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Happy Rivendell Birthday to the one and only Honey! I am so glad she found her way to Rivendell. Honey pretty much always bursts throught the door with a smile on her face, ready for....anything! Fun! Art! Games! Crafts! Stories! Dance parties! Adventure! Mischief. She's definitely feisty. And she's got highly developed engineering brain. An impressive problem-solver. And today was her day. She called the shots, chose the meals, brought the cupcakes, and shared her light, a

I invented a new game. We each collect five of the same blocks: a brick, a long brick, a share, a triangle and a 'longie' (a cylinder). Then we turn away from each other. And one person describes what should be done with the blocks, and everyone tries to do that. A bit like a game of 'telephone'- will the message come through? Those who played were quite good at following instructions. Giving the instructions was a little harder. But I think it qualifies as a STEM game. (Wha

Azrael got close and personal with the big Gnome (Shiny), while Weslee continued his love affair with a slug. The other kids claimed a 'toy of the day', but then moved on immediately. We noticed/counted/judged wreaths on our walk to the library: 27 And lots of other stuff happened too. Can you be an ancestor before you are dead? We are learning a bit about Hannukah so that we can light a menorah next week and maybe dance the Horah.

the fairyhouse platforms were toilet plungers (and of course pretty much everything was a toilet that needed plunging) the children were bunnies that go 'zzzzzz...zzzzz' the gnomes were hunted and hung, stuffed into drums, rehung and rehunted ornaments were painted boxes for the ornaments were painted ornaments were decorated the ceiling leaked. when the water in the preschool bathroom was left running. the chimichangas were very politely mostly not eaten rest time was full o