It has been a busy week and for the most part it has gone by quickly. The early start to the day (five children arrive before 6:50 am) has limited my writing and prep time in the morning. However, the cats are quite enjoying having so much company first thing in the morning — then the baby arrives and they do this;
We’re still working on ‘be gentle’ so at this point a hug looks more like a bodyslam. The garden flowers probably wish they could run away too;
The older children make a daily trip around the yard to collect spiderwebs to add to ‘soup’ and building projects. I’ll admit it makes a good glue but I don’t like the web ball collections;
The girls’ favorite ‘toy’ has been a dead bee that they found. Each day they build homes for it;
They made sure it had a pillow for its bed;
They love that it is “so soft and fuzzy”. Together they go on many adventures;
We’ve done some art projects indoors;
And outside we painted the wood pieces from the loose parts area;
They created some wonderful designs – I was impressed by this color blending done by a four year old;
It is just tempra paint and this wood stays outdoors so I’m not sure how long these designs will last but they are beautiful;
Temporary or permanent these paintings will add some colour to the building projects and if the paint fades or washes away we can paint them again. 🙂
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Oh my goodness a bee in a car! Looks like your back yard is a fun place to be.
Yeah, the bee in the car was my favorite part of that activity too. I’m not even certain where the girls hide the bee at the end of each day but they always get it again the next day