searching for spring

in an attempt to grasp a wee bit of spring I made a stop at the garden center when I was in Mankato this past weekend.
my goal was to find this... a tiny bit of spring. So happy to see they had numerous bulb gardens in stock and by the time I returned home the first few crocus's had started to bloom, each day a few more bloom, which has led to a riot of color exploding on our table. I think we have all been drawn to the cheerful, colorful blooms through out our day, if only to gaze for a moment at the promise of what will be soon here...

especially when the view out our window still looks like this.
wondering if all those bulbs we planted last fall will even have a chance to sprout this spring....

wacky hair day

as part of I love to read month at school each Wednesday the kids could participate in a different theme each Wednesday.
One of the themes was wacky hair day...anthony's hair was quite simple to do, some gel and the hair blower, and instant spiked hair. I did caution him about running into walls since I was fairly certain the hair would simply snap off. Yahaira's hair took a bit more doing, but winter accommodated us with giving us a two hour late start, imagine that a late start for us. so we braided and braided and braided some more...when she returned home from school she was more than ready for all those braids to be removed.

late night tv...

led to this purchase. no we didn't actually buy it online we found it Wal-Mart.

The girls and I watched an infomercial on this product one late late night. Why?

would you believe we weren't tired, yeah me either. It was one of those nights where one or two or even more were awake at any given time and the tv was keeping me company. This caught their attention so imagine their surprise when I brought it home from a shopping trip not to long ago. What followed was some pretty serious baking and deocrating and yes they all decided that this was simply the best cupcake ever. Just like the commercial.

creative chaos

from this...

to this...
thought it was about time I put some of those ideas floating around in my head into an actual item.
still may change a thing or two,but overall I'm happy with how they turned out.

Bookfair

the annual bookfair was held last Thursday at school.
Always fun to go and check out the new books and pick out a few to add to our collection.

Valentine party

the daycare valentine party
held on Thursday
many brought treats to share, and one little one brought me my own heart shaped cake
so cool!

2nd grade dance program

these are the pictures I got, the other dozen or so were blurry or missing the child who was performing.
sigh, I wasn't able to attend and so I shouldn't complain, but most likely I will a wee bit, about the quality of photos and once could say at least you got a few. true, but I would have enjoyed a few more.
He was not to excited about this and not he doesn't generally wear his jeans rolled up, at least I don't believe he does, but it was crazy sock day for I love to read month and I'm guessing he wanted to share his mismatched socks :)

valentine box

we waited until the last moment (the day before) to create this masterpiece.
she was highly uninterested and it involved a bit of creative manipulation to get her help.
when all was said and done she was pretty excited...

It's Monday!

and that means it's snowing.
(these were taken last monday, yes I am just that slow at posting)
but, guess what? the weather outside my window is equally dismal this monday morning and if we had school (which we don't because someone decided it would be a good experiment in cost saving measures to not hold classes on Monday's during the winter) we would be at least two hours late like all the other towns around us.
sigh, I no longer wonder if it is spring yet and now just wonder will it ever end?

time out...

guess she thought she would get comfortable since she spent so much of the day hanging out in time out.

bilibo chair

I knew as soon as I laid eyes on this chair that it would be a tremendous hit with the daycare kids...
designed to be sit in and sat on, standing on it works as does spinning, the ways it can be used is limitless, love that it encourages them to explore and use their brains. It makes no sounds, requires no batteries, and is completely kid run.

writing out valentine's

so eager and excited to work on their valentine's
almost done, Rosie still needs to do the ones for preschool.