Totally Tuesday!

Hello, folks! Today everybody arrived outside except Ancel, who showed up a little later. Cate was subbing for Cherokee again (she's on her cruise until Friday) and we had a blast hanging out with her. We came inside for snack and went over the calendar, including a talk about what to expect tomorrow...Halloween!

We took circle time out to the deck again and talked about rectangles out there. We brought a rectangle flash card, a rectangular wooden block, and three books about shapes. When Ancel arrived, Dom's tiny dog, Soy Bean, came running outside with him. How exciting! Everybody loved chasing Soy around, and Soy loved the attention. After Soy left, Gage started playing with a soccer ball, Noah practiced tossing a small ball, Olive (in her awesome space suit) rode bikes, Sophie pushed bikes around, Clara watched her friends, Ancel made his way up the kangaroo climber, and Wynn enjoyed the company of a red bucket.

After a while our friends shifted gears and Clara and Gage hung out together and bonded, Olive slid down the kangaroo climber slide, Wynn was very interested in our rectangle flash card (from circle time), Ancel pushed a bike around, Sophie wandered around the deck and took a water break at the same time, and Clara went inside the primary room with Lizzie for a while (Lizzie saw Clara through the window and came out to say hi, and ended up holding Clara for about five minutes in her classroom. Clara loved it!)

We made a huge mess during lunch, which is perfectly okay! Everybody took a little bit of a shorter nap, but were in great moods after waking up. We were so happy that we had a sudden dance party using some of Arielle's music and Olive's Dance Party album. Heads were shaking, arms were swinging, hips were swaying...it was a rocking good time! We tore the room up with our dancing fun! After the dance party the kiddos checked out some dried pasta and really enjoyed touching it. Then the cutest, sweetest thing happen...a HUGGING party erupted! Everybody was hugging each other left and right. It was very sweet and loving. Our little tots are the biggest sweethearts.

We went on the deck around 3:00 and carved a face into the small pumpkin that Wynn's mom brought us. They were way more into the carving of this pumpkin than they were the bigger one that was carved last week. They enjoyed touching the pumpkin flesh and seeds. Then we ended our day on the playground, excited about tomorrow's Halloween party! See you tomorrow!