Twos' Safari 2012

Welcome to the Harvest Twos' Blog! We use it as a way to share pictures and keep you up-do-date with what we are doing in class.

The past two weeks we have been studying about jungle animals. On Wednesday, we went on a safari and had a LOT of fun! Enjoy the pictures!

One Week Left

Important Dates:
May 7 - 11: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 15 (Tuesday): End of the Year Program - 11:00
     (the 2s are up first, so don't be late!)
May 16 and 17: Fun Days! One of these days will be the WATER FUN DAY. We will determine which one based on weather forecasts at the beginning of the week. They will both probably be messy days, so be sure to wear something that can get wet and/or dirty!!
May 17: Last Day of School - See you in August!

Baby Chicks

Ellis brought in three baby chickens on Friday for us to play with. The remaining few weeks we will be learning about Spring, including lessons about plants, spring weather and baby animals. Thank you for sharing your babies with us!

New Friends!

The Twos class is always the class that grows steadily throughout the school year. Even the month before the end of the year we are still adding new students. Dylan Weaver joined us at the end of last week and has quickly made friends. His family attends church at Harvest and his aunt is the new church secretary.

Special Thanks

I wanted to send a special "Thank You" to everyone who prayed for my family and offered (or sent) food or flowers following the loss of my mother-in-law. For those of you who haven't heard my mother-in-law had been fighting pancreatic Cancer for the past 18 months and ended her battle on Wednesday (April 4). Her service was on Monday. It comes as a reminder that life is short and you need to tell those you love how much they mean to you every opportunity you can.

Easter Brunch

I hope everyone had a great time at the egg hunt. It was nice that the rain held off so we could do it outside. I don't know how we could have fit all those eggs in the building!

Spring Break

I hope everyone is having a great Spring Break!! See you back April 2.

DEAR (Drop Everything And Read)

 We love our quiet reading tents!!

Addison is a Big Sister

Annsley Claire Earle was born today! 

She is 8 lbs 9oz and is 21 inches long.

Congratulations Ashley, Danny and Addison!

Red Rover, Red Rover

 We played a school wide game of Red Rover today after eating our green eggs and ham. I am pretty sure Mrs Emmy used a special recipe for her green eggs that called for a full cup of sugar, because after eating them the kids were WILD. I guess they liked their special snack. Or maybe we have just been cooped up inside for way too long with all this rain. It was beautiful outside and we had to go take advantage of the nice weather!

 Red Rover, Red Rover: Send Mrs Barbie on over!

Will you eat them here or there?

 This is the best of the 10 attempts at a class picture. Several of our friends were very anti-face paint and hat this year. These kids definitely know what they do and do not like...

 Micaiah joined us from the ones room.

 Logan loves green eggs and ham. He even helped his friends who didn't want to try theirs.

Class Picture

We hadn't updated our class picture in awhile, and with the addition of our new friends we thought we should try to get one. Class pictures are always an adventure for us. This might be the closest thing we have gotten to a good one in quite a while.

Play Time

Chillin'

Preschool isn't all about playing, crafts and snack time. Sometimes we have a few moments where the kids are just able to relax.

Valentine's Day Party

Has anyone else had one of those days where you *think* you have taken a ton of pictures and then when you go to put them on the computer you really only took 4 and 3 of them are blurry? Please say I am not the only one this has happened to.

Here is my only decent picture from Friday's party. Sorry! Guess I was too busy munching on cupcakes.

Valentine Party

Our Valentine Party is this Friday! All children may attend all day long and parents are welcome to attend (party starts at 11:30), but there won't be a program and your attendance is definitely not required. The sign up sheet is posted outside the classroom door.

Here is our class list:
Girls:
Abby
Addison
Emily
Ellis
Faye
Jada
Jordan
Sara Beth

Boys:
Clay
Hudson
Jack
Logan
Morgen
William

What a Beautiful Day

Today was so pretty we spent a long time on the playground. Unfortunately with all the rain there was a little bit of mud - I am sorry for the muddy knees! Our lesson this week and last week was "Winter". We have talked about snow and penguins and cold weather clothes (jackets, mittens, etc) during our group time inside, but the weather outside hasn't quite followed our lesson plan. Not that I am complaining - I will take warm weather over cold any day.

Another New Friend!

New friends are coming out of the woodwork lately! The number of boys is starting to catch up with our number of girls, which I am sure the boys are pretty happy about! Today's new friend is William. He and his sister Madeline (4's class) moved here from Montgomery recently. They are friends with John Spencer's (3s class) family and their mom works with Logan's mom.

Welcome to the Twos class William!

Meet our new friend...

JACK! He is from Korea and he is 3 years old.

Donuts With Daddy

Donuts with Daddy is always so much fun (and not just because the donuts are so yummy)! We had such a great turn out with not only daddys but also mommys and grandpas. There were even donuts left over so the kids got to eat them again at snack time.

Donuts With Daddy

Remember Donuts with Daddy is tomorrow - Friday January 27! Doors will open by 7:45 and donuts will be available until at least 8:30. If Daddy is unable to come whoever brings your child is welcome to share donuts with us! It is also a free day so even if you don't normally come on Fridays your child is welcome to attend. See you there!

"I'm a little rocket..."

The last two weeks we have been studying space and I couldn't resist sharing a few pictures. Enjoy!

Playdoh

Every once in awhile we get brave enough to pull out the messy toys. With all the rain the past couple of weeks we have had to dig deep into the play closet and we found a box of playdoh and a huge bag of cookie cutters. The kids had such a great time making animals with the playdoh.