Week of the Young Child

Through daycare we learned that April 11-17 is the Week of the Young Child. Every day there has been a theme and activity that the kids dress up for:

• Monday was favorite team day, so Garrett wore his favorite KU gear! (see his new shoes posting below)
  
• Tuesday was Rock & Roll day - parents were asked to volunteer to read a story to the class on this day. I read Moo, Baa, LaLaLa, by Sandra Boynton (what a fun book!).
  
• Wednesday was Prince & Princess Day. Garrett came home with a fun crown that he "helped" color and a small bag of cotton candy that they made at the center.They must have had lots of activities throughout the day on Wednesday because Garrett was wiped out and fell asleep while eating his dinner!

• Today is Hawaiian Day, so Garrett is dressed up in a surfer tee and his swim trunks! Parents were invited to join the classroom at snack time, so Steve and I got to spend some time with him in the classroom today. The parents were served fruit-kabobs, and the kids had mixed fruit...except for Garrett, who isn't quite ready for fruit and was perfectly happy with a cracker. :-)

• Friday is Hat Day. As much as I would like to send Garrett in his cowboy hat, I won't because I doubt that it would be in one piece by the end of the day! So he will wear his Iowa Central ball cap!

A week like this one makes me happy that we chose the daycare facility that we did. Garrett is learning every day through the activities and interactions with the children and adults at the center. It's been a very positive experience for our family...amongst the ups and downs that we have encountered in the past year!