hi everyone, been a slacker with this...but i am back. i welcome three new faces this fortnight, the next generation of children. So welcome to Aysha, William and Daniel. playgroup is on today so william is in for a treat. yesterday was a pupil free day so the bigger children had fun doing some christmas activities

my daycare kids

my kids are the best, just thought i would tell you that. you are all such clever parents!

under 8's day

what a hoot, our kids looked fantastic with their little badges on. kellie weier went with no kids, but managed to have so much fun! boy did the kids sleep well when we got home, no arguing on that day. the state school did a great job in organising the big day.

i am qualified!

i congratulate myself on attaining my certificate 111 in childcare! you can all relax now as i am qualified to look after your children.....now for the diploma...........

camp quality

well off i went to training feeling excited and slightly concerned, and found the most fantastic motivated people. The weekend was great, and now i am set to go, my job is to go on weekends and weekly camps with the kids, so i will be away a fair bit over the rest of the year.

malaysia was great!

well we have returned, slightly browner and more tired than ever. malaysia is great, like phuket before it got big. the people are friendly, the children are cute, the animals unique and the jungles green. We walked over suspension bridges (45 metres above the ground in the jungle), visited headhunters houses, observed orangutangs ( or they observed us, bern climbed mt kinabulu and of course had the one hour massage for $10.

vale molly

I am sad to say that we have lost our favourite little foxie, molly. things sure are not the seem without my little soft molly talking and smiling at me. needless to say, we are all somewhat devestated by this, i thought once that i would never get so attatched to animals but i guess that is just the type of person that i am. i will get another one, but not until we move over the road next year.

Days away in June
Hi everyone - just a reminder about the days that I am away in June. For the state of origon I am away on wednesday the 11th and thursday the 12th of June. Then I am away from Thursday the 26th of June until Monday the 14th of July while i take to the rainforests in Borneo. Also remember Under 8's day at the State School on Thursday the 19th of June

sorry about mothers day coming late!!

sorry all my wonderful mums but your cards and activities will be late due to my darling son causing me a lot of stress and the added bonus of a couple of days in Brisbane this week. you know you all do a great job, I know how wonderful you are because all my daycare kids are happy, well behaved, superbly beautiful children!

birthdays

hi everyone, we have two this week. Ky and Holly. Ky is turning 5 and our little wally is 2. last week was Kyans big day.

playgroup at the park

thought you might like to see a photo of what we do at the park....yes, Sandy plays on the swings!!!

Lets talk about sara.....

sara is a wonderful young lady who visits sandy's family daycare on Mondays and Fridays (and any other day that she can get out of a bit of school!). Sara is studying for her cert 3, and her time here counts towards her completion of her tafe course. She has a natural way with children, shows respect to them and lets them know her expectations. They love her so much that when they are in trouble with me, they run to her!!!! No seriously, I wish the world had more Sara's is it, as she is a great role model for other teenagers.

concert next week

here is a reminder that i am away next week on tuesday and wednesday while i attend a cultural event (instead of a sporting event!!). i am off to the Matchbox Twenty concert in brisbane. Looiking forward to that one.

camp quality

well exciting news, i have been accepted to attend a training inservice so that i can attend a camp quality for kids with cancer. i put this project on the backburner last year but i will be doing it towards the end of this year. dont panic about alternate daycare, charleys place or alternate carers can help us out.

matts rugby union debut

hi there everyone, matt made his much anticipated debut on the rugby union field in toowoomba yesyerday. lets just say i spent the whole morning giggling and that i dont think that the rugby union players will be making a calender like the men of rugby league do!!! seriously though, matt had fun and learnt the game quickly.

it worked!

see i am getting better already, thanks yolanda for being a great teacher!

just experimenting

this is so much fun creating all this, as soon as i am good at it, you people can expect to see great things!!! just got to find the time to fiddle.

school holidays

yahoo, school holidays next week. playgroup is going to be at clover hill ranch with a barbeque lunch. the kids love it down there, plenty of room to run around. i am warning you though, they will come home filthy dirty.

construction site

well by now all of you have seen the mess on the boys block next door. thank you all for being so patient when trying to negotiate trucks, bobcats and workmen. the kids are loving it of course, gives them something exciting to watch during the day.

March at Sandy's..

In the first week we looked at flowers and to match, the colour green. We did a flower collage, planted some plants in pots and collected different leaves from the garden.

Our multicultural theme for the month is Thailand. As Sandy has been there twice and Chrissy three times, there were lots of 'hands on' things for the children to explore.

Week two saw us discovering all the yellow things in the world. This is a lead up to Harmondy Day, which we will be celebrating in the fourth week of the month.

Dinosaurs were the theme for the week, and we all had some dinosaur jelly and lollies. We had playgroup here at Sandy's house, with 22 other children and their carers.

In the week running up to Easter we made nests with chickens and made cards for our families. We also ate lots and lots of chocolate.

In the 1st week of March, the colour focus was on brown and we focused on our families (Grandparents, sisters, brothers etc) We did some collage using all the exciting types of paper that we could find.

Playgroup this week was at Mova's. We had fun doing harmony day activities including icing and eating party cakes.