MONDAY

Breakfast: cereal, muffins, milk

lunch: mac n cheese, pb crackers, yogurt, milk, banana

All ate very well for both meals and got a cookie for dessert

Well it was a good morning except for the part when my 2 had a huge melt down before lunch time (see picks of them throwing their fits!

We played with the match box car stunts this morning and watched sesame street.

During school time we...
1. Did the weather with wendy and the calendar date of day and week (Landon is sooo funny when he counts) Hayden and Bryce counted to 11 perfectly!

2. Talked about our dinosaur poster and did a search with our magnifying glass using counting. We also learned fun facts about paliontologiest, dinosaurs, volcanoes (Hayden says canoe), and fossils.

3. We colored a picture of 2 dinosaurs and did a new finger play with the dinosaurs

4. Learned about yellow and colored a paint brush yellow and drew a yellow dinosaur

5. Leaned a new song about a brontosaurus and practiced our song from last week

6. Finally we talked about big T and little T and did a hide and seek game with it. It was so funny because Hayden would hide the little T and Bryce would hide the big T then they would go find the T they hid in the first place (for some reason they loved this game :-)

The kids played well together. Landon is definitely teething today (hands in mouth all morning) Paige is in a great mood. Hayden and Bryce played very well together today!

Oh just got a call from Alicia!!! They are leaving for China in 2 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday

Breakfast: poptarts, milk, banana

Lunch: pb and marsh sandwiches, cheese slices, apples, milk

All ate great for both meals

Today we took Bryce to school and picked up. I noticed that Tristan and Paige were sleepier than usual this morning (so hoping they catch up during nap time today)

We did our curriculum time while Bryce was at school. Basically reinforced yesterdays lesson.

Tristan picked out his dinosaur name Tristan-Rex. We did the weather, day of week and month. We counted the numbers on the calendar (Landon is getting close to saying the numbers correctly!) We also found a pattern in our calendar and talked about patterns (what they are)

We talked about dinosaurs, Tristan picked out his favorite one and said they go "roar" but in a whisper voice. Hayden didn't want to participate as much today but Paige and Landon got really into roaring!!!

We learned a new dinosaur song (they loved it) and danced.

We colored some dinosaurs.

Then we learned about Yellow and using our pretend yellow "paintbrush" we went around the room painting things that are yellow (Tristan and Hayden did a great job) and Hayden even painted Tristan's hair :-)

Have a great day and weekend!

wednesday

Breakfast: pancakes with milk

Lunch: mac n cheese, yogurt, bananas, pb crackers, cookie, milk

All ate very well today!

It's been a great day! I think all the kiddos missed each other. We had no fights and lots of sharing and playing :-) All the kiddos got a bath today too!

We started our new curriculum. We of course started with wendy our weather girl (they really missed her!) It was so cute because Landon actually ran over to the window to check out the weather :-) We did the weather, day of the week and month.

I showed the kids a picture of dinosaurs and asked them questions like "if you were a dino how would you walk, sound?" They were very dramatic. They also picked out their favorites and told me why: Bryce:" I like the big purple one because it's big" Hayden: " I like the little one because it's cute"

Then we talked about money and the number 5. We role played how to pay with money (I was the cashier) Each kiddo took turns counting out 5 dollars to buy something. Paige and Landon just loved to throw the money around!

We also made name tags and turned them into dinosaurs, Say hello to Bryce-asaurus, Hayden-rex, Paige-asaurus, Landon-tops heehee

We colored dinosaur pictures and also talked about the color yellow today!

Great morning, Hayden and Bryce played really well after lunch in Bryces room, all are quiet!

tuesday

Breakfast: poptarts, banana, milk
Lunch: grilled cheese, apple sauce, yogurt, milk

All 3 boys ate terrific!

Great day, The 3 "stooges" played so well together! I think they loved it that I kept the gates open for them to chase each other around in a circle. They were so cute imitating each other (you know how that goes) Bryce had school so Landon and Tristan went along to drop off and pick up! Tristan said "I go to school too pease!!" I also ran Landon and Tristan quickly to Target to pick up a few grocery items (they were angels)

We spent the rest of the morning getting ready for our new curriculum. Landon and Tristan did the calendar and weather. We practiced saying "January" and counted the days on the calendar. Dinosaur curriculum starting tomorrow (you will have a parent info sheet to take home with you today!)

Tristan and Bryce played trains and colored on the white board after lunch for a while very nicely too!

Hope you are having a good day!

Ash

Breakfast: fiber poptarts, milk

Lunch: whole grain pasta with sauce, cheese slices, peaches, cookie, milk

All ate very well (except Landon at Lunch) the big boys even got seconds for lunch

We took a trip to Target today!! With Bryce being out of school this week it was a must to get out of the house. It went well and I found a big enough cart to put all 4 kiddos in. They were very well behaved. We got some new art supplies for Bryce's new easel. Hayden and Bryce had a blast coloring with the dry erase board and black board after lunch!

Paige and Landon played well and were chasing each other around the house today :-)

Tuesday

Breakfast: pancakes, milk
Lunch: pb and marsh on high fiber bread, apples, yogurt, milk, 2 choc star cookies

Everyone ate really well today for both meals!!

Well it was a fun but full of a lot of fighting morning! We spent the entire morning just playing with all of Bryce and Landon's new toys. The kiddos had a blast but of course there was some fighting since there are new toys, kids have been off schedule with the holidays, and they haven't seen each other in a few days. No biggie and actually after lunch the bigger boys played nicely upstairs in Bryce's room for a while with no arguments (They LOVED Bryce's new easel and all drew on the chalk board for an hour!)

They loved the hotwheels race track, all the new trucks (especially the huge one) The played with the bead set and the pretend tools. Tristan and Bryce tried to play with moon sand but that stuff is weird and I think that will be a Daddy and Bryce thing to do!

So today was just a fun play day.

I'm thinking of starting our new curriculum tomorrow (Dinosaurs!!!) It's a few days early but we need some fun activities to do!

You'll be getting ;your parent news letters soon!

Wednesday

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!!! haha

No pics today, sorry (camera was upstairs)

Breakfast: fiber poptarts, banana, milk
Lunch: home-aid mac n cheese, peaches, yogurt, milk (all ate mac n cheese but no one would touch their peaches or yogurt so therefore we had no chocolate star cookies today :-(

We spent the morning doing a new winter picture frame craft. then we colored our big sesame street christmas coloring book and read our christmas stories. We also talked about the Jewish Holiday of Hanukkah and how Jewish children play with dreidels. I showed them what a dreidel looks like and how to spin it then we made our own dreidels. I know none of the kiddos are Jewish but I think it's good to teach them about other cultures.

We also sang Christmas carols and danced and watched Elmo's Christmas Countdown (Thomas and Paige are becoming huge fans of Elmo!)

Have a Merry Christmas!