It feels good to be back!!

So I am back and back on track. New school year, New baby so New Routine!!
I have to balance Carter as a newborn while keeping Jax entertained and learning throughout the week. This is vital for everyone's well being. And sanity.
If I want to be ready for kids to come back to the daycare. I probably should see how it goes with the 2 I have! ;)
I couldn't have timed it better really. I am back feeling good after birth. Bonus we are on some sort of schedule with the baby and sleeping pretty good at night. School is starting and it's a perfect transition back to real life. Our new reality. A mom of 2.
Jax starts his 2 day a week program Tuesdays & Thursdays mornings. So I have devised a plan to work a preschool week into our Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays. I am excited!

Valentine's Day

I was super excited to get to work on our Valentine’s Day projects! I’ve only been pinning ideas on pinterest.com since December! Lol

So needless to say we are ready!

Valentine’s Day falls on a Tuesday this year.  We have changed our schedule since my son, Jax has started preschool 2 days a week. So now I mainly plan projects Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. We still do our normal day on Tuesdays & Thursdays, I just don’t go crazy organizing a specific themed project on those days. This has been a HUGE break for me since I am pregnant it takes some of the load off


Parent's Valentines Project!

We started off the week before working on our Valentines for the parents. I found a super cute idea on pinterest and couldn’t wait to try it out with the kids.

I painted each of their hands red and placed their hands/fingers down on pink paper. I did each hand separately creating a heart shape between the two hands. 

I cut out a small red heart and had the kids glue it in the center of the page. It came out soo cute. Later I typed and printed the words, “Children hold our hearts in the palm of their hands.”

More Apple Fun!

Painting with Apples

I drew giant apples on cardboard, one for each child. I gave them each a half and apple and red paint. The kids dipped the apples in the paint and painted their apple with apples!

Apple Pie Tasting!

I thought it would be cool to give the kids a chance to try apple pie! I found theses super cute mini apple pies at Walmart for $.63! I got them each their own just for the experience of having their OWN pie! :) Im not sure what they really expected but once they tried it they weren't really as impressed by it as I was hoping. I am not sure if they expected it more like cake and less like pie. But a few bites later Jax, Ethan and Payton were over the whole Apple Pie tasting. Although Shae LOVED it and ate her whole pie! So 1 out of 4 is a success in my opinion!

Apples. Apples. Everywhere!

Apple Tasting:

It's apple week. We have a lot of cool things planned. Monday we started with apple tasting at snack time. We tasted red, green , & yellow apples. 
The kids loved that they each got to try all three. When we were finished I had the kids tell me which they liked the best and made a little chart! Im thinking they picked based on color rather than taste. But hey! I just asked them which they liked...I didn't say taste.

What type of apple do you like best?!

STORY TIME:

The Little House with No Doors and No Windows and a Star Inside 

Author Unknown 

(Have an apple, a cutting board, and a knife ready for the ending.  Enjoy the apple slices after this story or use for painting like we did!)

Read the story at http://www.mommynature.com/documents/apple-star-story.pdf

Now we see the STAR...Do YOU!?

ART TIME: Bingo Dot Apples

I traced some apples shapes onto white card stock and let the kids use bingo markers to fill them in. Gotta love the $ store! this craft cost me about 25 cents a kid!!

Big A, Little a

This past week we started our "school" curriculum! The kids are really getting the hang of the circle time mats. & love the idea of having school time. They are loving the new songs we are doing at Circle and almost know all the words to them already!! We added a new calendar and weather chart too.

Big A  Little a
I added a BIG A and a LITTLE a to 2 seperate containers. I took 10 eggs. On 5 I taped big A's and on the other 5 I taped little a's. I had the kids take turns to sort the eggs!

In no time they could each do it without help! In no way am I expecting them to remember or "Know" these...although some do. Its all about introduction!! :)

Glue & Color A's

Life's about dancing in the rain..

It had been really rainy all week and we had been spending a LOT of time in the driveway playing w bikes at any sign of sunshine. One afternoon while Shae & Sierra were being picked up, it started to rain. We all got a little wet while I helped Mark get the girls fast in the car, then it started to POUR!! I knew I had Ethan for just about 15 more minutes, so I striped them down and let them play! (FYI, my son would be in under roos too, except he isnt wearing any...we are going through a no underwear or no pants phase. That day, pants won.)