W is also for wild wild west!

Today our theme was Wild, Wild, West. Last night we went to the library and I got several books about cowboys and wagon trains. Also yesterday I went to the dollar tree and got these cute stick horses for a dollar each! Such a deal :)

This morning the kids came and we did our usual calendar/prayer/songs/gathering stuff. Then we read a few stories and talked about the west. We went to the table and the kids glued their "cowboy ropes" onto letter "W". We made our cowboy hats and then we were ready to ride the range. They rode their horse around in circles and around "barrels". The fed them and curried them and caught run away calves and branded their herds. We had a snack of trail mix and capri sun and they had a great time!

Yesterday was play group. We met at the park to ride the train, only it was just Grandma, Lu and I. While we were on the train we saw Kathy and her kids and she said she would walk down and meet us at the playground. What we didn't know was the whole park is closed off as they prepare for the MayFest so we never got to meet her. We did meet Rachel and Robin and Haylee at the popcorn stand and H and R rode the train back and then we all drove to the Botanical Gardens for a picnic. We had a very pleasant afternoon. The girls ran around and balanced on logs and peeked under leaves and looked at the kid displays on the nature trail, they were soooo cute. Sadly my camera was out of batteries :( Rachel took some pictures so I am looking forward to sharing hers later. We had a fun time visiting.