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December 15, 2010 · 2:03 am

Davy Turns “5”!!!

I asked Davy what he wanted his birthday theme to be on his actual birthday and he said, “How to train your Dragon”, a movie that recently came out. Lucky for me the party store had a few items left…so Dragons it is. In continuing with traditions, Davy woke up this morning to find a present in his bed…a new bug catcher kit and breakfast of his choice.

In his class, the way the celebrate birthday’s is by having the child bring in his favorite book so Davy picked, The Elf on the Shelf and It’s Christmas David. He got lucky and Ms. Fruit read both of them. Now we all know that I have to bake a cake on their birthday’s and this time I decided to get creative and make his in the shape of a “5” and I didn’t do so bad if I do say so myself.

He was so excited when he walked in the door. I had decorated with balloons and streamers and picked up happy meals for him, Matty, and his friends next door. Of course we couldn’t wait to give him his present, so we got right to it!

This card was a singing card…he loved it. And I wish that I had captured the true look on his face when he opened his present…but don’t worry, Andy got it on video…priceless, mouth dropped open, shocked, thrilled beyond belief…he was so happy…

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December 6, 2010 · 3:25 am

Oatmeal Scotchies for the Cookie Extravaganza

Every year the Berkeley parents come together to say “Thank you” to the teachers and staff by having a Cookie Extravaganza.

The request is for volunteers to bake six dozen cookies and to make anything other than chocolate chip. So, we decided to make Oatmeal Scotchies. Of course I had to enlist my little chef to help me, he loves to cook and this is a perfect way for him to say “Thank you” to Mrs. Fruit, Ms. Michiel’s, and his other teachers….

Oatmeal Scotchies

1 cup unsalted butter chopped
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups rolled oats (I use Quaker Old Fashioned, do not use instant)
1 package of butterscotch chips

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees.

In bowl of electric mixer or by hand, beat butter until creamy. Add sugars; beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla; beat until well combined.

In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Gradually mix into butter mixture with wooden spoon or large rubber spatula until just combined. Stir in oats and butterscotch chips.

Drop the dough by heaped tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheet, leaving at least a 2 inch gap between each mound. Place one baking sheet at a time onto center rack of preheated 375 degree oven. For softer chewy cookies; bake until very lightly browned, about 7 to 8 minutes. For crisper cookies; bake until golden brown, about 9-10 minutes. Cool on a baking sheet for at least two minutes before transferring to a place to finish cooling.

(I found that in my oven the cookies were the best at around 8 1/2 minutes. )

Makes about 48 cookies.

To make bar Cookies: grease a 10×15 inch jelly roll pan. Spread cookie dough in prepared pan. Bake until light golden brown, about 18-22 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack before cutting into bars.

Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week. Cookies freeze well.

Davy’s Pre-K Halloween Parade

Every year the lower division at Berkeley hosts an annual Halloween Costume Parade. The children line up in their classes by grade and parade around the mound to fun spooky music. After all of the grades have entered, each one is presented to the parents for photo opportunities and then they parade out. Here are all the children in Ms. Fruit’s class… Afterwards, the children get to have a special party in their room…. But of course, no parents allowed…

Our First Family Picture… Rainbow Shapes

This little piece of artwork came home from school and here’s what was attached to it…

Rainbow Shapes

We continued our exploration of shapes during “R” week. For this project, the children were able to choose from a wide variety of shapes cut from rainbow material. They added lines and color to their rainbow shape to create a picture. As you can see, their creativity came shining through! ~ Nancy Ansinelli, Early Childhood Fine Arts

Now, of course my eyes whelled up with pride that he made a picture about his family…so I had to add it to their blog. Andy and I had a quick joke between the two of us wondering who was the person on the left with the glaring orange eyes, until we asked Davy and he said, “That’s you Daddy!” When we asked why they were orange he simply stated, “Because I like orange.” If we had looked a little closer we also would have noticed that Andy was the only one who didn’t have any hair. How cute it that! So, Andy asks Davy why he was on the left side by himself and Davy’s response was, “Well Daddy, you can just walk on over!”

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August 24, 2010 · 7:49 am

Davy’s First Day of Pre-K at Berkeley Prep

It’s been what feels like a long time coming, but today Davy started school. Some might argue that he is only in Pre-K, that school starts next year in Kindergarten…but Andy and I feel like next year really isn’t going to be any different from this year: same school, same uniform, classrooms are next door to this years, and so on…so it’s official! Davy had his first day of school today! I was very proud of myself…I didn’t cry once!

We took these pictures at home on our front porch. It was pouring rain this morning but nothing could have stopped our little sunshine. He was so excited to go to “The Pirate School”….

As we entered Davy’s new classroom at school, he was met by his teacher Mrs. Fruit and the classroom helper Ms. Michiels. Ms. Michiels reminded Davy where to hang his snack bag and his book bag, showed him again where his desk was, and then sent him off to play. In the morning before circle time at 8am, they have the choice of reading books, coloring, or doing puzzles.

His school day runs from 8-2:45 and afterwards on days that I am working he goes to BEEP (Berkeley Educational Enrichment Program). Since it rained all day, he was in the classroom verses on the playground. He was very excited to see me, have his friend Ryan say hi to me, and to tell me about his day. In the parking lot on the way to our car we ran into Mrs. Fruit and she gave Davy one more hug to end his day…