Weekly Menu, 8/1-8/5/11

MondayAM:  organic strawberries and cranberry granola w/ organic milk
Lunch:  homemade gluten free macaroni and cheese, organic broccoli
PM:  snack mix:  banana chips, sunflower seeds, organic raisins

Tuesday
AM:    organic cinnamon crunch cereal (dry)
Lunch:  Asian chicken salad (pastured chicken, mayo, green onion, mandarin oranges, chow mein noodles)
PM:  Goldfish crackres, string cheese

Wednesday
AM:  mango smoothie (mangos, organic vanilla yogurt)
Lunch:  black beans, organic brown rice, organic spring mix salad greens w/ balsamic vinaigrette
PM:  homemade watermelon sorbet, corn tortilla chips

Thursday
AM:  Schumann's Bakehaus Powerhaus cookies
Lunch:  Greek quiona salad (organic quinoa, tomatoes, parsley, lemon juice, feta cheese, garlic, olive oil), turkey meatballs
PM:  corn chips, bean dip (pintos)

Friday
AM:  wholegrain cinnamon toast
Lunch:  pigs in a blanket (turkey hot dogs, crescent rolls), baked beans
PM:  no-bake peanut butter oatmeal cookie balls

This Week, 7/25/11+

Everyone has their passion. Mine is watching young humans develop. And, I think it just might be the most amazing process ever! Not to toot our horn, but I think magic happens here daily...we simply have to notice.

Sleep gloves...


Learning to use our puff ball catapults...


She loved watching the puff balls fly!


Mechanics...


Ojos de Dios...


Making a family banner...



Curtain peek-a-boo...


Rocking and singing...


Happy cook!


We conducted a staff meeting Wednesday night...dinner together and experience in the living arts. We washed our dishes and cloth napkins after our meal. PreK and TransPreK will add this to their lunch routine in late August.








One pod or two?


Making BLTs for lunch...


Knitting circle...


Catapult construction...








Now that's a multitasking working mom!


Mustache and beard...





The giant's chair...


Mixing concrete with Mr. Jesse for our bread oven foundation...








Seeing what a fifteen pound catapult ball may have felt like...














Did we mention they love the catapults?


Crowns...






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7/26/11

Today we built Popsicle stick catapults in Summer Camp and PreK...


Miss Janie's instructions...thanks for the great lesson plans and kits of materials delivered to our classrooms!





















Drawing...


This student drew herself with her brother...love his stylin' ball cap!





Our new water boxes are swell!


One of my favorites!








The children will awaken to the smells of berry crumble. I love nurturing the children with homemade food that smells fantastic!


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7/25/11

"Medieval Times" is our theme this week. Andrea's amazing chalkboard drawings...





Knights and dragons, oh my!





New bench...


Today's chefs making bean enchilada casserole...








Finger knitting...


Watercolor painting with "royal" colors...





Some painted shields...


Costume from home...


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