Are you in or out of Valentines ?

Today was the last day of our Valentines themed activities.   One activity we did today was a position game with in and out.  Is the Valentines candy in or […]

V is for Valentines

Sugar .. sugar anyone ? We limit our sugar and we have already had a LOT . Valentines breakfast. We went around the circle this morning and passes a stuffed […]

Large Dogs and Small Dogs

We had two visitors today.  We had Vallie’s dog Samson come and visit. Samson is a boxer . When he first arrived he was shivering a little.  ( Who wouldn’t […]

Conscious Discipline at Christmas

We are feeling the excitement building about Christmas.  Sometimes littles excitement comes off as nervous energy, more giggling than normal and just a little more chaos in general.  Usually at […]

Thanksgiving Feast Prep

We are STILL prepping for our Thanksgiving  feast.  Yesterday afternoon Randy,G ( our precious grand daughter ) and I went stick hunting.  We roamed the back roads looking for the […]

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie

Today in  small group we read  ” If you Give a Mouse a Cookie. ”  This is a great book for sequencing but for our littles that is quite a […]

Happy Halloween 2016

We try to keep party days as ” normal ” as possible and sprinkle in themed activities and festive foods. The costumes were great today.  A few years ago I […]

Mary Poppins Much

I love being a family child care provider.   It is the BEST job EVER in the history of ever.  I can be Mary Poppins and get paid while I […]

More Fire Safety Fun

Could we ask for a more beautiful fall day ? As the wind blew and the leaves fell the meaning of ” fall ” came to life for the littles. […]