from eggs. The children thought this was really cool.
We tried a 10 minute reading time today where the children have to find books they like and sit quietly and read. Everyone did well.
We took all of our books, dancing ribbons, and toys to the park today. It was busy with lots of kids and nannies. and the sun was shinning to- yeah!
Our ribbon dancing show is this Thursday- don't forget!
I am thinking that if everyone agrees I would like to try something new for snacks. I was wondering if one week a month each family can be responsible for bringing snack for everyone. It is just getting expensive to feed everyone healthy snacks and lunch and I thought we could all split the time and cost. Something simple- so big fuss. Let me know how you feel about this idea.
B- cereal and banana
S- crackers and raisins
L- PBJ, strawberries, and apple, milk
S-corn muffins, and grapes

OK... so I am blogging about Tuesday( St. Pats day) as well as today.

On Tuesday we had a great green day! Vinny brought green cream cheese, green apples, zucchini muffins, and lucky charms- Thanks Basso family! Holly brought stickers and green snap peas- yum! We made shamrock collages and Leprechaun pictures with stickers. We also made green play dough with leprechaun glitter in it!

Jackson was gone spending time with his family and we missed him. All of our friends were very tired and took and almost 3 hour nap.

On Thursday we took a spontaneous field trip to farm day at the fair grounds. We got to see goats, miniature horses, bunnies, cows, sheep with their babies, turkeys, and chickens. Holly asked what the word miniature meant and wanted to know more words for big. We took a long look at the chickens because we are going to start talking about eggs. We had so much fun and it was very crowded! We went to the park after farm day.

We also played with plastic eggs and paper rolls. We tried to fit the eggs through them and also used them to make Birthday candles.

B- Yo baby and strawberries

S- peanut butter sammies

L- crackers, cheese, cherry tomato, turkey breast, and snap peas

S- pudding and fruit