Crazy Day

The weather was gorgeous so the kids played outside for an hour.  We read all about pumpkins and looked at the vines in the yard.  The kids ate the celery that is growing in the garden while we were out there.  We found things in the yard that start with B, that were square, that were in pairs for two, and things that were orange.  We talked all about weather, and animals.  We keep going back to those things, since the kids are so interested in them.  We made pumpkin pie play dough, and they played with them for awhile, using forks and plastic butter knives to make designs on the dough.  We talked about what foods we make with pumpkin, and what the difference is between healthful foods and non healthful foods.  We talked about the food groups, and which of our favorite foods belong in each group.  Unfortunately during lunch, full of our healthful foods we had temper tantrums, mostly because everyone is so tired.  They played hard all morning, and did so much counting and letter recognition their brains were quite busy.  My friend Nicole came by for dinner, and brought me a lot of curriculum materials and resources.  We had a great visit, but I am exhausted, and a lot later doing this blog than usual.  So I will wait to post pictures of the kids till tomorrow.  The journey continues. . .