Bird nest

If you look closely, you can see a mother bird sitting on her nest.

3 of her 5 eggs hatched.

We enjoyed peeking at the baby birds.  Until one day, Lillian, Wyatt and I checked on them, and they left their nest.  That afternoon their mom was frantically calling for them, but we could not find them and they did not come back.  Hopefully they were ready to leave the nest and we just gave them the little nudge they needed!!!

Our feild trip adventure!

We ended up having a beautiful day for a picnic and a walk to the school.  On our way to the school the wheel fell off my double stroller. That was okay, we just moved Eddie and AJ to the wagon and Grace and I carried our stuff. I forgot that this winter, we bent the frame of the wagon. Will had fixed it, but said it might not be very strong. Well we got quite a bit closer to the school then the frame on the wagon bent again, and we had to abandon it on the side of the road too. Lillian, Anthony and Bronwynn helped us carry the sand toys, and AJ walked the rest of the way with us. Edison walked part way, and Grace carried him the other part.  Luckily Grace's mom came to our rescue!  She picked up our stroller, and dropped off my bike trailer/stroller for us, and Grace's Papa bent the wagon back so we were able to limp home our supplies!
At the school, we had a blast on the climbers and in the sand. Please check back after the weekend for photos!
Thanks to the Reid family for your help today!

from caterpillar to butterfly

Anthony found another caterpillar on Tuesday. When we showed it to Bella yesterday, she said, "it's cocooning". She was right! Today we can see the caterpillars old skin - it molted for the last time! Now we can see the chrysalis. We are excited to learn about metamorphosis. Bronwynn is so excited that the caterpillar is making a racoon!! We are reading, 'From caterpillar to butterfly' by Deborah Heiligman. Stay tuned for butterfly updates.

caterpillar s

We are continuing working on elect skill 5.3 (5.2 for infants) fine motor skills. For the older children we used scissors again to cut strips of paper, then we taped it to a toilet paper roll. We used a hole punch to make a hole for antennaes with pipe cleaners. Then we used glue and pompoms and googly eyes.  They turned out cute!
The infants have been using an old Kleenex box and putting toys in it and taking them out of it. Meal time is also great for us to practice picking up small and large pieces of food!

swimming lessons

Anthony, Lillian and Bronwynn had a great morning for swimming lessons! They all did really well both while in the pool, and while waiting for the others to finish.  We got back to daycare to find some sleepy boys who were just waking up and ready to play outside with us!  Everyone had fun on the bikes today!  The older children helped make some cookies for snack tomorrow.  I felt a lot more awake/energetic this afternoon. I think relaxing by the pool on Tuesday mornings will be good for me!

weaving

Today we worked on ELECT skill 5.3 fine motor skills. Grace drew lines on construction paper and the older children cut on the lines. Then Grace helped them weave their two colours of paper together.  Anthony even went on to cut a heart shape out of his weaved paper.  Bronwynn's weave fell apart when she began cutting, and that was frustrating.  Lillian did great with the weaving, and that was enough for her!
AJ was busy trying to walk in the dress up shoes, and Eddie was playing with the kitchen and pretend food. Hopefully the rain stays away and we get some outside time this afternoon.

Welcome back, Grace!

What a great day we had with Grace yesterday.  Everyone was excited to see her especially the children who were here last summer. She did three different crafts with the older children! What fun!