Merry Christmas Kiddos!

Taryn and Carson making their snow globes.

A little color and glue project. The kids were so excited to see glue, and did very well with it!


The Nativity sticker project

Playing together!

The kids shaking their snow globes!

And of course bubbles!
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There was a ton of excitement this week, as all of the kids are anticipating the arrival of Santa Claus. I heard all about visits to sit on Santa's lap and what is on each kiddos wish list! I also know what some of the Mom's are getting! Good thing I can keep a secret!


We did several craft activities this week including making a snow globe and a ornament of baby Jesus in the manger. Carson and Taryn both LOVE doing little craft projects! They are so proud of their work, and excited to take it home!


The kids were dying to play out back, but on Tues it was raining....and Thurs it was muddy! The kids kept trying to sneak out back both days! It was torturous for them to stay indoors! I have ordered nice weather for my next turn for preschool, with a promise of playing in the yard! :)

The kids learned about baby Jesus and the manger. The kids had nativity stickers that they arranged on the manger. Will kept working on his manger a good 10 minutes after all the others had lost interest and went off to play. I thought to myself, Will must REALLY love stickers, I am going to have to tell Amie. Right as I thought that Will said "This is taking too long, I don't want to finish." I thought that was so funny, he thought he HAD to finish!

We missed Payson this week! Hope you can make it to play next time!

I hope all of your families have a Merry Christmas! We will see you all in 2009!

Miss Jacy (again!)

I traded weeks with Cheri so I didn't get quite the break I deserve, but I am looking forward to my 9 week break before I have the kiddos again! Just kidding... I love those kids to bits! They are playing so much better together now than they did in the beginning of the year. They look out for each other and stick up for the one who is not being treated fairly. I love that! These are the most important lessons they will learn. They are really sweet to each other (most of the time).

Tuesday, we played and played, made gingerbread men, and played some more. Here are some pictures. Denise- I really don't have a clue why he was pouting. I couldn't get it out of him. It was just so cute though. I told him to "hold that face" while I grabbed the camera.

Thursday was "do whatever the heck you want to" day. They loved it! I was in an easy going mood that day so I just let them do whatever. Surprisingly, they were pretty mellow. They wanted to play outside most of the time and when I told them to pick what they wanted for snack... they all agreed on oranges. Go figure!

They were pretending that the swingset thingee was a pirate ship. They used Carson's binoculars to look out for other pirates or "bad guys". The boys brought their guns on the ship to protect Princess Taryn. It was a perfect day to be outside. I really enjoyed the kids today. They were all so good to each other.

Cookies!

I didn't have time to make the cookies yesterday like I wanted, so I woke up early this morning and made them. I think the kids had fun. They were all very impressed that I could make the frosting turn different colors. After cookie decorating/eating, I even got on the trampoline with kids. They thought it was hilarious!

K Is For Kool Aid Play Dough

I decided that instead of doing something that had to do with a kangaroo, I would have the kiddos help me make kool aid play dough. They all loved it! Everyone was able to add some ingredients and help stir. I swear, it probably kept them busy for a good 45 minutes. It was a good thing I borrowed some cookie cutters from my mother in law for our Thursday project...Sugar Cookies!

Of coarse we had to start off our day jumping on the trampoline!

And end in the play room. They all played so well togther.