Thursday

B~ Rice Krispies, cantaloupe, milk
S~ Strawberries, ritz crackers, water
L~ Shell macaroni and cheese, broccoli, baked beans, wheat bread and butter, milk. Hot dogs for kids over 3yo, slice of American cheese for the under 3yo's.  The Food Program requires a protein be served with boxed mac and ch. They don't allow hot dogs for children under 3 even if it is cut up small.

S~ Bananas and saltine crackers

Today Brendan's brother, Brady, was here ~and it has been a lot of fun! The winds were really strong today so I opted to keep the kids in as it felt bitterly cold.  We took out the parachute and got some extra gross motor play using that.
We read "Those Mean, Nasty, Dirty, Downright, Disgusting, but...Invisible Germs" which is a great story on how hand-washing helps to keep us from getting sick The author, Judith Rice also wrote two others, one about head lice (yeah, I know) and one about cavities.

Today's photos

Brendan with the stacking stars toy

Alanah and Brady look on as Brendan plays the ball game, Charli

Addison with the pop up toy

Breakfast

Dinosaurs and blocks

Brady

Brady liked the expanding ball

He even made it into a dinosaur cage

Building with magnatiles

Brendan, Charli and Addison

Brady's creation, from one side it looked like a "lower case T'

Daniel

Addison with the toy ferris wheel

Alanah put the solar system puzzle together all by herself

Alanah's lovely vase of flowers

Daniel at the keyboard

Legos in the sensory table

Brendan with the tape measure and funnels

Parachute play, the balloons were bouncing off of it, Brendan crawled underneath

Daniel loved the balloons

Everyone had a turn crawling under, then they all hid underneath together

A variety of painting going on: Brendan and Alanah used temera paints, Addison fingerpainted, and Charli used the bingo markers

Brady had finished his painting, so he played a chase game which Daniel loved!

These two are official buddies! Brady and Daniel