Thursday, April 18, 2013

Winter storm + Colored rice = BLAST!

Colored Rice:
-1 1/2 cups white rice
-Tblsp vinegar
- few drops of food coloring

Add ingredients into a bowl - have the kids shake away!
Spread it out on a cookie sheet (I used wax paper on top) and
then bake at 175 degrees for 10 minutes!
(Thanks Trista for the idea!)


Shake, shake, shake..



Some of our colors! (Each color was about a bag of rice!)

Ta-da! (About 5 bags worth here!)

They found some objects to play with!
-Spoons, cups, cows, horses, tractors, wagons, etc!



Honestly - they played with this stuff ALL MORNING!
I will admit no one even attempted eating it!
And also my floor is a DISASTER .. but
well worth it!


The 3 girls I had today .. lined up chairs and watched Greg snow-blow!
The school age kids got out early (10 am) so they joined in on our rice fun too!
(The lighting in the pic was bad..)

To cute!


Happy Spring!

April showers (snow storms!) .. Bring May flowers!

While the snow kept us inside.. it didn't slow us down..
"ARRRR Matey's!" -- We were pirates!



We have really enjoyed these 2 kiddos while a fellow
daycare provider was on maternity leave!

Girl time!! :)

"April showers ... Bring May flowers!"




We can pretend it's Spring, right? :) 



Monday, April 1, 2013

Easter at Caty's Care!

We made these cute lil bunny magnet picture frames!
(Got super busy and didn't snap pictures!)






We also painted Easter eggs!



Boys busy at it!
The older kids put together the Easter story sticker scene with Jesus and the tomb. We
also decorated Easter buckets and filled them with candy! I
ordered our Easter crafts off of www.orientaltrading.com. Great site! 


Hope you had a great Easter!

.. Feb & March ..


Our Valentine's Day treats!
The girls enjoying some color time!

All smiles.. waiting to hand out our treats!
Happy Valentine's from Caty's care!

Most of our days include painting..

or working on our letters!

We did many rainbow projects for St.Patty's day!


Reading day!






 The kids each picked out a book, gave us a lil bit of the story (most made up their own),
and we enjoyed!




More crafts!




It's been a WINDY March!!


One Windy Day 

I was playing outside

One fine sunny day,

When WHOOSH! A big wind

Took my __________ away!



But when it died down,

It was calm as could be-

And that kind little breeze

Gave my __________back to me!



Movie ...

and popcorn!!

They enjoyed!!



Hope you had a HAPPY March!