Preschool Fall Party

I volunteered to helped organize the preschool fall party. Four other wonderful preschool moms also volunteered to help. They did an amazing job putting everything together for a great party for 20 preschool kids. The kids started with snack- apple slices with caramel dip and chocolate milk boxes. Then there were five different stations set up and the kids were divided into 5 groups of four. Each mom managed a station for the kids to visit. We had two craft stations- a cute hand print bat and creating a picture frame for the fall field trip photo. We had a game station with bowling, candy corn toss, and pin the nose on the pumpkin. I did face painting and the bounce house was the fifth station. The kids also exchanged candy and took a decorated bag home.

Daycare Fall Party

The kids put on their costumes for our fall party and then we played games to celebrate. We had Elmo, a pirate, superheros, princesses, and even a superhero princess. We played pin the nose on the pumpkin, pumpkin bean bag toss, and I did face painting. Don't they look adorable!

Wednesday: Nicole's Birthday Party

Nicole's birthday party with all of her friends. All the kids were great and had a good time. They loved playing in the playland, eating lunch together and having birthday cake. We ran out of time at the playland, they were having so much fun playing, I didn't want to shorten their play time. So we waited until after nap time to open gifts. Our neighbor Jessica and two of her three girls were able to join us. The kids love playing with them at the park this summer. It was a wonderful way to celebrate her birthday and everyone had fun!

Nicole's Princess cupcakes at preschool for snack:

Pumpkins-done!!

We finished the pumpkins this week. Mason was the most excited about the process, he helped everyone with their pumpkins. When we were cleaning out the pumpkins, he kept complaining about all the "cheese" in the pumpkin. I told him it wasn't cheese it was pumpkin "guts." It does look like cheese! We use the pumpkin carving kits and the kids decided that they should work together to poke the holes to form the pattern. Laura kept saying 'let's work together as a tea, it will go faster." Everyone worked together and they did get them done very quickly. They were very excited that teamwork was so fast. I was so proud of them for working together, it is a very valuable skill to learn! The pumpkins turned out super cute and the roasted seeds were a delicious snack! We ran out of time carving pumpkins and Nicole carved hers in the evening with Daddy. They turned out really cool too.

Music Class- Wednesday

Ms. Kristen came on Wednesday and the kids had fun learning new songs and playing instruments. Holly joined the class for the first time, kids have to be at least two and be able to sit and follow directions to join class. She did a fantastic job and followed directions very well. It is so exciting to watch the kids grow up and learn new things.

The kids sang a song about a space ship and played under the parachute. They sang and danced to many Halloween songs as well. I have included two videos- one of them signing the welcome song and one of the rocket parachute song. Enjoy!

Pumpkins!

No school today so older kids started gutting the pumpkins during nap time. They had fun saving the pumpkin seeds and making a big mess with the squishy pumpkin goo. We can't wait to have some cool carved pumpkins. I read that pumpkins will last longer if you spray the inside with a diluted bleach solution, so we may try that and keep them cool. Hopefully they will last until the end of the month.

Welcome Lauren!

We were very excited to meet Elizabeth's new baby sister- Lauren. She is super adorable and Elizabeth is really excited to be a big sister. She loved telling us all about her baby. Welcome Lauren & congratulations to Elizabeth's family!