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Tradition is very special at Norwich Nursery School.  They have enjoyed some activities and special events each and every year, for many years.  Some even as old as when I was there…. and that is old.  Thursday was one of those special traditions, the teddy bear picnic.  All week long the children talked about teddy bears and read books that included teddy bears, made dancing teddy bears with construction paper, as well as special woven placemats for the big picnic.  Sadly, the weather has not cooperated at all this week as we have had daily rain, but that didn’t stop the spirit at NNS.  Thursday all the children brought their favorite bears to school for the picnic.  The children enjoyed the picnic indoors with a blanket set out on the floor, their newly made placemats and the guests of honor, the bears.  At the end of the picnic, each bear received an award.  Emma’s bear got “best dressed” and Abby’s was “best accessorized!”  They both brought their favorite bears both named New Bear.  They were given to the girls by our wonderful family friends who were our neighbors when we grew up here in Norwich.   It was another really special week and sadly, there are only 2 left.

Please and thank you are the words we work so hard on teaching our children, so what could be a more appropriate theme to have this week?   They celebrated the end of the week with a fancy banquet where they used  their manners and kindness they had been working on all week.  Lucky us, we had snack that day.  We brought in strawberry shortcake as well as cheese and crackers.  All the kiddos dressed in their nice clothes and had the fancy banquet at snack.  Most of the girls wore fancy dresses and some boys even wore sport coats- too cute!  Each child received a certificate of proper manners and had a super day.  Wednesday, the town sponsored an event for little ones called, touch a truck.  They were able to see firetrucks, police cars, a bulldozer and a dump truck.  We all ventured over as soon as all the children got to school and had a ball.  The girls thought it was pretty cool to see where the “bad guys” sat in a police car.  The highlight for many of the boys was finding the horn on both the dump truck and the bulldozer.  I have attached 2 pics below from the fun.  As these last few weeks come to an end, we are reminded day how special this school is, all the fun the children have, and all the love the teacher give.  We are sure going to miss the Norwich Nursery School… can’t wait for Benny to go!

As you can see I have gotten a bit behind again.  The week of May 2nd was all about mothers.  The girls worked on top-secret projects that they could not talk about and joked they were learning about snow again instead…. those stinkers are already telling fibs!  They thought they were very clever coming up with that idea.  Thursday we were given a special gift bag to take home and both Abby and Emma made me promise not to open it until Mother’s Day.  The day came and inside and out was a real treat.  They each decorated a small planter with stickers, filled it with stones, and make a decorative flower pen that stood inside.  They were super cute.  But the best part was the card.  The teachers printed out sentences about the moms and the girls had to complete them, here are my answers:

My mommy always says this to me: Abby- I love you, Emma- I love you.     My mommy is is happy when: Abby- I draw her a picture, Emma- I clean my room.  My mommy makes me laugh when: Abby-she sings silly songs, Emma- she tells funny jokes.  This is how old my mommy is: Abby- She never tells me Emma- I forget, she’s older than my dad  (WHAT?!)  My mommy’s favorite thing to do is: Abby-art, Emma- read books.     When I’m at nursery school my mommy: Abby- goes shopping, Emma- goes shopping.     My mommy is really good at: Abby- reading books, Emma- writing.  My mommy’s job is: Abby- taking care of us, Emma- taking care of me, Abby and Benjamin.    My mommy’s favorite food is:  Abby- chicken, Emma- chicken. I am proud of my mommy when she: Abby- comes to school, Emma- comes to help at NNS.   Mommy and I like to do this together: Abby- play games, Emma- watch TV This is my mother’s day message to my mommy: Abby- Happy Mother’s Day, Emma- Happy Mother’s Day

I have to say, I shed some tears, and had some good laughs, especially with the age one.  Here is a pic of my ladies:

Last week was all about babies.  The children at NNS talked about babies and the way babies act, the way they move and things they like.  The children sang lullabies, made baby bibs, and even crawled around the classroom.  On Thursday they had two guests in their classroom- Benjamin and Gwendolyn, a 6-month old sister to a little girl in the class.  Benjamin is 5 months older than Gwendolyn so he was a bit more exciting, plus he is a ham so he loved all the attention.  He was supposed to sit on my lap in the circle but he was too interested in visiting all the girls and boys.  The children asked questions to the moms and we did our  best to answer them.  One for us was, “does he eat tubas?”  The kiddos got a bit silly but it was cute.  Abby and Emma were pretty excited to have their little brother at school and it was hard to remember school rules when your brother was getting all the attention!  I was able to capture one picture of Benjamin sitting before he began to harass the other children.  As a thank you, the class made Benjamin a bib and gave me a bouquet of daisies.  It was a really nice activity that I am glad we could be a part of!