Fun with the Daycare Kiddos

So here are some new pics of my daycare kiddos. These guy really enrich my life in so many ways. They keep me on my toes, but it is so fun to see them learning new things and growing every day. I am trying to do some preschool activities with them to help prepare them for school. Unfortunately I don't think I will be able to put Grace in a regular preschool due to the fact that it would be so hard to get her to and from it, so I don't want any of them to be behind so I am teaching them their numbers and letters and colors and such. They love to play with the playdough when we bring it out. We are learning how to use scissors and I read that playdough is a great way to get started teaching them the basics of scissor use. Most days they love doing their lessons, although the rain we've had all week this week seemed to mess them up a bit and we didn't get as much done as we usually do. I also have a great video of them dancing and singing to our "Doodlebops" soundtrack. As soon as I can figure out how, I will post that too. It is a riot!

Labor Day weekend pictures

Grace and I had a great time last weekend visiting with my family. My sister Aubrey was home for the week on leave from the Air Force. She has been overseas for about two years now I think, maybe three? Too long anyway. Grace and her only met once about a year and a half ago, so Grace was a little unsure of her at first, but warmed up to her pretty quickly. Here are some great pics from the weekend and some other fun ones of her and daddy and her toys. Steve wasn't able to come to Salina with us for the weekend, so I gave him the job of putting Grace's big girl bed up. She had now been sleeping in it since we got back on Tuesday and is doing great. We even got her a new step stool and put Princess stickers and her name on it so she can climb into bed herself. She is officially not a baby anymore, fully potty trained with few accidents anymore and a big girl bed. What's a mom to do?