It's Monday!

            Welcome back to school! It’s been a great Monday. We miss Cherokee, who’s probably chillin’ in Cancun right now. Lucky! Cate is subbing for her today and tomorrow, which we are thoroughly enjoying because Cate is such a great sub and friend. We are also glad to have Sophie back with us after her week-long-trip to Boston. Her mother, Anne, said the weather there was perfect and that they had a blast hanging out with family. We’re glad to have you back, Soph!

            Our day started out on the playground, as usual. Sophie, Gage, Olive, Wynn, Hunter, and Noah all hung out there until going inside for snack at 9:00. Our friends are so good at knowing the drill when we sign the word “eat” and ask them if they are ready to “go eat.” They will instantly head to the ramp and wait for the rest of their class to join them there. Such smart tots!

            When we went inside Ancel’s dad, Colby, arrived in the room, and Cate went outside to get Ancel. He often is dropped off with the toddlers and primary class outside in the morning before coming in for snack. He does very well hanging out with them and we’re glad that he gets a little bit of time out there before snack.

            Our friends ate very quickly and seemed to be in a hurry to get to the deck, so we brought circle time outside today. When we arrived out there we were surprised to see the infant room hanging out! It was fun playing with them and greeting some of our soon-to-be classmates. It wasn’t long before they and their teacher, Mike, went inside and we had the deck to ourselves.

We sang the Hello song and several others, as Olive kept requesting “more” after the end of each song. Then we talked about the star shape and let our friends explore two sea stars (from Arielle’s house,) a couple of star-shaped toys, a paper cutout of a star, and flash cards with stars on them. They were much more into the sea stars today than they were on Friday.

            After circle time Sophie and Noah drew with chalk, Olive wanted to use Arielle’s pen (which she uses for documenting the day,) Wynn checked out the sea stars, Hunter cuddled with Cate, Gage had a blast with a big red ball and a smaller white one, and Ancel practiced climbing onto and sitting in a chair (without standing up on it.) We sang some more songs and were surprised by Lizzie popping her head out of her classroom to say hello. Ancel, Sophie, and Olive instantly ran to greet her. Noah was very interested in a big red ball (throwing and retrieving it,) Hunter cuddled with Arielle and shook a small bag that had batteries for the camera zipped up inside of it, and Wynn bonded with Gage (he had fun removing Gage’s pacifier from his mouth and then putting it back in Gage’s mouth. Gage seemed to think this was fun, too.)

            Everybody walked straight through the primary and toddler rooms for lunch. Lunch went surprising quick, as they seemed pretty tired. They all fell asleep before noon. After nap we plan to have snack, glue some rice to star-shaped paper, and enjoy our time with Cate. What a great Monday it’s been so far!

*If you have not already brought a hand towel for your sprout, please do so ASAP. Thanks!

*Tomorrow we will learn about rectangles.