Over the last week...

Eggs, sunny side up...


Writing...


Enjoying the rain...


Friday with my dog as play yard guest...





Relaxing...


Baby's eye view...


She had such a jolly time resting on the ground...





Shhh... nap time for dollies.


Mat fun...


Enjoying juice-cicles and watching the conversion of popcorn from kernel to fluffy goodness.








Watching fairies descend...





Blindfold game...





Shepherd's pie is mighty good...


Boots and shorts, they're where it's at this Spring...





It's a puppy dog police station, I was informed...


Moving the logs required teamwork...little guys loved helping their bigger friends.





Reading about rescue vehicles...


Kneading...


Lounging...


Peekaboo...


Liam loved helping Janie fix the toilet!


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Weekly Menu, 5/16-5/20/11

Monday
AM: organic granola bars
Lunch: organic pasta w/ Parmesan cheese, parsley, red peppers, mushrooms, and nitrite/nitrate free ham
PM: organic popcorn, 100% juice popsicles

Tuesday
AM: sunshine cereal w/ organic milk
Lunch: shepherd's pie: grass fed beef, organic veggies, mashed potatoes
PM: pretzels, cheddar cheese cubes

Wednesday
AM: organic apple slices
Lunch: scrambled organic eggs, orange slices, homemade organic bread
PM: pita chips, organic hummus

Thursday
AM: fruit smoothie: organic apple juice, organic bananas, blueberries
Lunch: Asian turkey meatballs, organic green beans w/ organic lemon sesame vinaigrette over brown rice
PM: organic tortilla chips with bean dip

Friday
AM: craisins, organic animal crackers
Lunch: grilled cheese sandwiches (multigrain bread), homemade tomato bisque
PM: veggie stick snacks, peanuts

What's Up?

Toddler Mother's Day art...


Cracking and blending eggs for frittatas...





You're never too young to bake bread...


Surprise instruments in the center of the labyrinth...


Hola!


Chalk fun...


Back scratcher?


Birthday celebrations...





Fancy with brother...


Multitasking...


He didn't mind this a bit...





Cool diaper!


Zonked...


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Weekly Menu, 5/9-5/13/11

Monday
AM:  granola bars
Lunch:  salmon salad, crackers, organic applesauce
PM:  cucumber rounds, organic carrot sticks, homemade ranch dip

Tuesday
AM:  coconut macaroons, bananas
Lunch:  beef and black bean chili (grass fed local beef), cornbread
PM:  yogurt (Greek yogurt and organic yogurt) and blueberries

Wednesday
AM:  dry organic cereal, organic raisins
Lunch:  frittata:  eggs, red potatoes, onion, organic broccoli, homemade bread w/ organic butter
PM:  lemon/rosemary kettle chips, organic apple slices

Thursday
AM:  rice crackers w/ strawberry jam
Lunch:  "King Ranch" rice casserole (brown rice, pastured local chicken, homemade cream of mushroom soup, red pepper, green chiles), organic spinach w/homemade vinagrette
PM:  Goldfish crackers, peanuts, a few! chocolate chips

Friday
AM;  warm bagels w/ organic butter
Lunch:  bean nachos, buttered corn
PM;  Andrea's snack mix! (made w/ kitchen treasures)

Tuesday, 5/3-Thursday 5/5/11

A special thanks to our teachers for their work helping the kids with Mother's Day crafts!


Making sauce for GEDS pad Thai...


And crushing the peanuts...


It was yummy!








Out on the range...or the play yard.


Abby loves attention!


Lucy fresh from a mud bath...


Toddler tunnel...


Stumphenge...


PreK drawing for moms...


Barbra stamped the babies' feet for their moms...


TransPreK vases...Thanks for poems, Kim!


Wednesday lunch...pastured chicken, red potatoes, carrots, and homemade bread...


Four chickens feed a crowd! You can get them at Sassy Pea Market...





Our front yard canopy...it is healing to work in this outdoor space.


Siesta...


Playing siesta...


After nap stretch...


School mint for sun tea on Thursday...


Ladybugs in the butterfly garden...








New rope across "alligator river"...


Melissa shares how to approach Mocha rabbit...


Tables in the shade...


Silliness with cucumbers...


Tent...


Checking out the sun tea...


Coloring, big paper...


Train gang...


Everything's coming up rainbows...


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