Gobble, gobble!

These were a lot of fun! I like it when I seeing the kids enjoying the crafts...they did these themselves too...only a little assitance by me... We also sang some cute festive songs while we were at it...

March mud pies anyone...

Mud....mud...I love mud....I can't go around it, I've got to go through it, absolutely, fabulous MUD!

It was awesome to watch Catriona and Harry play for almost 2 hours this day, in the mud alone!

And the funniest part of this day was how my son was inspired enough by the mud chocolate cakes, that he decided to come in and actually make us all one!!!!Awww

Spring and March...

FINALLY, the Spring nature table! The kids have been enjoying it!

Spring, Spring....Spring is here!!!! My favorite moment is when I hear the song birds singing again! Natures symphony...

Catriona insisted I take a picture of her with her babies...she was my only child today and she made the most of her time without the day care kids...

Two of my favorite puzzles the girls put together, they were very proud!

I was feeling crafty, so I sewed two dolly blankets and two pillows for Catriona's dolls...

I whipped this dress up in a jiffy...I guess she liked it, she wore it two days in a row!

They all enjoy cooking.

These rainbows came out sooo cute! I should add a picture of them finished...

Look who's walking!!!! Little miss Gabriella! She's zooming around even more since this picture was taken! (sorry it's blurry but i was laughing and hurrying with the camera)

I loved this! Catriona just created it all on her own...then our cat came over and actually pushed a couple of them out of order! lol Catriona made sure to fix it...so I snapped a shot of it since it meant so much to her...

Child Care fun in January 09!

Aren't these snowpeople adorable! I made them for Catriona and the kids, for the Snowpeople counting song! Catriona loved it :)

Here is a counting game I made for the kids, the pebbles are suppose to resemble "ice"!

Catriona is testing it out :)

Reading while I was cleaning up...

Hasn't she grown, miss ONE year old! :) Happy Birthday Gabriella!!!

Here are the kids playing with the Winter nature table!

It was much too cold to play in the snow OUTside, so I brought the snow INside!!! The kids LOVED it!!! :)

Nature's Nest holiDAYS :)

December was a lot of fun with the Child Care children! We kept busy with our imaginations of Santa coming and crafts and activities! It has been far too cold to go out much, like 0 and below, cold!!! brrr!

Giving baby dolls a bath...The one Catriona has is mine when I was her age and the other one is the same doll we found at a salvage store! I couldn't believe it! Mine is over 39 or so, years old!

Yes they all look the same, but those antlers are the kids own hand print and they loved that :)


On this day my niece and nephew visited! The only one not in this picture is the baby, who is 1 year old now! I got her when she was 3 months old...she's still a wee peanut though :)

One of the kids had the left side and Catriona was working on the right...I loved what she did! She is very abstract with her art, just like her big sister!

Halloween...

We carved pumpkins... Richard did the ghost!

We made pumpkin masks with paperplates for the daycare kids...

My little witch!

This is the beginning of a woodland walk-through, that the Waldorf school put on as an alternative to "trick-or-treating"! They had all these little scenerios going on in different parts of the woods on this walk, like woodland fairies (teens from the school dressed up) dancing around, a knight fighting a beastly dragon to save the princess, a woodsman chopping wood, a native american doing a ritual dance with sage burning...a sprite or two in the trees playing a wooden flute! I just loved it! Catriona was in awe the whole walk...it was about a 20 minute walk through. What an amazing thing to do for the little ones... At the end they had cookies and cider for everyone...

My niece who was a fairy princess and Catriona...just before we left to trick-or-treat on main street...we only go there as they have so much to see, what a blast!

My oldest baby! Beautiful at 7 months pregnant...

Trick-or-treating at big sisters house!
Me on the end with my sister and my friend! I was a witch, as I am every year, but had to give up my hat to my little witch, as hers kept falling off! hehe
Me and Catriona.

October, Child care, random pics

My sweet group of kids...they are just awesome kids and why I love my job so much!!!

I love how they used the jewelry from the treasure chest box as food for their tea party!

She really does do good hard work for a kid! I'm so proud of her...

Hunter is a big help with his little sister and our littlest!

This was a masterpiece Robot!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY!!!

Buddies...

...everyone! (most of the time, lol)Balance!

It's a great castle!!!

Birthday cupcakes, mmmm!

We made crowns from paper plates!

Then we did face painting!