Thursday, April 4, 2013

Thursday

B~Shredded Wheat with bran cereal, cantaloupe, milk
S~Strawberries, saltines, filtered water
L~Pasta with meat spaghetti sauce, parmesan cheese, wheat bread and butter, broccoli veggie mix
S~Plums, townhouse crackers, filtered water

The Community Helpers felt set was out again today. The kids also enjoyed water play.
I borrowed the Wizard of Oz soundtrackfrom the library and we listened to that today.  I also put on a puppet show of the Wizard of Oz improvising with puppets and stuffed animals, it was fun, we got as far as the Emerald City :-)

We've been working on picking up the toys as we finish with them-- and it's felt like a losing battle lol-- but today they did great ~and I am encouraged! :-)

There was a bit of a wind today but otherwise the sun was warm and we were out for almost an hour :-)


Jack

Brendan on the flute

Addison

Daniel on the phone

Lelia asking for "something from the closet" They all know there are toys stored there :-)


Lelia, Charli, Addison and Brendan with water, scoops and funnels

Addison with the trucks

Daniel, Charli, Addison, Brendan and Lelia

Daniel and Lelia

Charli and Addison with the felt set
Brendan puts the globe away, so he can use the felt set next

Brendan

Addison and Jack

Brendan, Lelia and Daniel

Addison slid down the slide


Daniel

Brendan

Lelia

Charli and Jack

Charli with the trucks

Daniel making a call

Daniel and Brendan



On the climber- Daniel, Addison, Brendan, Lelia, and Charli on swing


Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Wednesday

B~Shredded Wheat with bran cereal, plums, milk
S~Cantaloupe, saltines, filtered water
L~Grilled Cheese, baked beans, brocc/cauli/carrots, milk
S~Stoneyfield Banilla yogurt, cantaloupe, filtered water

Today we planted heirloom tomato seeds


Daniel, Lelia and Charli

Charli and Ivy

Addison carries the cash register to her "office"


Ivy

Ivy and Charli

Daniel and Addison

Lelia's hat, AJ and Ivy- with her "hat"

Lelia and Daniel

Lelia, Ivy, Charli and Daniel

Jack

Daniel and AJ


Jack

Daredevil Lelia





Charli and Ivy

Jack


Daredevil Daniel
No, still can't reach the planets

Ivy, Chali and Daniel with puppets


Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Tuesday

 B~ Cream of wheat with raisins, bananas and milk
S~ Apple slices and blueberry bread from Alanah, filtered water
L~ Ham Hash- cut up spiral ham cooked with carrots and potato; broccoli, corn on the cob, bread and butter and milk
S~ Corn Muffins from Alanah, bananas and filtered water

We started planting heirloom seeds today. We planted seeds for small sugar pumpkins, Scarlett runner beans who's red flowers are supposed to attract hummingbirds, and a variety of bean called Lazy Wife-not politically correct --but named because it is easy to pick which sounded good to me :-)

I had prepped the soil flats last night but discovered they were still extremely dry, so we dumped it all into the big blue bin and got it nice and moistened by hand. Then we refilled the flat. We still have many varieties of seeds to go too.  I didn't get any photos, it was enough of an adventure just getting the seeds into the soil with a group of young kids :-)

We also had the community helper flannel board set out. We went through all the various careers and we talked about how the people were moms and dads at home but then they'd go out and work at their job, some had special clothes, uniforms and tools that they used. The kids were engaged and enjoyed it.

Just a smattering of photos

Addison with the community helper felt set- they are like paper dolls and the specialty clothing rests on the multi-cultural people
Jack

Outside Brrrr we were only out for 15 minutes







Monday, April 1, 2013

Monday - April 1st

B~ Cheerios (2nd's was Shredded Wheat) bananas, milk
S~ Strawberries and saltines, filtered water
L~ Home made turkey breast, mashed potato, fresh cooked broccoli, bread and butter, milk
S~ Apples and townhouse crackers, filtered water


Happy Monday! I didn't even realize it was April 1st!
Happy April Fool's Day!

What gorgeous weather today, it actually felt warm out there!

We have a few new items- a Little Tikes bowling game, and a replacement hobby/stick horse.
New "Spring" library books as well.

Brendan and Charli, Brendan is using the hammering designs game



Lelia

Jack with the wired beads


Ivy pointing to her picture and saying "I made that"


Lelia and Brendan

Addison

Outside! It was nice out!

Charli, Addison, Ivy and Lelia

Brendan took his shoes and socks off- it wasn't *that* nice out yet- so he was putting them back on

Jack tried out the swing today

He liked it!

Charli and Ivy on the glider

Lelia spins- we can do this when no one is swinging next to us

Addison giving "little pushes" to  Jack

Addison and Lelia

Brendan

Charli pulls Ivy

Jack plays as lunch is being readied

Ivy attempts to hang her coat up