I love days like these......

Autumn feels like it is officially here!! This morning was cold and foggy, but by lunchtime the fog had burnt off and lovely warm(ish) sunshine replaced it!! I totally love days like these, and totally love this time of year ~ it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy (tee hee ~ yes I am slightly insane !!) ~ I love wrapping up all snug and warm ~ sitting in my pjs with the fire on ~ all warm and toasty ~ and until this year ~ it has always been a good excuse to hide under lots of layers of clothes..... this year I really don't want to have to cover up all my hard work!! I will be 'that' mad woman at the height of winter in her t~shirt and cut off jeans (ha ha !!).


As there is a break from the rain and generally wet wet wet weather ~ I thought that it was a great idea to meet up with a fellow childminding friend of mine and do some outdoor play and a nature walk. We had a fantastic time ~ the children collected leaves and twigs (and a snail!!) ~ and we came back and did some Autumn crafts (after we had safely deposited the snail in the garden!!).


Here is the little girl I look after and her 'boy friend' who my friend looks after ~ having a little bounce on the trampoline!! Everytime they bounced all the balls bounced too ~ great fun!!

Some Autumn craft ~ lots of glue and lots of leaves!!

Some of the finished collages!!
No day would be complete with a little play in the sand box!!
We all had great fun ~ glue everywhere ~ leaves everywhere ~ but that is what being little is all about!! Each month we have projects that we work on ~ as well as concentrating on a colour and numbers. This month we are learning about the Harvest Festival, seasons (Autumn) and nature. Our colour for this month is yellow (we are doing yellow food tasting this week ~ bananas, lemons, yellow peppers!!), and for numeracy we are learning counting songs and rhymes. In October we will be getting ready for our annual (childminding) Halloween party ~looking at the weather (which is always a bit unpredictable here in the UK), our colours are green and orange and for numeracy we will be looking at books about counting and numbers!! At the moment I have just done all my planning up until Christmas (which is why yesterdays blog post was so short and sweet ~ I spent the evening on paperwork, doing planning and my accounts ~ fun fun fun!!).

I took the new car for her first wash this morning ~ and the little boy that I look after hated every minute of it ~ he does not like the carwash ~ but has always been ok in this particular one......until today ~ when he cried the whole way through.......I will leave the car washing until the weekend next time ~ when he is not with me!! I now have a lovely shiny and clean car again ~ living in the country has its down side and one of them is MUD!!!!!!

Tonight I intend to do NOTHING!! After being sat up until way after midnight last night getting all my paperwork up to date ~ tonight I just need an evening of relaxation!! I have an episode of Ugly Betty in my television planner which I haven't watched yet ~ so tonight may be a good time to watch that. XXX