August 24-27 NUMBERS

Our theme this week will be numbers. I am having a hard time finding all my craft stuff/supplies in the basement since we have everything shoved in the closets but I think this theme will be easy to do without that stuff. I have some ideas and the kids should have fun with it while they learn.

Mon- MS- Apple AS-Pears
LUNCH- Cucumber sandwich

Tue-MS apple/banana AS-Grapes/ almonds and raisons
LUNCH-veggie wraps

Wed-MS-cantaloupe AS- apple and blueberries
LUNCH-Salad

Thur- MS-apple/banana AS- pear
LUNCH- Soup and Grilled cheese

Slacker :)

I have been a huge slacker with this blog thing lately. The last couple of weeks have been really hectic around here with no basement and Cody being gone so much. I just haven't been able to find the time. Hopefully things will start slowing down and I can find the time but for now bare with me.

As you are aware we are trying to sell the house. I just want to assure you that we will be staying in the area. We hope to stay in Luxstone but we are also considering Stonegate, Woodside, Reunion etc. Some where close by.

Here are some pics of the kids from the last month or so


Jonah's Birthday Party




Grayden trying to catch a fly....Makayla trying to help

Gray and Jonah playing

July 27-29 Community helpers again

So this week we are keeping the theme from last week. We have a lot of stuff we didn't get to do last week because we were outside so much so I would like to continue this week.

Mon- MS- grapes/blueberries AS-apple
LUNCH- almond butter and jam sandwich with some carrots

Tue-MS banana/apple AS-Grapes
LUNCH-Salad and cut up veggies

Wed-MS-banana AS- apple and blueberries
LUNCH-veggie wraps

Thur- MS-strawberries/banana AS-Apple
LUNCH- Pitas

JULY 20-23 Community helpers

This week our theme will be Community helpers.
It is also Jonah's BIRTHDAY on thursday July 23 so we will be having a little party for him this wednesday the 22nd.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONAH!!!!

Mon- MS- Apple AS-grapes
LUNCH-Vegetable soup

Tue-MS Pears AS-Grapes and apple
LUNCH-veggie wraps

Wed-MS-banana AS- apple and blueberries
LUNCH-Make our own veggie Pizzas

Thur- MS-strawberries/banana AS-Apple
LUNCH- Pitas

July 14-15 SHAPES

Sorry about last week! This week we will be learning about shapes!!

LUNCH/SNACK

Tue-MS blue berries AS-Grapes/watermelon
LUNCH-Apple Sandwiches

Wed-MS-banana/apple AS- watermelon and grapes
LUNCH-veggie wrap

June 22- 25 CANADA WEEK

Since the kids won't be here next week we are celebrating Canada day this week.


Mon- MS- grapes AS-Apples
LUNCH- PINWHEEL PLATTER

Tue-MS blue berries/apples AS- Pear and grapes
LUNCH-Veggie wraps

Wed-MS-banana AS- apple
LUNCH-Ants on a log with carrot and hummus dip

Thur- MS-strawberries AS-Apple
LUNCH- VEGGIE QUESADILLA

June 15-18th FATHERS WEEK

This week will be about their daddy's. We'll make gifts and talk about why we love our daddy's etc.
Happy father's week :)

Mon- MS- Apple AS-Pears
LUNCH- Cucumber sandwich

Tue-MS strawberries and apple AS-Grapes/pears
LUNCH-veggie wraps

Wed-MS-banana AS- apple and blueberries
LUNCH-Apple sandwiches

Thur- MS-strawberries/banana AS-Apple
LUNCH-ants on a log with other veggies

JUNE 8-11TH KARAOKE WEEK

This week isn't really a "theme" I guess but it is Karaoke week! I have a bunch of fun children's music that we will sing and hopefully learn a few songs. Jonah had a blast with it today singing along with me and my dad :) There is a video camera in the Karaoke machine so they can see them selves on the screen. The will have fun with it I'm sure!

LUNCH/SNACKS

Mon- MS- grapes AS-Apple
LUNCH- Cucumber sandwich some carrots on the side.

Tue-MS strawberries/rasberries AS- Pears/oranges
LUNCH-Ants on a log with almond butter and raisons on top (carrots on the side with hummus dip)


Wed - SISTER COMES HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thur- MS-strawberries/Grapes AS-Apple
LUNCH-Tuna casserole

I have been SO busy this weekend with family down for my sisters homecoming I have had no time to think of a theme or do my weekly update. I just wanted to quickly let you know before hand that my parents will be staying with me this week and hanging out here so I just wanted to make sure you were aware. I will try to post for this week tomorrow afternoon while Jonah takes a nap.

Have a great day!

June 1-4th MUSIC WEEK

So this weeks theme will be MUSIC. For crafts we will make our own music instruments and maybe make a song together or something fun like that. On Tuesday we will be having a little birthday party for Makayla since we missed her last week. Makayla turned 4 on May 27th so we will have some fun things planned for her on tuesday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAKAYLA :)



LUNCH/SNACKS THIS WEEK

Mon- MS- grapes AS-Apples
LUNCH- PINWHEEL PLATTER (cheese/chicken/veggies on toothpicks and some fruit ones too)

Tue-MS strawberries AS- Pear and Oranges
LUNCH-Veggie wraps

Wed-MS-banana AS- blackberries and grapes
LUNCH-Ants on a log with carrot and hummus dip

Thur- MS-strawberries AS-Apple
LUNCH-CHEESY VEGGIE QUESADILLA

May 25-28 Super hero week

Our theme this week will be SUPER HEROES ! Not a whole lot to learn about this week but it will sure be fun! Makayla and Bordy are gone for the week with there bubba and Grandpa so It will be just Jonah, Gray and I. I thought Jonah would have fun with this one. Hopefully this weather pans out and we can get the pool out and have some fun in there this week!

LUNCH/SNACKS THIS WEEK

Mon- MS- grapes AS-Apples
LUNCH- Hay stacks (rice, pineapple, cucumber, tomato, celery, chicken with a little cream of chicken soup)

Tue-MS banana AS- Pear
LUNCH- tomato soup/grilled cheese

Wed-MS-apple AS- blackberries/raspberries
LUNCH- banana wrap

Thur- MS-strawberries/grapes AS-Apple
LUNCH-Frittata Muffin (eggs, Zucchini, peas, corn, and cheese)

May 19-21 PLANT WEEK

PLANT WEEK PICTURES






This week our theme will be about PLANTS! We will be learning how plants grow and what we have to do to take care of them. We will do fun activities such as painting our own flower pots and growing our own plants. Should be fun :)

LUNCH/SNACKS THIS WEEK

Tue- MS- Banana/apple AS-water mellon
LUNCH- Ants on a log with cut up carrots and hummus dip

Wed-MS Apple/blackberries AS-Grapes
LUNCH- Shepard's pie

Thurs-MS-banana/water melon AS- blackberries and grapes
LUNCH- veggie wraps

Camping week was a blast and the kids absolutely LOVED the tent. We ate in the tent, we read in the tent, played games in the tent, etc. Here are some pics of our week

The kids were so proud of what they made you for Mother's day! All day they kept asking when they could give it to you! I hope you had a wonderful mothers day and loved there gifts :)

Pictures of the week


Stirring our hand print mixture





We have a pigeon infestation around our area so thats what the kids are staring at here. I thought it was so cute them standing there so close I had to get my camera :)


Painting there hand prints


I was going to get nice gift boxes but wanted to be more creative so we came up with these that they were able to make instead

Playing in the water table

May 11-14 CAMPING WEEK

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!!!
Sorry I didn't post this sooner. I usually due this on Sundays but my internet was down yesterday.
Anyway this week our theme is camping! We'll do lots of fun camping crafts, activites, and games. We will be building an actual tent downstairs so we will be doing most our activities in there such as reading, telling camping stories, and singing camping songs around a fake camp fire we will make. (good time to talk about fire safety too) This will be a fun theme especially with a real tent to play in.

Some activities will include
Going on a walk and have the kids look for things that they might see while camping (rocks, leaves, stream, etc.) We will collect some items and make a collage with what they find.

Make a fake campfire using painted paper towel rolls as logs and tissue paper as fire.


LUNCH/SNACKS THIS WEEK

Mon- MS- Apple AS-Pears
LUNCH- Cucumber sandwich

Tue-MS strawberries AS-Grapes/blackberries and a Strawberry Bar (recipe from Lori Anne) if they finish there fruit
LUNCH-Apple Sandwiches

Wed-MS-banana AS- blackberries and grapes
LUNCH-veggie wrap with Pasta salad

Thur- MS-strawberries/banana AS-Apple
LUNCH-Grilled cheese and cut up veggies

A QUICK NOTE

It's about time we had some nice weather!! Well now that summer is FINALLY around the corner I just wanted to ask if you could please bring the kids sun hats and sunscreen when they come to play so we can take advantage of these sunny days and not worry about the sun. If you'd like to leave a bottle of sunscreen or hats here that is fine with me or just bring on a daily basis that is fine as well. On really hot days I'd love to take the kids outback and run through the sprinkler or play in our new baby splash pool/slip n slide. If you have any spare swim trunks you like to leave that would be great or I can let you know before hand when I know it will be HOT!

Also incase I forget:
Jonah's milk expires tomorrow
Brody's and Makayla's snacks are running low (I think they have a couple rawritos, cheezits and a bit of Goji berries left)

Thanks
Have a great day!

May 4-7 Mommy week

This week will be about Mommies :) We will talk about why they are special, why they love you, why we honor them on mothers day, and things they can do to show how much they love you etc.
And of course lots of crafts/gifts and a couple new songs about mommies :) Im sure you'll LOVE this theme. Haha


LUNCH/SNACKS THIS WEEK

Mon- MS- grapes AS-Apples
LUNCH- Jambalaya (rice, chicken. tomatoes, green pepper, onion etc.)

Tue-MS strawberries AS- Pear and Oranges
LUNCH-Veggie wraps

Wed-MS-banana AS- blackberries and grapes
LUNCH-Tracy's shepards pie

Thur- MS-strawberries AS-Apple
LUNCH-Frittata Muffin (eggs, Zucchini, peas, corn, and cheese)

Songs

Here are some songs we sing on a regular basis:
IN A COTTAGE
"In a cottage in the woods,
a little old man by the window stood,
saw a little rabbit hopping by,
knocking at my door,
saying HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME he said
before the hunters gonna bonk my head,
come little rabbit come with me
happy we will be


POPCORN POPPING
I looked out the window and what did I see,
popcorn popping on the apricot tree,
life has brought me such a nice surprise
popcorn popping right before my eyes
I can take an armful and make a treat
a popcorn ball that would smell so sweet
it wasn't really so, but it seemed to be
popcorn popping on the apricot tree


Ask your kids for the the actions :)
These are there favorite songs so far

Ocean week update

This week was filled with a bunch of games like hide and go seek, monster tag, crafts, puzzles, singing, reading, learning about the ocean, and wiping up runny noses :) haha

So what did the kids learn this week?

They learned the ocean is "blue" because it reflects from the "blue" sky. The ocean is important because it "cools" down the earth so it doesn't get to hot, and it makes rain so we can grow plants, therefore eat etc. They also learned about things that live in the ocean such as Whales, Fish, Jelly fish, octopus, (and that they have 8 legs) star fish, coral, star fish, sea weed etc. They really liked this theme especially Makayla.

Here is some pics of the week



Painting our Jelly fish



Painting our Earth (The kids LOVED this)


Very into this !!

April 27-30 OCEAN WEEK

This week our theme will be the ocean. We will learn what lives in the ocean, (fish, whales, plants, sand etc) why the ocean is important etc. We'll have fun with this theme I think.

LUNCH/SNACKS THIS WEEK

Mon- MS- Pear and grapes AS-Apple and Banana with almond butter dip
LUNCH- Cucumber sandwich ( Turkey, cheese, cucumber) with some carrots on the side.
Green drink-Orange juice (Oranges, banana, cucumber, sesame/flax seeds)

Tue-MS strawberries AS- Pear and Oranges
LUNCH-Ants on a log with almond butter and raisons on top (carrots on the side with hummus dip)
Green drink-Orange juice (Oranges, banana, cucumber, sesame/flax seeds)

Wed-MS-grapes and blackberries AS- banana and apple
LUNCH-Banana wrap (multi grain tortilla, banana, almond butter and honey) with carrots on the side
Green drink-Orange juice (Oranges, banana, cucumber, sesame/flax seeds)

Thur- MS-strawberries and Kiwi AS-Banana and grapes
LUNCH-Tuna casserole
Green drink-Orange juice (Oranges, banana, cucumber, sesame/flax seeds)

Earth Week

So last week was fun! The boy's weren't really into learning about the earth or singing the songs haha. But Makayla loved it! She learned some things SHE could even do to help save the earth such as turning off lights, not letting the water run when your not using it, keeping doors closed. etc. We made an "EARTH" paper mache on wednesday. I was thinking WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO!! What a mess.........but it was fun. The boys weren't really into it, they helped a little but would rather play. Makayla loved getting her hands messy and helping me stick the paper on the balloon. I was hoping to paint it that afternoon but I didn't realize it would take so long to dry so we will be painting it on Tuesday.

Here are some pictures of our week



Messy, messy, messy




Playing in the super market

Eating our home made pop sickles

April 20-23 Earth Week

Earth Day is on April 22nd so this weeks theme will be all about the Earth. We will be doing some fun crafts and we'll all help make an EARTH paper mache. I have some really cute songs and poems we will be singing for circle time and I'd like to talk to them about the little things we can do to help save our planet (remembering to turn off light switches, not to let the water run, Recycling etc.) On Wednesday the 22nd I will let them watch a short 30min cartoon about Earth day on TV. I will post some photos of our week at the end of every week.

LUNCH/SNACKS THIS WEEK

Mon- MS-grapes and Banana AS-Orange and apples
LUNCH-Make our own pizzas (whole wheat English Muffins, Pasta sauce, turkey, tomatoe, cheese, and pineapple) and home made sweet potato french fries.


Tue-MS strawberries and Kiwi AS- Oranges and our home made pop sickles
LUNCH-Apple sandwiches (almond butter, a tad of honey, and sesame seeds in between apple slices)
(Fresh Strawberry, Banana, Cucumber,sesame/flax seed Green drink) We will be making extra green drink to make our own pop sickles in the morning

Wed-MS-grapes and Banana AS- Blackberries and grapes
LUNCH-Veggie Wraps (Multigrain tortilla, hummus, carrot, cucumber, spinach, tomatoes)
(Strawberry, banana, cucumber, flaw/sesame seed green drink)

Thur- MS-strawberries and Kiwi AS-Banana and grapes
LUNCH-Veggie Quesadilla (multigrain tortilla, lots of Veggies, and cheese)

Happy Easter !!

For Easter we did a big Eater egg hunt. The kids LOVED this ...We did this twice actually but the second time was just for fun (no snack) . I put one friut to go fun bite in each egg and they split them all after snack.
Here are some pics of our easter egg hunt!!


Picture with all the eggs they found










Sam had her very own Eater Egg hunt :)