September Themes

I was hoping to get this post up in September but that didn't happen. I love September and we had some fun themes this month to kick off the Fall.

Our first week was "All About Me"

I created these worksheets to fill out with the children. We had a height chart posted on the wall where I measured how tall everyone was. Unfortunately it was ripped off the wall before I could take a picture. I also weighed everyone on my scale and had a mirror for everyone to look into and talk about what color eyes and hair they had. The children were able to pick their favorite activities to do during the week as well.

The second week was "Our Families"

We talked about who was part of our families and looked at family pictures that were brought in from home. I am in the process of making a family photo album with all the family pictures for the children to be able to look at and share with their friends. I also cut out these people shapes (shown above) and had the children glue them to construction paper then draw each person in their family.

Week number three was one of my favorites: "Apples"

I love apple picking in the September.

We painted our arms hands and fingers to make these cute apple trees.

 

We also cut apples in half for the children to check out what is inside. Then we used the apple half's as stampers. I was a little difficult to get the apples perfectly flat to make a good print but the children enjoyed it anyway. We also did apple taste testing. The children tried different kids of apples and decided which one they liked the best.

 

The Fourth week was all about "Community Helpers".

 

I focused on Firefighters, Mailmen, and Doctors.

 

 

I created this chart and had the kids match each object to the community helper that uses it.

 

 

 

 

 

On the playground the children pretended the climbing structure was a fire truck. In this picture they are pretending to paint the fire truck.

We also wrote letters for their Mommy's and Daddy's then put them in the mail box to be picked up and delivered by the mailman. The children loved this activity.

 

When talking about Doctors I traced the childrens' arms and hands and had them place band aids on them and talk bout a boo boo they have gotten and who helped make them feel all better.

Then, of course we had to play doctor. The children are already very much into this so they are old pros at it.

 

September was a fun month I can't believe it is already over!

 







 

 

 

 



Camping

Camping is always a fun theme to do in the summer time. We did this back in August, sorry I am a little slow with my posts.

The children loved playing in the tent we made inside.

We told stories together then it was time for bed.

Of course the real tent outside was a hit as well. We talked about all the things we would need to bring with us camping and then told more stories about an adventure in the woods.

This was as close as we could get to a real campfire and of course I didn't have any brown construction paper so I had to have them color it in...lol!

2012 Summer Olympics

There is always a week in the Summer where sports is one of our themes so this year we turned it in to our very own Olympic Games where everyone won a gold medal.

We had a hula hoop contest...

And we played kickball!

We also had relay races but I wasn't able to snap any pics of that.

Everyone was so proud with there gold medals! It was a fun week!

Our Growing Family

 We are very happy to announce that we will be adding a new bundle of joy to our family! Baby Dennen #2 is due February 8th. I already have a Christmas baby and this next little one will be my sweet Valentine.

 So far this pregnancy has not been the easiest but as I am now getting into my second trimester I can slowly feel myself start to regain energy and an appetite. This baby is a very active little bugger that I can already feel moving around on occasion. It was amazing to watch him/her do acrobats in my belly at my last ultrasound. We will be finding out in September what we are having so stay tuned!

Maggie is a very excited little girl and tells everyone she sees that she is going to be a big sister. I can't wait to see her reaction when she sees this baby for the first time. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful little family.

Summer Fun

We have been having a pretty busy summer as usual. We are literally spending every day playing, whether it be with our daycare friends, family or any of our other friends, this summer has been a nonstop party of sorts.

We celebrated Ma and Mrs Craig's birthdays back at the end of June.

Maggie and her strawberry face!

I had to throw this picture in here of  Maggie watching TV with her little friends. So cute.

We also had some family visiting from out of state in early July. Here is Maggie playing with her Great Great Aunt Vicki.

Maggie's first 4th of July parade. It was rainy at first but once the parade started the sun was shinning!

The fire trucks at the beginning of the parade did not go over very well. Maggie does not do well with loud noises so she sat hiding in my lap with my hand over her ears for that portion of the parade.

Waving her flag.

She loved all the bands that played through out the parade and danced the whole time. I don't think her feet stopped for more than a second. Notice the lollipop in her hand, I think she may have been on a little bit of a sugar high.

The rest of the afternoon we spent with family at a cookout. Maggie had lots of fun playing with her cousins.

She had even more fun swimming. She was a little fish that day and even got comfortable in the water to a point where she wouldn't let me hold on to her.

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Enjoying a favorite summer treat.

It's always a perfect day when spent with family and friends. My husband Jonny tried to get the day off but was not able to. He was very disappointed to have missed out on seeing Maggie experience the day. Hopefully next year he can enjoy the day with us.