HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY MACY!

Today we went to CrossFit 061 with the older children to move our bodies and learn about fitness.  CrossFit 061 http://www.crossfit061.com/ is owned and operated by Jada’s parents, Nick and Chelssie Urankar.

While at CrossFit 061, we started out by doing some basic stretches and learning about Burpees. (If you haven’t tried a Burpees lately, you can’t appreciate the energy a few of them take!)

After thoroughly stretching, we had a bicycle relay race, a “sorta” relay running race that evolved into a game of tag, and then we moved into some really fun parachute activities.

After our organized games, the children had some free time to explore the gym.  The rings were the clear winner in drawing everyone’s interest.  Nick spent some time showing us how he can use the rings.  He’s quite the gymnast!  The kids (and teachers) were awed!

Thanks so much Nick and Chelssie for opening up your gym to us today!  We had a blast!

Back at the Ranch:

Our younger Wee Friends have enjoyed the puppy dog Halloween costumes we put out yesterday. Marta requested puppy music so we played our fav “Puppy Love”. Then she asked for dog music so we played our sound effects track of wolves howling. By that time several friends had joined her puppy play and it morphed into resting on the music rug. We played soft soothing music and friends trailed off and worked independently and in pairs. Elliott and Sloane built with Magna Tiles and Lea sequenced plastic trucks in a line. Marina , Elizabeth and Sophie built structures with the sensory pads, plastic and wooden blocks. Ellie curled up on the big lion pillow and listened to music.

Wee Sprouts: Celery sticks. Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with ham/cream cheese and bananas (we are protein loading for Halloween detox ) Lunch: Peanut butter sandwiches on whole grain flat bread, bananas and celery sticks. Snack: Macy’s Birthday Muffins and String Cheese!

Below, a few shots from yesterday, including our scary ghost bananas we had for snack