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Today we had our Goodbye Party for our three oldest friends (4, 4 & 5yo). They will be starting Pre-K and Kindergarten next week and I usually send off my kids with a nice little hoorah. We rented a big Winnie the Pooh jumper for the whole day, we ordered pizza for lunch, and all families had to bring in a fun snack (we had cookies, mini cupcakes, juice boxes, and I did banana splits). We also gave our departing friends goodbye gifts that included friendship bracelets and necklaces, photo flip books (from Snapfish that are so freaking adorable and inexpensive!!), and I made them a personalized blanket and pillow for them to take to school for naptime.
At 7:30am, I usually have just two daycare kids. This morning, all TEN of my kids arrived between 7:30 and 8am and the house was a madhouse. Everyone was excited for the party and I had a couple of girls squeeling in the corner, I had my two infants who were hungry and were crying, I had two of my kids who were pooped and made the whole room spell awful, and someone ripped three of our daycare books, which is a huge no-no.
After a breakfast that was 30 minutes late, and after six diapers were changed, and after my two babies were fed and put down for a nap, the rest of the kids crowded by the cubbies to put their shoes on to be the first in the jumper.
We jump and play for 30 minutes before our first injury. DCG#1 tripped and landed on DCG#2's leg - both sit out and take a break to cool off after their heated argument over who did what and what reeeeally happened
Our first water break happens and 6 of the 8 children claim "it's too hot", "I'm tired", "when can we go back inside?", "is it lunch time yet?", "why do we HAVE to jump?", "I need the bathroom", "I want more water!", and my personal favorite, "all this exercise is making me go bananas!" to which my whole group jump into a dance and song to "Banana's" from the Fresh Beat Band (:
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After a 30-minute break for more water and bathroom sessions, we resume jumping. Only 15 minutes pass before the same 6 children sit down with more complaints. I send them all in with my mother. I join my two jumping beans in the jumper and we all screech and giggle and tumble and have so.much.fun. The kids who are inside have their faces pressed against the window and are asking to go back outside. Um, negative!
Lunch is a huge success and we settle down for naps. Only my two jumping beans take a decent nap that resembled their actual naptime length. Half of them roll around on their mats and whispered to each other, and the other half took between a 30 and 45 minute nap. Two of them didn't even TAKE a nap (which is unheard of in my daycare).
This was me =
Snacktime was worse with one claiming they suddenly disliked ice cream, another asking to take off the sprinkles from the ice cream after requesting the (absolutely not!), another complaining I gave them too much ice cream and they were too full --> this child's bowl was untouched!, btw -- and a whole slew of more uncoolness.
I only have 3 daycare kids at 5pm. But of course, everyone wanted their children to stay the whole day because they were so excited for the jumper that I had all 10 of my kids at 5pm. More craziness with our afternoon jumping session and I happily and, very gently, shove my children out the door when their parent arrives. Normally I wouldn't mind them staying later for the day to take advantage of the jumper that I rented. But after the day I had with my kids who turned pod-like, I was beyond exhausted!
I'd like my normal children back tomorrow please!!
At 7:30am, I usually have just two daycare kids. This morning, all TEN of my kids arrived between 7:30 and 8am and the house was a madhouse. Everyone was excited for the party and I had a couple of girls squeeling in the corner, I had my two infants who were hungry and were crying, I had two of my kids who were pooped and made the whole room spell awful, and someone ripped three of our daycare books, which is a huge no-no.
After a breakfast that was 30 minutes late, and after six diapers were changed, and after my two babies were fed and put down for a nap, the rest of the kids crowded by the cubbies to put their shoes on to be the first in the jumper.
We jump and play for 30 minutes before our first injury. DCG#1 tripped and landed on DCG#2's leg - both sit out and take a break to cool off after their heated argument over who did what and what reeeeally happened
Our first water break happens and 6 of the 8 children claim "it's too hot", "I'm tired", "when can we go back inside?", "is it lunch time yet?", "why do we HAVE to jump?", "I need the bathroom", "I want more water!", and my personal favorite, "all this exercise is making me go bananas!" to which my whole group jump into a dance and song to "Banana's" from the Fresh Beat Band (:
. After a 30-minute break for more water and bathroom sessions, we resume jumping. Only 15 minutes pass before the same 6 children sit down with more complaints. I send them all in with my mother. I join my two jumping beans in the jumper and we all screech and giggle and tumble and have so.much.fun. The kids who are inside have their faces pressed against the window and are asking to go back outside. Um, negative!
Lunch is a huge success and we settle down for naps. Only my two jumping beans take a decent nap that resembled their actual naptime length. Half of them roll around on their mats and whispered to each other, and the other half took between a 30 and 45 minute nap. Two of them didn't even TAKE a nap (which is unheard of in my daycare).
This was me =
Snacktime was worse with one claiming they suddenly disliked ice cream, another asking to take off the sprinkles from the ice cream after requesting the (absolutely not!), another complaining I gave them too much ice cream and they were too full --> this child's bowl was untouched!, btw -- and a whole slew of more uncoolness.
I only have 3 daycare kids at 5pm. But of course, everyone wanted their children to stay the whole day because they were so excited for the jumper that I had all 10 of my kids at 5pm. More craziness with our afternoon jumping session and I happily and, very gently, shove my children out the door when their parent arrives. Normally I wouldn't mind them staying later for the day to take advantage of the jumper that I rented. But after the day I had with my kids who turned pod-like, I was beyond exhausted!
I'd like my normal children back tomorrow please!!
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