Chinese Lanterns

Our girls are busy blinging out their Chinese Lanterns...girls love bling!

Year of the Snake

Coloring is always fun and well loved by my kiddos. They are all artists and I always encourage them to be creative and make a masterpiece. Well here are a few masterpieces, and so they may not look like snake masks...they are beautiful creations just the same. 

Weekly highlight-Camila

 Our sweet Camila has inspired me in so many ways. The best way though is her quirky, silly and funny personality. I do not think I could have hit the nail on the head better with her story. She is the sweetest thing, and we always have fun with her. She is definitely a teenager in a toddler body! Thank you, Camila for your inspiration. Here she is as Blippi for Halloween and her book cover.

Sunday thoughts- My writing adventure.

 My love for writing started many years ago as a child I believe. I've always written rhymes and poems and would tell stories just made up in my head. When my son was born, I was a stay at home mom, and I started writing a story based off of a character that I used to doodle in 6th grade. I named him Charlie. Charlie was always on my mind and all over my notebooks and sketch pads or school book covers. I have a story line and after my son was born I started writing things down. I made an outline of the story I wanted to write on paper because I was not really good on the computer. As time went by, years really, I became better on the computer and started writing more...but only on the computer. Then I stopped. I started working and was just so busy that I didn't take the time to write anymore. I would make books on paper for my son and my Niece that only stayed in my binder. I also have a few other books, for adult readers, that are halfway finished. I do not always take the time, and sometimes I don't always have the extra time in the day, to just commit to writing. Now that I have a daycare business, I have been revived again. My focus though is on my daycare kiddos. I still have the others in the back of my mind, but my focus is on the kiddos for now. I am not a great writer, but it is fun for me and I am definitely learning new things all the time. I draw my ideas from my kiddos personality and sometimes from them as well. They do like to tell me what to write about and give me great ideas all the time. I am in love with writing again and I give the thanks to my daycare kiddos for giving me the inspiration I needed. I have written 14 books now in total, and I have to say I can see my growth in writing these silly books from my first book and now my fourteenth. I have come a long way baby. I am not a professional, but I am having so much fun with this and my kiddos just love when I read "their book" to everyone. That makes it all worth it for me!

Cooking week-Pizza

Today we made our own pizza, and the kiddos went wild and gobbled it all up! 

Cooking week-Fruit salad

 Today we made our own fruit salad and of course it was super yummy! My kiddos are foodies for sure!

Bagel time

 Well Victoria was my big helper today and we made homemade bagels. She loves to bake, cook, mix, stir...it doesn't really matter as long as she can be my helper, she is a happy girl. They were delicious!

Cooking week-Baked potato bar

 Well some liked it and some were not interested, but it was yummy for the ones who did build their own loaded baked potato...my little foodies.

Painting week-Marble painting

 While all painting is super fun, of course, marble painting was the best I would say. These kiddos had a blast for sure!

Read a Book week-If you give a mouse a cookie.

 These kiddos love reading books, that's for sure, but having cookies and reading books is a huge hit!

Student of the Month-December

 Our sweet Elizabeth was our choice for Student of the Month. Great job sweetie, we are so proud of you!!!

Daycare January Calendar

 

Happy New Year!

 So glad to be back from break. I do love the time off for sure, but I do miss these little people terribly at the same time. They do have so much fun together.