En Francais!

Thursday morning we ventured all the way down to Childreach on Maitland St to try out their "Les p’tits fous du Francais" playgroup and storytime.
The kids (and me) had a great time utilizing all the great materials and activities in the playroom.  Then we joined the storytime in the activity room for a great circle all about farming en fracais!  We sang "Old McDonald"  and learned about what different animals like to eat, we danced and counted, and we all took turns shaking cream into butter and tasting the butter spread on a cracker! 
If you want to continue the fun at home, here are the lyrics for "Chez l' vieux fermier Mac Donald"


Chez l' vieux fermier Mac Donald
I AÁ I AÁ O
Il y a des tas, des tas de canards
I AÁ I AÁ O
Avec des couac couac ci
Et des couac couac là
Couac par ci, couac par là
On entend que couac couac
Chez l' vieux fermier Mac Donald
I AÁ I AÁ O

Chez l' vieux fermier Mac Donald
I AÁ I AÁ O
Il y a des tas, des tas de vachess
I AÁ I AÁ O
Et des meuh meuh ci
Et des meuh meuh là
Meuh par ci, meuh par là
On entend que meuh meuh
Chez l' vieux fermier Mac Donald
I AÁ I AÁ O

Chez l' vieux fermier Mac Donald
I AÁ I AÁ O
Il y a des tas, des tas de chiens
I AÁ I AÁ O
Et des ouaf ouaf ci
Et des ouaf ouaf là
Ouaf par ci, ouaf par là
On entend que ouaf ouaf
Chez l' vieux fermier Mac Donald
I AÁ I AÁ O

On peut ajouter d'autres couplets avec…
Des chats… miaou
Des cochons…. groin
Des chevaux…. Hiiiiii
Des poules… cot
Des poussins… piou
Des abeilles…. bzzz

Childreach is open Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings if you ever want to check out the facility, it is amazing!

Happy Mother's Day!

Painting pots for the flowers!

Happy spring Mommies, we love you.

Hair!

Some days are just HAIR-IER than others. HAHA!

(we also have hair on our heads, some eyebrows and eyelashes!)

Puddle Jumping!

We like to sing the "5 little ducks" song when we walk to the pond.

Raffi does a pretty good version, but he can't beat my munchkins shouting

"QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK!"

A rainy day in April!

This is called "Floam" or play foam.

It's as much fun as playdough on a rainy day!

Merry Christmas! (December 2010)

Thank you everyone for a lovely little Chirstmas party. It was so nice to see you all and share some fun making gingerbread men and exchanging gifts. I am very lucky to have such wonderful families.

Thank you for thinking of me during this busy time of year--I certainly didn't expect you all to bring something for us!

I hope you have enjoyed the things I picked out for the children.

Happy New Year!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! (December 2010)

Olivia is teary. She still doesn't like the snow. I don't blame her--it's hard to walk in and is cold on the face when you fall over.


We spend our last hours before our Christmas party on Sunday playing in the snow and practicing 'Rudolph' for our moms and dads.
They knew all the actions. I swear.

We also count snowflakes on our fingers:
"One little, two little, three little snowflakes
Four little, five little, six little snowflakes
Seven little, eight little, nine little snowflakes
Ten snowflakes falling to the ground." (wiggle your fingers down)

See how brave they are getting on the snow piles?

SNOW much fun! (December 2010)

We (which really means "I" ~haha) dug out the snow banks to make a couple runs for the crazy carpets in the front yard on this beautiful day.

The kids are getting used to the height of the snowbanks so it's not quite so overwhelming. Also, I spent a lot of time trampeling it down so they wouldn't sink.

Still they are most comfortable on the walkways, and when the do venture off the pavement, they call themselves 'explorers'.

Olivia doesn't like the snow. At all.

The Big Snow at our House (December, 2010)

The backyard after 2 days of snow. (Note that is is still snowing.)


After 3 days of snow. The sun came out and all the neighbours were out trying to find their cars.


The snowbanks in our backyard after I dug our way to the back gate.

Had to post these so we don't forget what "a real storm" looks like the next time we get one. Thank goodness we had some melting days recently so it doesn't just keep on piling up!

Happy Birthday Miss Olivia! (December 3, 2010)

We had a morning celebration for Olivia's very first birthday!

Cupcakes before heading out to playgroup--what a treat!

It has been really fun watching Olivia grow from baby to toddler--as she is now definately toddling and on the move. In a few short weeks I'm sure we will be hearing her trying to chat us up with her first words, as she has also been much more vocal lately!

Happy Birthday Olivia!