Snowflakes fell in all their six-sided glory to layer our play yard in mounds of fabulous, fluffy, sparkling whiteness.  We captured and studied some flakes on our mittens before they melted away, and we ate, shoveled, scooped up, and slid … Continue reading →

Winter is officially here. We had fun slipping and sliding on sheets of ice that dotted the yard.  We ran and slid across the ice like baseball players sliding into home plate. Many of our toys were trapped in ice … Continue reading →

Our two days before winter break were much anticipated. On Monday the children measured, poured, stirred, whisked, mixed, and blended up some butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs, flour, etc. to make sugar cookie dough.  It was left to refrigerate for a … Continue reading →

The children were on the go, gliding over the packed snow as they pulled friends in sleds all around the yard.  We made rainbow snow all over the playground by spraying colored water wherever we found nice white patches of … Continue reading →