Fun Friday

For some reason, these kids have all been asking about having a cupcake. Maybe since it was just Halloween and we had some then. Or maybe since they had a yummy one at Michael's birthday party. Or maybe it's because cupcakes are just plain good. So, for a special fun treat...we made some today. All of the kids helped mix everything together. Then they each got to decorate their very own cupcake. So here you see Kenzie, Carly, Michael, and Kate enjoying that special cupcake. What a fun Friday!

K is for Kazoo. Today the kids also had a fun time making their own kazoos. We made different sounds by practicing various humming noises. The humming creates a vibration that makes for a pretty cool sound.

The Sandbox Has Arrived!

Mr. Steve has been working hard on getting the sandbox ready...and it's ready!! Here is a picture of Carly, Kate, and Kenzie breaking it in. All of the kids are enjoying digging with the trucks, shovels, buckets, sand toys, etc. I love how it has a seat around the edge so I can sit right there and watch everyone play. On a side note kids, be sure to wear clothes that can get dirty! Isn't it so much fun...Thank You to Mr. Steve!!

Happy Birthday, Michael!

Today is Michael's 3rd birthday! We celebrated yesterday at Enchanted Island with all of his friends. All of us preschool friends were lucky enough to attend because it was TONS of fun. Lots of little rides...a roller coaster, tea cups, airplanes, bumper boats, an awesome train ride around the park, etc. We all had a fun time helping Michael celebrate his special day. Now today we got to sing Happy Birthday once again and enjoy some of those yummy cupcakes.

Here are the kids at Encanted Island celebrating 'Rock-n-Roll' style...Rock on kids!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MICHAEL!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

We had our Halloween Party this past Wednesday and what a fun time it was! The kids came dressed in their adorable costumes. We enjoyed some spooky Halloween treats, played 'Pin The Eye On The Monster', and made a haunted house treat bag! It was especially fun to have our families join us on this fun day! Thank you for all of the party contributions, too.

Kaden...a.k.a., Spider Man!

Minnie Mouse (Kate) and Star Wars (Mitchell)

Pirate (Michael) and Cinderella (Carly)

The kids enjoying our spooky treats...cookies, cupcakes, juice, crackers and cheese, and veggies...yum, yum!

Kate playing 'Pin The Eye On The Monster'.

Michael's turn...

Carly's takes a turn, too!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Music Time

Carly, Kate, and Michael are singing one of our favorite songs,"The Itsy-Bitsy Spider"...as you can see by their hands turning into spiders crawling up the water spout! We also like to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, London Bridge, Ten in the Bed, Humpty Dumpty, Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes, and Mulberry Bush. We love to march around to Grand Old Duke of York. So you can tell most of these are nursery rhymes and let me tell you, the kids really enjoying putting movement to the music...it's one of their favorite times of the day!

Tolmachoff Farms Field Trip

Today we visited the pumpkin patch at Tolmachoff Farms and what a blast we had. Here is Kate, Kaden, Michael and Carly taking a rest next to a scarecrow right next to the pumpkin patch.

Here we are just about to enter the mini corn maze. Along the way we found lots of corn that was just about ready to be picked. Of course, the kids found some on the ground that they kept as a souvenir. The corn stalks were taller than the kids so it was cute watching them find their way through the maze! (picture: Kenzie, Sarah & Nate (Carly's cousins), Carly, Kaden, Michael, and Kate).

Finding our way through the mini corn maze.

One of the best parts of the day was visiting the petting zoo. We got to feed the goats, pigs, chickens, and even an ostrich. The kids enjoyed feeding the animals right out of their hands!

Carly and Nate on the tractor bikes.

Kate and Michael taking a turn on the tractors.

Kaden said this was his favorite part of the whole day!

Kate, Carly, Kenzie, Kaden, and Michael have turned into vegetables!

All the kiddos enjoyed jumping around in pieces of CORN! As they jumped up and down it made a funny popping noise...like they were 'poppin corn'!

Kaden's pumpkin...

Kate and Carly sitting on Kate's pumpkin...

Michael's pumpkin...

Fall Marble Painting

Today we painted with marbles. You just put a marble in some craft paint, place your paper inside of a cardboard box, put the marble in the box and roll away! The marble rolls all over your paper creating a paint trail of neat designs. The kids painted these 'Fall' signs with orange, yellow, and red paint with the word 'Fall' written on the paper. Which happens to go with our letter of the week, "Ff". Not to mention they thought it was tons of fun!