Father's Day Tea Party!

Over the last couple of weeks, the preschool children have been very excited on the build up to the Father’s Day tea party. The children decorated a mug for their dads and made a card. Whilst decorating his mug, Otto asked his friends, “Do you remember when it was a special day for our mummies and we made a flower for them?” Phoebe said, “Oh yes, I remember! That was so beautiful too!”. On the day of the tea party, the children were very excited to make a blueberry muffin for their dads. Esmé said, “My daddy loves cakes so I think he will like this one”. Santi cheekily laughed, “I’m going to eat my daddies one!”. When the fathers turned up to nursery, the children couldn’t wait to show them around to their favourite parts of the garden they would like to play and were giving their daddies tours of the nursery garden. The children were eager to show their dads what they had made for them, especially to give their muffin.

The toddlers were so excited for their daddies to come and play, and to have a tea party! Emily shouted “My daddy coming for party!” and  to which Jenson responded, “Yeah! We having a party!” followed by a fist pump and a “Woo!”. As the food was being set up, Cara gasped, understanding that it was nearly time for the daddies to arrive. She excitedly announced, “My daddy, my daddy, MY DADDY!” getting increasingly loud and expressive. Once the Dads started arriving, there were lots of squeals and jolly faces and, after giving their Dads the tour and settling into play, everyone was so happy. Zachary, along with his brother Ethan enjoyed lots of stories with their Daddy in the book corner. While playing in the sand, Leo giggled with glee each time his Daddy pretended to feed him some sand, holding a spoon towards him and saying, “Come on eat it”, causing them both to laugh. Henry took his place in goal and played a game of football with his Daddy, running and diving to try and save the ball. Even a couple of the Dads played football between them! Halle and her dad did laps around the garden, chasing each other round the climbing frames and tables.

The under 2’s loved welcoming their daddies to the nursery for the Father’s Day tea! Isabella quickly sat down with her plate of food and showed her daddy each sandwich and snack she had to eat, before munching away on them! Lydia proudly showed her daddy both the small and big gardens, leading him over to the footballs where she was picking them up and then kicking them across the grass! Just before Lyra’s daddy turned up, she was running around the garden shouting “My daddy, my daddy!”, whilst waiting very patiently. After all the daddy’s turned up, the under 2’s all proudly showed off their room and where to find the toys, as well as exploring the rest of the rooms and the garden!