It's a grouchy day !!

[Secondtimearound]

It's like Christmas when new toys come out !!!! Mine are all up from early nap and I would love to go to the park but I have two that just do not listen ! I'm going this weekend for a fresh load !! I am trying to transition my dcks from playing with me to playing with friends and it's a battle !
I turned the tv on today and got so frustrated thinking these kids would rather sit and watch tv then play so I turned it off lol
It seems with this one family they need so much interaction to just play . I have a cedar playhouse outside it's soo cute , we brought out all the tea party things and babies and I gave them water to make tea and do dishes ect and had to take babies away as they were pouring water on the babies , they are almost 4 so I thought they would have fun !! But nope ! Today I'm going to let them make mud pies , I'm truly running out of ideas ! Help !!

[Secondtimearound]

Ok thanking God this day ended !!! I was soo done ! We made mud pies and heard a horrific crash and there was a big accident right at the intersection by our house ! Fire trucks , ambulances ,and police ! Thankfully no one was injured !

[5 Little Monkeys]

Yikes, that would be quite the scene!! Glad everyone is okay!

Good for you to do mud pies on a day where you aren't feeling so happy!! Did the kids like it?

[Secondtimearound]

They complained the whole process ! Someone got their hands dirty , someone took someone else's shovel ugh ! After the car crash they stood peering thru the fence appearing quite content !

[5 Little Monkeys]

Lol, darn kids!

[2cuteboys]

I tired baking with my group yesterday. The 2 year old screamed whenever it wasn't his turn to scoop/dump, the 2.5 year old missed the bowl. Every. Single. Time (you'd think with me handing the scoop to him over the bowl it would be pretty simple), and the 3 year old girls insisted on putting the liners in the muffin trays - then just stuck the whole stack in one hole and got grumpy and argued when I tried to 1) explain and show it again, and 2) just do it for them.

Baking is the one craft I can't stand doing with any of them except my 4 year old.

[mickyc]

ha ha 2cuteboys - I NEVER EVER bake with my group either!! The thought of their grubby little hands touching something we will all eat just doesn't sit with me! LOL

[2cuteboys]

ha ha 2cuteboys - I NEVER EVER bake with my group either!! The thought of their grubby little hands touching something we will all eat just doesn't sit with me! LOL

Ha! Hands were washed compulsively beforehand! It's definitely not my fave though, and I only made enough for one sitting. I made a few extra batches on my own (with my own clean hands) later on!

[Secondtimearound]

Eww lol I don't like my husband in my kitchen let alone dayhome kids !!! It was just a bad day ! I have so many activities I do with my group and when it comes to free play is when they lose it . All they ask for is tv ! I only have them 3 days a week , and it's only been one month !!! I thought mud /sand pies would be great fun ! Nope ! We painted , ugh I tried it all !!
Today I only have one sweetie until noon , an interview this am and I'm out for lunch and shopping with my sister !!!!

[5 Little Monkeys]

I love baking with the kids, they're always so excited to do it!! Baking with 4 vs up to 16 (when I worked in centres) is a breeze and there are certain steps along the way that they get to help with and ones where I take over. If they roll out their own cookies I write their name on the parchment paper so I know whose is whose.

That sounds like a great day secondtimearound! I'm so incredibly tired today and having a Bon fire tonight with 2 friends....I'm sorta just wanting to sleep tho LOL