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Butterfly Release

We released our Painted Lady butterflies into the wild this week.  Lollipop, Dotty, Elmo, Flower, Pretty, Spiderman, Rose and Zoomer stayed around the playground for a while to say "Thank You" and "Goodbye" - then they took to the skies!

The children have thoroughly enjoyed this project, watching our tiny caterpillars grow and transform.  Of the ten caterpillars ordered from Insect Lore, we ended up with eight lovely butterflies.

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A day at the park

This week, we had our first Summer Field Trip to the park for Story Time. This is a favorite for our group each year! After stories, songs and a craft with Miss Kathy, we play for a while and then eat our picnic lunch.

We had a special treat this week - the children were given suckers at the post office when we took our pen pal letters to be mailed.  Everyone had a great time, and were ready to cool down and rest by the time we headed back.  Looking forward to doing it again next week!  :)

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Pen Pals

We have become Pen Pals with a daycare in Texas for the summer!  This week, we put our first package together and took it to the post office.  Here are the kids happily working on writing to our new friends...

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A thought for today...

"Our most important task as parents is raising children who will be decent, responsible, and caring people devoted to making this world a more compassionate place."
-Neil Kurshan

Everything grows...

There are reminders all around that change is the nature of life: our caterpillars have transformed into butterflies, the spring babies have grown nearly ready to be weaned and our chicks have turned into lovely little ladies.

The butterfly release is planned for Thursday.  Five of the seven have been named by the children: Dotty, Pretty, Elmo, Flower and Spiderman.  :)

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Photo Update - 6/5/11

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Mother's Day and Provider Appreciation Day...

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.  She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.  A mother is something absolutely new."  ~Rajneesh

We worked all week on the special project for our mommies, and they turned out beautiful!