Back on Track!

Hello everyone! I hope that everyone had wonderful holidays and enjoyed all the time off! Of course December is always a crazy month for everyone, including our house. We spent a lot of time in December playing freely and not doing many worksheets or crafty stuff. We did however stay on track with our colors, shapes, and letters, we just did it with flashcards, pictures, and playing hands on in the playroom. Our favorite thing to do in December was to play with the jumbo Lego's. They have always been in the playroom, but have been a renewed enjoyment for everyone. So much so that we ended up asking grandparents for more jumbo Lego's for Christmas because we were fighting over the ones we already had. Hopefully that will alleviate some of the fights amongst us!

Since my last update we have taken a few more pictures which I will post today! I know how everyone loves pictures!

Also, as we all know my computer is on the fritz, but I am picking it up today actually so I can get all of my hard drive stuff off of it so I can get back on track. I've been lost without my computer! We've been told that the problem is mostly fixed but that the computer is running SO slowly that we are recommended to start shopping for a new one. So that is what we will be doing soon. So thank you for hanging in there with me while I've been a little unorganized this last month with the loss of my computer and kids being sick and in and out of daycare. Winter always kind of throws everything a bit off!

We are slowly but surely getting back on track this month. By the end of the month we should be back into a good routine of our learning and schedule! It takes a bit of time for everyone to sort of recover from Christmas.

I will update you with all of the information for the month this coming up week. Our birthdays this month was Jared on Jan. 5 turned 3 and Skyann on Jan. 31 turns 4!!! Happy Birthday kiddos.

Enjoy the weekend and the pictures below!

Christmas Party Time!

Well, after a nasty bout of the flu in the house we are all working through a bit of a cold. Hopefully when this passes we will all be able to stay well for awhile! Due to the illnesses over the last couple of weeks and kids being in and out of health and my house, we have sort of had a FREE month this month. We have done a lot of free play, singing and dancing, and building with blocks to make as tall of towers as we can! It's been fun and very laid back.
Hopefully I'll get MY computer back very soon, and I will have all of my daycare stuff on it in order to get back on our schedule. I also promise that as soon as I get my computer back I will download some pictures for your enjoyment.
Reminder that I will be closed Christmas Eve at 4pm, Christmas Day and Friday after Christmas. No payment is due for any day except for Christmas Day.
Also, this Friday, Dec. 19, will be our Christmas Party and our green day. Please wear something green so we can take our group picture. Our party will consist of some cookies, crafts, movies, books, and carolling! Fun Fun!
Have a great night and I will see you all very soon.


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Computer Update!

As you all know, last week my computer crashed and I have been using a loaner computer. Though I can access the Internet now and do a few things, I don't have any of my daycare documents or a printer so I am still a little behind. I am hoping to have my computer back maybe next weekend sometime!
In the meantime, I will not have much printables for the kids or have my December newsletter for you for awhile.
We have been doing alot over the last few weeks. We have also been gearing up for the Holiday season and had a lot of fun during our Thanksgiving day Party.
I will try and keep you all posted about our Christmas party and color days for this month and hopefully can have something with more detail to you later this week.

As a note, I AM open on Christmas Eve, so fees will be still be owed. If you will not be here and you want to use a vacation day for that day, that's fine, I just need to know at least a week in advance. Payment is due for Christmas day like it was Thanksgiving day. These are the only two paid Holidays I take during the year. I will be closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25 - Sunday Dec. 28. You do NOT owe anything for Friday the 26th, that will be one of my vacation days. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding paid holidays or anything else.

I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving break and I will see you all on Monday to get back to the grind stone for a few weeks!

Halloween party!

Sorry that this post finds us almost a week post Halloween, but there has been no time to get on the computer for extended periods of time. I apologize.

We had a great Halloween party in my opinion. We had fun coloring, painting, dressing up, and celebrating Alex's third birthday!

We had Halloween treat bags provided by Alex and Matt's mommy, which we appreciate. Thank you. So below I have posted all of the pictures of our day. Please enjoy as there were quite a few to choose from, so I just used them all! I hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween. Happy Birthday to Mila who just turned two on the 28th of Oct. and to Alex who just turned three on the 1st of November!

Orange Day!

This week we worked on our numbers, days of the week, months of the year, the letter D and the color orange. We colored pictures of things that are orange and practiced counting with a couple of work sheets and with the counting bears. The kids looked fabulous on Friday all dressed up in their orange shirts. We played color bingo on Friday and practiced all of our colors that way.

Next week we will be on the letter E and the number 5. Our theme this week is Falling into Autumn, so we will be exploring the Fall season and then will have our Halloween party on Friday. So make sure if you have a costume to bring it and we'll put it on for the party!

Have a terrific weekend and I will see you all on Monday.

REMINDER: just a note about the upcoming holidays. Please remember that if you plan on being gone any other day than I am closed, those days are considered vacation days and will be counted out of your total 10 days of the year. Also, if there is a day that I am open and you are not using it as a vacation day but your child will still not be here, you still owe your fees. I will be letting you know specific days that I will be closed within the next couple of weeks. I can for sure tell you I will be closed Thursday November 27 - Sunday November 30 for Thanksgiving. Please give me as much notice as possible for days you will be gone as well. Thanks!

Finger Painting Friday

Once again I think we have had a really great week. We were supposed to do our finger painting last week, but with time constraints it wasn't accomplished. So today we finished our week with our finger painting master pieces! The kids loved it. They took turns, two at a time, making beautifully bright creations. We also spent the morning reviewing our letters and our days of the week. We played Disney Bingo and Candy Land and tired ourselves out playing.

Next week we will be finishing our Safety weeks. Next Friday will be our Orange day, so be sure to send your child in something orange for our group picture that day!

Always remember that suggestions and comments are welcome! Have a great weekend.

Playing Catch Up Again!

Our Red Day! What a bunch!

This is becoming more of a monthly blog rather than a weekly blog, but sometimes it is easier to do my posting all in one block!
We have been busy the last month, finishing up our Back To Basics month in September, where we reviewed our ABC's, Numbers, Shapes, and colors. This month we have been working on safety. We started out on Fire Safety, then have been working on stranger safety and playground safety. The last week of this month we will be having a Fall theme week, where everything is geared toward the Fall season. Then we will be having a Halloween party on the 31st, so make sure the kids wear their costumes if they have one! You don't need to bring all of the accessories to the costumes if there are some, just to be on the safe side, we can stick to the major costume itself.
I will be working on the November newsletter the next couple of weeks, so look for that in the future.
I know we had set up a fire station visit this month, but because Oct. is fire safety month, they had to cancel due to their schedules and they recommended that I reschedule sometime in Nov. So that is what I will try to do!
The letters of the month are ABCDE and the numbers 1-5. We are working on the shape Circle and the color orange! So look for upcoming reminders. I hope you are all enjoying the fall weather and the beautiful fall colors!