Relaxing Tuesday!

Oh, we had such a lovely start to the day, hanging out in the backyard, helping move the mulch with Kenny! Each time he brought a new load, our toddlers would jump on the mulch to help spread it out! Another thing we did was thoroughly enjoy the new sand in the sand box! Throughout the day, Paislie, Theo, Alanna, Wren and Ben were seen taking off their shoes to enjoy the fun sensory experience that is the sand! We built really high mountains and made all kinds of pancakes, cupcakes, and noodles! Ivy was very busy shoveling sand into a bowl using a spoon to make some warm soup for the cold weather! Asher was riding through the sandy terrain again and again (often with Theo, his bare-foot buddy!). While most of our friends hung out in the sandbox, Wren took the opportunity to hang out in the kangaroo climber. Soon, however, he took advantage of the fresh sand, and really felt it in his fingers and toes saying "it's cold." We had an extended outside time, helping with the mulch, and ultimately enjoying a picnic in the beautiful weather. Then, we sang some songs together and turned into rockets that shot to the fence as we got ready to make our way up the ramp. We came in for lunch, and had our circle time before nap, reading a good night story about Dora the Explorer, which every one enjoyed from their nap mats!

After nap Ms. Toni came in for some big cuddles and help us roll our nap mats!. Ancel came in during this time for a play date, and together we read a story about a pig names Olivia that Ivy brought to share with us all. During the book, toni had a fun stuffed animal owl friend named Owly, who discussed the book with her as she read. Then we got up to have an awesome dance party/freeze game where Toni stopped and started the music to boost the dance-party fun! Paislie especially loved yelling "freeze!" This got our bodies in motion for awesome Yoga Time! Anne came in to share her love with the kiddos and they certainly responded! We did our usual Ring Around the Yogi song, Wren requested that we become butterflies and Anne had us all turn into butterflies who fly and sleep. We blew feathers in the air to practice our yoga breath, and then we had relaxation time! Anne put some soft music on, and we all laid on our backs to "relax." Anne brought some "magic stones" to be placed on our forehead, or "third eye" and we all tried our best to balance the stones on our head. Alanna, Wren, Ben, Ivy, Paislie and Ancel concentrated hard to keep the stone from falling (which it did for all of them at some point!) I was next to Paislie, and got to help her find a point to keep her eye on as she tried to balance it (a small sticker right in her line of vision!). Wren was able to keep the stone balanced for quite a long time! Asher and Teo observed us as we laid down, but were ready to receive a gentle foot massage with lavender oil (I'm pretty sure!) as Anne went around. These were some true zen-baby moments! We also sang a beautiful song about  togetherness and happiness, which we will share with you as soon as we can (one of my favorite kids songs I've heard, with sign language movements to go with it!).

Then, we had snack and it was time to head outside! Some of our friends continued their relaxation with more sand/foot exfoliation, and we ended our day!

Love,
Jackie and Dom