She's five too!

Indirah turning 5 marks the last of the spring birthdays!

Hope you had a wonderful day you big 5 year old!

Mateo turns 4

Happy Birthday Mateo!



She's 5!

She's 5, she's 5, she's really really 5!

When ever a child turns 5 I always get the "5" song stuck in my head.

 Amelia chose to have giant cookies for her birthday this year.

 She was so excited for the whole day about everything!

 A sure sign of her growing up was her patience with waiting to open her present!

...I'm five, I'm five

I am a big girl now, I'm five

I can dress myself, I don't need mom

To help me anymore

And when I sit in my father's chair

My feet can reach the floor

See that

I'm five, I'm five

I am a big girl now, I'm five

My mother doesn't spank me just

For going without a hat

She knows darn well I'd run away

'Cause I'm too old for that

What does she think I'm three?

Not me

What does she think I'm four?

I'm more than four

I'm even more than four and a half...

I'm five!

On June 1st!

New toys

One of my favorite things about getting a new toy is watching how each child will explore what to do with it. Some will use it for it's intended purpose, some will imitate what other have done with it, while others invent new ways to use the props to exploe their imaginations. It's times like these that i love to sit back, not say anything and just watch to see what will happen. Some of the children used the props to tell a story, some just as a makeshift hammer and some used them to talk to their friends. It's been a few weeks now so it has been placed back on the shelf to be forgotten until a few more weeks from now when i will bring it back to be explored as if new.

Birthday Girl

Happy Birthday Maddy!



Burnaby Lake Adventure

Even though it was a wet sort of day we had an amazing time going for our rainy day adventure! I learned my lesson the last time and left Hazel at home while the troops and I ventured on a walk through the trails around Burnaby Lake. I am very impressed that Kai did 99% of the trails walking... unlike Rosie who only lasted about 2 seconds out of the stroller (i will make a hiker out of her yet!!!). Along our way we saw flowers, birds houses, humungo size slugs (thank you Evelyn for remembering the rule to not touch... yuck), a burrow under a tree stump, fungus, skunk cabbage, geese who kept hissing at us until we hissed back, ducks and more ducks! The highlight of the trip was definitely the baby ducks. Thanks again kids for a great day!!! (I love my job!!!)

Easter Bunnies

Preparing for Easter has kept the group quite busy with making baskets, dying eggs, weaving, making bunnies, painting, egg hunts, decorating cookies, face painting and so much more...

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter!