Today when we all woke up we had a lovely surprise… snow! White fluffy snow.
Lottie
Poppy was not very happy because she wanted to stay home and play in the snow! She had to walk to school as the bus was cancelled, but she enjoyed walking in the snow. When she got to school there was a big fun snowball fight.
Poppy Went To SchoolTracks And FeetLots Of SnowOn Way To School
Chloe was happy because her school was closed, she went to the park with her mum and brothers. Ben loved the Canada Geese, one went up to him and ate the bread from his hand. Jack and Chloe loved snow ball fighting, but didn’t like getting so cold.
Ben And The Geese Chloe, Jack And BenChloeAt The Park
After breakfast we all got our coats, scarves and gloves on and went for a walk in the back garden.
We have had such a fun few weeks getting ready for Christmas. The house has been well and truly glitter bombed!
Holly
Holly is looking forward to her first Christmas. She has grown so much this year and been such a good girl, Father Christmas will definitely be bringing her something nice.
BenJack
Ben and Jack absolutely loved these star shaped doughnuts, who doesn’t love Christian treats!
Jack, George And ElsieElsies SnowmanJacks SnowmanEyes, Nose And Mouth
We have made so many different crafts over the last few weeks for our parents and grandparents. We loved making our Snowmen, let’s hope it really snows so we can make a real one.
Below are some photos Tracie has taken over the last few weeks.
Phyllis, Jack And ChloePhyllis And JackTracie And BenGeorgeElliottElsieMable And ElliottHolly, Debbie And ElliottElliott And Lottie
We looked at some old photos of Chloe, Poppy and Tracie. We could see how big they have grown! can you see who is who?
Chloe, Poppy And Poppy Poppy Aged 2 Tracie And PoppyPoppy
These are a few Photos sent to Tracie over the festive holidays. George looks super lucky standing with all his Presents, Father Christmas has left him! Tracie had a lovely meal out with her family and has enjoyed the festive time off to re charge her batteries for the New year’s activities.
Gemma And BenGeorge PoppyBen And TracieTracie’s FamilyPhyllis, Poppy And Chloe
Ben and his mum look super excited to open their presents.
Look at our Debbie, she scrubs up well. I bet Father Christmas leaves her something lovely for Christmas.
Elsie and Evie are very happy with their lovely gifts. I particularly love her Spider Girl outfit! Wonder if she can climb up the walls? Let’s hope she wears a bungie rope for safety.
We wish everyone an amazing Christening and a Happy Healthy New Year.
We started off the week making a ginger bread house and Christmas trees.
Gingerbread House Made By PoppyAdding The RoofLottie And Mables Creation
Unfortunately the house kept falling apart so the children decided to eat it instead!
Elliott and George’s Tree
We decided to make gingerbread men instead to decorate, it was far easier for the children. However the end result was the same… they ate them and took one home for someone special, nom nom
Rolling Cutting Shapes Being Careful Taking TurnsDecorate Or Eat? Nom Nom
Everyone was in the festive mood when we had Christmas Jumper day.
BenLottie and Holly Jack And HollyGeorge Elsie
Fun was had trying to learn how to balance penguins and polar bears on the floating icebergs. The children enjoyed the activity so much we played it four times in one day!
Balancing Building TowersSlippery PenguinsBubbles
What fun we had on week 2, Christmas party week next week, Exciting!
We kicked off the festivities with Poppy putting up the Christmas Tree. Next was the decision of Fairy, Angel or Star, Poppy decided it was the star as she wanted ‘Bling’ this year.
Poppy Decorating The Tree
Molly was excited when she saw all the decorations, I took this fabulous picture and sent it to her mum.
Molly Loves Christmas
Our first trip out was to our Stronger Practice Hub at Everton to join in with the Forest school. We made a fire and had marshmallows, smores and lots of activities outdoors. Even Father Christened made a visit!
Wrapped Up WarmWaiting For Their TurnCatching Up With Friends Lighting The FireBalancing Sensory Melting Marshmallows Mesmerised Watching The Flames
We started our crafts by making a Christmas wreath. All the children made green hand prints, except for Elliott, he doesn’t like getting his hands messy. Elliott painted a green picture instead and we cut out shapes to add to the plate.
Next we glued the prints onto a paper plate and added glitter, sparkly paper and various other pretty shapes. Tracie then hung them up to dry. We displayed them on the window for everyone to see.
LottieElliott Mable Feathers and a StarHand Prints and cotton BallsHand Prints
When Molly was in she asked me what my favourite decoration was, i said the light up Robin. Mollys favourite was the glittery peacock and George’s said his was the owl twit twoo.
OwlPeacock Robin Wow Elsie So ColourfulElsie’s MableJack Painting Father Christmas
The children made some very pretty Stockings. painted some lovely cutouts of Father Christmas and all his Reindeer’s, Jack gave Rudolf a big red nose.
Welcome HollyLovely Dancing To DannyMableMaking MusicLovely Song ElliottLottie Joining In Martie too!This is Holly Wow!So Relaxing Holly Fell AsleepLoving The Changing ColoursLearning Patience Shapes
In the summer holidays we went on a mini break to Wales and had lots of fun.
Chloe, Tracie, Poppy and LacyWe stayed in a lovely hotel in Machynlleth near Pennal. HotelOutdoors PoolHotel Grounds ParkIndoor Pool Game TimeThey had an indoor and outdoor Pool, playground, golf course and amazing garden for us to play in. Water Babe Fun At The BeachStone Sculpture Loons ChlorLacy and Pops Sculpture We went to Aberystwyth beach and even though the weather was dull and wet it didn’t stop us having fun in the water and making sculptures . Going Down To The Caves Being SafeChloe And LacyFunny Face We went to King Arthur’s Labyrinth near Corris. We had to wear hard hats as we went u underground into the vast caves.Underground Lots of FunPretty Colours In The Cave’s
We went in a boat through the underwater river and looked at scenes and listened to the story of King Arthur. We walked a few miles through winding caves then returned to the boat for our journey back out into the bright daylight. Fun was had by all.
Holly ChillingWinter VegPhyllis and Ben SnugglesReadingHi Ruby Batty LottyTrace and LottyWelcome HollyBrothers Jack’s 3rd Birthday Sing TimeParty TimeOur Grapes Are Ready At Last! Passion FruitPlaying With The Leaking HosePartners In Crime Superhero Birthday Party Ben’s 1st Birthday Oranges Oranges Getting BigBirthday BoyProud Of His FlowersCheeky PatchesRuby On The SlideDen BuildingOutdoor NapHelping Each other Wheres Jack?Number PlayChitter ChatterSand / Shell playActivity Time
We had fun this week with the Pumpkin’s, heres a little gallery of our activities.
Using Pumpkin’s In Play Investigating Using Them As A BallGroup PlayPrintingPainting Using the seeds Painting Of A Pumpkin
We went to Teds Farm Pumpkin Patch to choose some Big ones to carve out.
Jack And Ben How Many?Gemma And JackPoppy And ChloeWow These Pumpkins Are Heavy Heave Heave Having A RaceLazy PoppyHaving FunStrike A PoseLooking At The Mud!Making Gemma Pick It Up
We all had a fun day out and can’t wait to go again next year.
We have so much fun learning and playing in our garden at Tracie’s Treasures. I want to share some of my favourite films from the last couple of months.
In this film Jack is looking in our small barrel pond he is investigating what lives in there. He finds YUK
Jack Exploring In The Half Barrel Pond
George and the girls walk around the garden to check for bugs, George sings ‘Barbie Girl’ all the way around.
George Singing Barbie GirlMr Black Bird Having A Bath
This funny clip George is singing again as usual. This time he is singing to a Snail about being gorgeous.
George Singing ‘Your Beautiful’ To A Snail
My favourite time of day, looking in the greenhouses to see whats growing.
Elsie, Grace and Georgia Looking In The Greenhouse
Hope you enjoyed the films, the children here are amazing.
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