Mother's Day Tea Party!

The preschool children have been so excited in the build up to this years Mothers Day Tea Party and have been hard at work creating gifts and cards, as well as busy baking blueberry muffins for their Mummies. The children helped to weigh the ingredients before mixing them together, ready to be placed in muffin cases and baked in the oven. Conversations were flowing with comments of, “I can’t wait for my Mummy to eat her muffin!” and “Yeah, they are going to be so yummy!” The excitement continued to build as all the decorations went up around the nursery with children asking, “Are the flags for the party?” And pointing to the vases of flowers “I like the flowers!”

It was lovely to see such a great turnout this year, and the excitement amongst the children was palpable. There were lots of smiles and cheers as the children saw their Mummies arrive, followed by cuddles before heading to find some food. The party was filled with lots of socialising, activities and exploring. There were shouts of “My Mummy is here!” whilst others preferred to take full advantage of the buffet on offer in the preschool room! Thank you to everybody who was able to attend for making it another great Mothers Day Party; we can’t wait for the next event.

The toddlers were visibly excited for the party and for their mummies to come and play, talking about it for almost the whole week leading up to the tea party. In the days before, the toddlers painted and helped to string up bunting to decorate the room, carefully crafted their own Mother’s Day cards and painted their own pot which they filled with soil and planted some seeds in. As the afternoon began and the party music started there were lots of excited rumblings of, “My mummy’s coming now!” and “It’s nearly party time!” along with some squeals and giggles. As the Mummies began coming through the door the children’s smiles were beaming, with lots off cuddles. A lot of the toddlers gave their Mummies a tour of the whole nursery, exploring all of the rooms and resources, often ending up at the food table enjoying a plate of sandwiches and fruit. A couple of children showed their Mummies the garden, showing off how they use the balance beams and build sandcastles, as well as climb on the A-frames, jumping down with applause from their proud parents.

All week the Under 2s have been very busy crafting their Mummies a homemade gift and card. Each child took it in turns to print ‘footprint’ petals on their flower pots whilst choosing what colour they would like next. Some children were even able to talk about their Mummy whilst decorating. The our topic of conversation during morning circle time was about Mummies and one of the older children sat down and said, “For Mumma”, and then went on to say, “See Mummy, after sleep”. On Thursday afternoon, the children helped choose some of their favourite activities to set up for them and their Mummies. This included, a drawing table, cars on the car mat and Noah’s Ark with animals. Once the children’s Mummies began to arrive, each child greeted them with a huge smile and got stuck straight in with showing them around their room and introducing them to their new friends.