June 6-11

This is it!!  The last few days of school for the summer!  The big kids are excited to have a break, and the younger ones are looking forward to having them around ALL DAY!  Can't believe another year has flown by!

Justin has jumped right in and joined the group! He is already making new friends and playing with the kids!  He is doing a great job adjusting to daycare and learning a new set of rules and routine!

Nothing big planned for this week at daycare.  But we will have an ice cream Sundae party Wednesday after the big kids get home from their last day of school!  Just a little treat to celebrate the completion of first grade!

Friday afternoon, my mom, Linnea will be here towards the end of nap time to finish off the afternoon for me.

If you have not yet brought back your childs extra clothes bin, please do so ASAP and make sure to have a swimsuit in it.  We have a couple 90 plus degree days forecasted for the beginning of this week, so you never know when we may have our first chance to get out the sprinkler to cool off!!  We had our first round of Icee's last week!  That must be the summer weather has finally arrived!

MENU:
Monday- Tuna Hotdish, green beans, peaches and milk
Tuesday-Grilled Ham and Cheese sandwiches, fruit cocktail, mixed veggies and milk
Wednesday-French Toast Sticks, Ham, Pineapple, corn and Milk
Thursday-Sloppy Joes, carrots, bananas and milk
Friday- Macaroni and Cheese


Thanks and have a great week!

JUNE NEWSLETTER

What's Happening This Month…

Pack up your suits and towels and lather on your sunscreen, because we are becoming ISLAND EXPLORERS this month! Can't wait to have some beach themed fun! Pirate treasure hunts, sand castle building, sailboats races…we are in for quite a month!

This month we are doing a review of all the letters in the alphabet, and all the numbers! Each day I will have a letter of day, starting with A and working our way through! We will also be reviewing all the shapes and colors that we have learned over the "school year!"

CALENDAR:

Wed. June 1- Travel Tots, 11:30-12:30 (with new teacher, Miss Carrie)

Mon. June 13- Music Class, 10:00-10:30

Tues. June 14- Fri. June 17- I will be gone for a friends "destination" wedding. Linnea will be here Tuesday, then Erin Wed.-Friday

Wed. June 15- Travel Tots, 11:30-12:30

Tuesday, June 21- LUAU DAY! Dress in your favorite Island Attire

 

**I would also like to do a field trip to the beach this month (most likely at the end) but I am looking at calendars and times to see if it will work. It may be a "big kid" field trip, since it would require a lifeguard on duty (which doesn't start until noon.) Possibly for 4 years old and up. More info will follow in the next few weeks.

 

TODAY I AM SENDING HOME CLOTHES BINS. PLEASE REPLACE THE CLOTHES IN THERE WITH SUMMER EXTRAS IN THE CURRENT SIZE AND A SWIMSUIT (AND SWIM DIAPERS IF YOUR CHILD IS NOT POTTY TRAINED)

Week of May 23-May 28

Memorial Day is just around the corner...the Unofficial start of Summer.  I really hope Mother Nature gets the memo this year!!!

We had a very busy week last week!  It was our last class with Tee for Travel Tots!  The kids absolutely loved her, so I am sure they will miss her...but the show must go on!  So next week we begin our adventure with a new teacher from travel Tots, and a new schedule.  We will have class the first and third Wed. of each month, from 11:30-12:30.

We also celebrated Logan's birthday!  It was the first time he was really excited about his special day so it was pretty fun to celebrate!  He got a new pet for the family...a bearded dragon!  I ams ure your kids told you about Logan's new lizard in his room!!

This week, we have a pretty low key week without any special days planned.  So we will be spending our time getting to know our new friend, Justin.  He is three and a half and will be another great member of the 3 year old boys team we have been forming!  His mom's name is Sarah, so if he see her at pick up or drop off time, be sure to greet her and introduce yourself!

Wednesday morning this week, I will be helping Aidan's class at school with their field trip to the MN Zoo, so Erin will be here teaching for me from about 9-3. 

REMINDER:  We are closed next week on Monday for Memorial day!  Have a safe and fun LONG weekend wherever you will be celebrating!

MENU:

Monday: Pizza rolls, canteloupe, veggies, and milk

Tuesday: Meatballs, corn, pears and milk

Wednesday: Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches, apple slices, carrot sticks with ranch and milk

Thrusday:  Fish Sticks, berries, peas and milk

Friday:  Grilled Cheese, oranges, mixed veggies and milk

Week of May 16- May 20

This week, there is penty of sunshine in the forecast!  Can't wait to spend TONS of time outside!

We did some grass seed down on the grass in both the front yard and along the side of the house.  So if you could make sure to walk on the wood chip path and keep your kids off the grass in the front yard for at least a week, so the seed can have time to start its grwoth process, I would really appreciate it!

Thursday we will be celebrating Logan's 5th birthday!  Wow, doesn't seem possible!

Friday is Travel Tots, from 9:15-10:15.  This will be our last class with Tee as our teacher since she will be moving on to a different adventure in her life!  I have yet to find out who our new Travel Tots teacher will be, though!  The kids will make a Thank you card for Tee and all sign it.  They really did like her!

MENU:

Monday- Chicken Nuggets, French Fries, Fruit cocktail, carrots and milk

Tuesday- Taco burgers, corn, bananas and milk

Wednesday- Hot dogs, baked beans, appleasuce and milk

Thursday- Grilled Ham and Cheese, Green Beans, Pears and milk

Friday-Macaroni and Cheese, mixed veggies, apple slices and milk

Have a Great Week, And enjoy the sunshine!

SPRING HAS ARRIVED!

Warm weather is here!  It supposed to get into the 80's today, We can't wait!  I will send the kids extra clothes bins home this week, please take the whole bin home, empty out the winter extras and fill it up with spring/summer clothes.  You may also throw a swimsuit in there for when the REALLY hot weather comes and we run through the sprinkler!

Also, Chris and I finished a "walkway" for the parents along the side of the house. So,  Please walk on the woodchip path when coming around back to pick up your children.  We will be planting grass seed along the side of the house to attempt to get some of our grass back!  Hopefully this will also help keep shoes from getting quite so dirty!

This week, we will be celebrating Beau's second birthday on Thursday, and have music class at 10am on Friday.  Erin will be here again to finish off the daycare day on Friday for me!

MENU:

Monday- Tuna Casserole, green beans, pears and milk

Tuesday- Mozzarella sticks, corn, fruit cocktail and milk

Wednesday- baked spaghetti, garlic bread, appleasauce and milk

Thursday- Turkey and Cheese sandwiches, carrots, oranges and milk

Friday- English Muffin pizzas, bananas, fresh veggies with dip, and milk

What's Happening this Month... May Newsletter!

What’s Happening this Month!

After a string of yucky weather, we really lucked out and had a beautiful day at the zoo!  The sun was shinging and it wasn’t busy at all!  Unfortunately some of the animals were not out, but the kids had a great time!  They loved having a picnic and playing on the playground as well!  Thanks to Kathy for helping me chaperone, it is always great to have an extra set of eyes and hands!       

        This month we are continuing on with the animal theme, but this time we will be talking about things at the pond!  There will be turtles, and frogs, and insects…along with lots of plants you would find at the pond as well!  We will be talking about the letters Ff, kk, and Pp, the numbers 9 and 19, the diamond and the colors purple and blue.

Calendar for the month:

May 4: Zoo field trip

May 5: Travel Tots 9:15-10:15

May 13: Beau turns 2!

May 13: Music class- 10:00

May 19: Logan turns 5!

May 20: Travel Tots 9:15-10:15

May 30: Closed for Memorial Day

One of the best pictures from the zoo...don't worry, we all feel that wasy sometimes too!!!!

Back to reality!

My family had a wonderful vacation in Mexico this year.  Just went the four of us, no grandparents, no uncles...just us!  And it was great!  Very relaxing just spending time by the pool and the ocean!  Good quality time together!

But now here we are, back to the daily grind...and the miserable weather.  As one of you said this morning, I think Spring skipped us this year!  I hope Summer doesnt forget about us as well!

The temperature is supposed to get into the 60's the rest of the week believe it or not, with a little sunshine Tuesday and Wednesday.  So we are going to go ahead with the zoo field trip in Wednesday.  But will just be heading to Como instead of the MN zoo since farm babies is done anyway.  The cost of the Field trip will be $4/child to cover the donation and a little for gas for our chaperones.  Linnea and Kathy (Mallory's mom) will be helping with this field trip.  For the others of you who offered, I will keep you in mind for the next field trip.  Sometimes too many adults makes it tough to keep the group together and behaving!!!

We will leave her AT 9:30, so we are there when it opens at 10:00.  Please make sure your child is here by 9:15 so we can get ready to go.  Also send a bag lunch wth drink along with your child.  We will have a picnic at the zoo before heading home. 

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO WEAR TENNIS SHOES AND DRESS YOUR CHILD FOR WHATEVER MOTHER NATURE THROWS AT US!!!

If the weather is REALLY bad, then we will just head to the Eagles Nest again to run off some energy!

Then Friday, we have Tee coming for our Travels Tots class from 9:15-10:15.

MENU:

Monday- Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches, corn, appleasauce and milk

Tuesday- Ravioli, mixed veggies, mandarin oranges and milk

Wednesday-PICNIC AT THE PARK- BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH
Thursday-Tuna Hotdish, carrots, pears and milk
Friday- Chicken nuggets, bananas, green beans and milk