What a week!

Soooooo glad it is Friday! Thank you all for making alternate childcare arrangements while I had the flu, and I'm glad so far that we haven't shared our germs with any of you!
I am back to my old self again. Yesterday, I admit I put a movie on for the kids -Disneys Aristocats. I noticed the boys doing some of the motions for our opening circle time songs, so today I was back at it! We started singing some Christmas songs, and read a story about Santa having a cold. They loved the part when Santa said, "Ahh...ahh....ahhh....ACHOO!"

3 of us did NOT enjoy outside (or maybe 4, I found it really cold too). Guess who! But the other 4 loved it. Dump trucks were full of snow, sliding on the driveway with just snowsuits, and we even tried making snowballs starting with pieces of ice we found!

pyjama day

we had a great PJ day! Wee decorated bags for our popcorn, did free painting, played on the trikes outside. We were excited to do self serve lunch again.  The toddlers had a nap, and the older children did there journals, and workbooks. Then we watched the movie Babe andhad our popcorn! Now it's snack time and then uoutside!

sign language

I really enjoyed watching the babies sign parts of our good morning song at circle this morning. They are really catching on to the meal related signs, so it's neat to see it expanding. I have plans to begin working on signs for colours in the upcoming weeks. This is a great way to communicate before words. I will let you know any signs that your child is doing here!

Time change

We have almost made it through the first week of the time change. Wow, everyone is so tired! And now I've been wiping 4 runny noses today. The cold is back. I have been really trying to get lunch ready earlier, and to bed earlier and most of the week everyone has been sleeping well! I am going to continue this as it gives me much needed more time to get outdoor clothes on before the bus! ( Or for those who need it the chance to sleep while everyone else gets up!)

No photos :(

Well, I took lots of pictures at our Hallowe'en party, and tried to put them on here over the weekend, with no success.   My parents computer seems to dislike my camera card. I can get photos from their card, but not mine.  So you'll have to take my word for it - we all had a blast and looked cute!

This morning we had a great time riding on AJ's skooters, thanks for sharing with us! Anthony and I put away our summer toys and brought the dump trucks out to the bus shelter. The kids enjoyed sitting in the dump boxes and riding down the hill at the end of our driveway!  Crazy kids!!