Our Martie has grown up so much since starting with us as a baby. She is now starting school and we will be minding her baby sister which we are looking forward too. We will look forward to seeing Marty in the holidays and catching up with all her stories from school.
Here is a compilation of photos from her amazing time with us. Good luck Martie see you at Easter xx
Our Christmas Photo Collection From All At Tracie’s Treasures
Today for Jacks birthday we went to the Liverpool Playhouse to watch a production of Julia Donaldson’s ‘The Giant Came To Town’ it was absolutely amazing.
It was Jack’s 1st time at the Theatre and he was so well behaved. He loved sitting on a special box so the seat was raised and wouldn’t keep going up. We shared a drink and popcorn while waiting for the show to start.
Jack laughed, pointed and clapped at the puppets as they told the story.
As the show finished and everyone was bowing, Jack got excited, clapped and waved goodbye.
This month the children have been working hard on their physical skills.
Izzy is now confidently walking the whole of the play rooms. She is growing in confidence even walking up the soft-play equipment.
Our youngest Seedling is not even 1 years old and can walk around the room with encouragement from adults and peers. Well done Alba!
Edie is well and truly walking, even running at times.
The three eldest Seedlings have been practicing their balancing skills. Balancing on the soft play equipment and balancing boards.
Lincolnshire Wildlife Park is one of the UK’s largest animal sanctuaries. The residents are from all walks of life and from all over the world. They have an amazing array of animals which keep the keepers very busy daily, from Tigers to Parrots and lots in between!
We had a fun packed day out walking around the park, we discovered some amazing facts and information about Parrots and learned why the Charity is so important. We listened to the wonderful sounds of the rainforest, spanning from Australia to Africa to the Americas and discovered why they are the only park that talks back!
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Park is a well established ‘National Parrot Sanctuary’ housing over 1000 re-homed Parrots & Parakeets, covering over 100 different species. They have a third of the UK’s Parrots here, and continue to re-home those that need help. These amazing creatures come in all sizes, colours and with some colourful language to accompany them! This parrot above kept saying hello to Poppy.
We found out some interesting facts about the Reindeer pictured above. Their hoof pads soften and widen in warmer weather to walk with ease on the soft ground, in colder weather their pads shrink, exposing their sharp hooves which are able to dig into the ice for extra grip. Their antlers are like a human’s fingerprints, no reindeer’s antlers are the same! How cool is that!
We loved the Tapir which are related to the rhinoceros and have special splayed toes to help them walk through soft muddy grounds. A group of Tapir in the wild is called a candle and baby Tapir are called calves. Calves have very different markings to adults, they are striped with white bands which helps to camouflage them in the wild.
They have a variety of Turtles at the sanctuary, including Yellow Bellied Sliders, Red Eared Sliders, Cumberland Sliders and Map turtles.
If you would like to visit you will find the details are:
Lincolnshire Wildlife Park,
Dickonhill Road,
Friskney,
Lincolnshire,
PE22 8PP
We all recommend a visit!
We are so proud of our Jacy this week for running for school council and winning!
He worked so hard making posters and finding out from the children what they would like to see changing at Anfield school.
Jacy practiced talking in front of others and has become so confident. We will keep you posted how he progresses being Council leader.
Today we made some edible play-dough for the Little Seedlings to manipulate, use cutters and mould into shapes. It was fantastic for the babies to play with because it was completely edible.
Charlie and Alfie sat well together and used cutters to make some shapes. Unfortunately the dough got stuck in the moulds, we added extra cornflower to make it more malleable and easier to play with.
The babies started the activity having sprinkles and chocolate stars on their trays.
They were given the Play-dough and were encouraged to move it around their trays to collect up all the sprinkles to make it tastier.
Because we normally use Play-dough and our rules are not to put it in our mouths Alfie was apprehensive to try and taste it. He watched everyone else have a go first. He soon got stuck in and had a go, he didn’t like the taste but loved the sprinkles.
Charlie tried to convince Emma and Tracie he hadn’t eaten any! Think this picture tells a different story.
Today was an emotional day when our Georgia, Fearne and Sophie moved up to Anfield School.
They all looked so cute in their uniforms, Emma and I are so proud of them, they have grown into confident and well-mannered young girls. They have all been with us from babies and have been a pleasure to mind.
Wont be long and they will be coming back in school holidays!
Wow the summer holidays have gone fast. We have all had so much fun going on walks, rides, parks, beaches, farms, play centres and this week we have loved the indoor fun fair at the Liverpool Exhibition Centre.
Jack, Mason, Poppy and Chloe were so excited when the doors opened at the funfair. They ran straight to the Fun House and all we could hear was laughing and screeching.
Next stop the Swing Carousel, Tracie had to lift everyone into the seats because they were so high, she strapped everyone in securely and the man offered her a job of Health and Safety Operator!
Next we all ran to the Waltzers and we span around and around so fast when we got off we all nearly fell over we were so dizzy!
The Maze was fun, Mason came out saying “that maze is amazing!” Poppy got lost and couldn’t find her way out and ended up coming out via the entrance!
Tracie, Poppy and Chloe went on the carousel while the boys went with Emma over to the bouncy obstacle course.
Chloe was very brave and went on the Freestyler ride, how she wasn’t sick we don’t know! Poppy took it a little safer on the mini hopper.
The Haunted House was fun, Emma and I could tell which children were ours through the screams. Poppy closed her eyes the whole way around, she then said “that was fab!” Bless.
Everyone loved the bouncy slide and the mini Caterpillar Roller Coaster.
We had so much fun and all the children were all so well behaved. It was a perfect end to our Summer Trips. Now its a well earned Holliday time for Tracie and Emma! See you all in a weeks time!!
Week 4 already! Wow the summer holidays are going fast!
Izzy has had lots of fun with everyone and has settled into our setting really well. She is always so happy, bubbly and watches everyone playing. She lets us know when she wants something or not, and thrives on all the interactions with children, Emma and Myself.
We had fun at the play centre, Jack loved looking through the peep bubbles and trying to point out his friends.
Charlie and Martie both finished off their ‘Liverpool Kindness Rocks’ paintings so next week we can all go out and hide them in all the parks we are visiting.
Tracie, Martha, Ivor, Jack, Sophie and Georgia all went to the Odeon to watch ‘The Croods 2’. It was very funny and everyone behaved so well they had popcorn and sweets for treats!
While we were all in the Odeon Gemma took Poppy around town. They had lots of fun, in and out of lots of different shops. Poppy said the sweet shop smelled so sweet and Lush, which sells bath bombs, smelled like fruit! They both loved looking at the display made out of colourful umbrellas and comics. What a sensory time they had!
At the ‘Liverpool Lighthouse’ this week we went for fun, games and dancing. We played musical statues, musical bumps, superheroes, dancing and tag. We also took part in ‘make your own’ lunch. We all got to make a healthy bag full of fruit, veg and sandwiches which we took to the park for a picnic.
The game of the week was ‘UNO’ everyone joined in so we ended up using two decks of cards. Chloe won the most games, Poppy the most tantrums and Jack the most ‘give aways’.
Poppy and Izzy loved playing together, Poppy read Izzy stories, sang songs and had sensory mat play.
The soft play was used the most this week. The children used them as a playground, hiding seek, building, sleeping, relaxing and role play! Well worth the spends!
Last full week before our week off, then back to school. I wonder what fun we will be having?…
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