spring !!!

Today, for the first day of spring, children of kindergarden had to take a flower to plant at the entrance of their school.
I took our plant when I went to take Momo at 16.00 PM, there were still some other kids planting their flowers who did not had time in the morning.
Momo was really happy about her tiny flowers, this kind will have flowers all the summer long ;)

firemen

This morning Momochan and the bigger kids of her class will go to visit the firemen.
As every time, a bus is coming to kindergarden to take kids and teachers.
Every year the kindergarden organizes some tours divided for small kids and bigger ones, they have different tours and also some togather like for example the ending party in june at the end of the year.

Arianna b'day party

Last week, Momochan has been invited for today, to a kindergarden friend birthday party ;) we had already bought a present, a 1000 pieces puzzle so this afternoon we went to her friend house.
She lives in a big house in a quiet zone of the town and she has a garrden, when we arrived, kids were painting stones and a friend invited Momo to paint her own stone, Momo loves painting ;)
In the backside of the garden kids discovered sliders and balances, they runned, played, jumped, Arianna's mum meanwhile inside the kitchen was baking some little pizzas and taking the cakes to the big livingroom table.
Kids eat the cake and played again inside house, then they got outside again playing "bandiera", four kids against four, Momochan was numer "3", she amused so much, she likes parties and staying with other kids. At home she was really tired and nearly fall asleep on the sofa HAHA

kids day ; )

Today in Italy is Kids Day ; )
Inside kindergarden kids have made many images of schools and kids trying to explain the right of the kids to learn, to be loved, to be cared of, to be free, to have the right to play, sleep well and live in peace ; ) Momochan too has made a little image which togather with all the other made by her mates has been hanged at the entrance of the kindergarden ; )

halloween shopping monday

This morning daddy is coming with us to kindergarden to take Momochan. Afterwards we have to go to Lidl store to buy some special Halloween foods and costumes: Momochan wants a spider one and for me best is skeleton, also I have to buy special make up. Momochan and I will go to a Halloween party the 1st november at our preferred kidzone place of the town.
The foods and costumes will use and eat also the 31 evening at home, while daddy will be at work Momochan and I will have a private party at home playing, hearing scary music, watch on tv scary toons or film, paying and having special evening menu ;)

pencil case

This year Momochan has to take to kindergarden a pencil case and a big notebook.
Kids will use to accustom to the first year of school next year and will learn how to use. Momochan got crazy for a green Trilly pencil case she saw in the shops under our house since this spring, so yesterday I bought ;)
I had to wrote down and personalize every pencil, felt pen, rubber, sharpener, ruler and pen so that she will not loose !

2nd day of kindergarden ;)

Today Momochan is starting kindergarden again.
This will be her last year, next year she will attend elementary school ;)
Today Momochan is verry happy, she will have many novelties, first of all 17 new little kids 3 years old in her class and second but not last, a notebook and a pencil case like big kids !!!
Teachers will get kids accustomed to notebooks and the way of doing of elementary school, not really teaching how to write but giving another step to kids to grow and enter in a bigger world ;)

For the first four days, kids will have to wear the special t-shirt they have decorated last spring, see in the foto ? every shirt had notes (the theme of the year) and the name of the kid in a corner, each kid has decorated his own t-shirt and afterwards teachers have ironed each one to get the colours strong and make the shirts washable ;)
Once arrived at school we discover kids of the class are so few: looking at the bags attached in the bathroom (containing a change for the kids just in case), they are only six (Momochan's bag is the second one) ;)

1st day of kindergarden

This morning Momochan restart going kindergarden ;)
She is very happy to see her friends again and play, she will get out for all the next week long at 13.15 after lunch and in the meantime other kids (15 more or less) will be added to her class: in june they have lost 16 kids because they are now going to first year of elementary school ;)
New kids will be 3 years old. This year Momochan will learn new things and will have her frist tries to write and read ;)
For the occasion we have gone for breakfast at our preferred coffè shop: coffee for me and a small apricot brioche for Momochan, before at home, she has had her fruit yogurt ;)

21st march: SPRING !!!

Today is the first day of spring and as it is a sunny day with blue sky and no clouds we can believe it although we will need more time here in Italy to have spring, weather forecast has said we will still have a week or two with snow in the mountains (!!!!!) and rain everywhere ....... AHHHHH !!!
Anyway today is sunny and kindergarden kids among which Momochan, today at the entrance have planted some flowers ;) they will celebrate spring by planting flowers and creating spring decorations, this red bee you see on the left has been made by Momochan and the decorations you can see in the other foto she made with the other kids and the teachers ;)
Inside kindergarden in every season they change decorations, now they have floweers and insects, for X'mas they had snow flakes, raindeers and Santas, for Canival they had stelle filanti, confettis and coloured items hanging from the ceiling of the corridors and the classes ;)

Here is Momochan at the entrance with the flowers and in the small foto, the orange flower is the one we bought to be planted here ;)

father's day ;)

Today in Italy as in most part of the world is Father's Day ;)
Inside kindergarden Momochan and her friends as for every special occasion (X'mas, Easter, mum's day, father's day ....) have made a special work for dad, it is all the week they are working on it togather with a small poetry they are learning by heart to tell daddy by giving him the present.
I will see this special thing as soon as we will go and take Momochan this afternoon.

h. 14.30 - Momochan has realized with the help of the teachers a useful gadget for daddy to help parking.
Daddy however is working and she will have to give him this night, we will leave the present on the table of the kitchen togather with a special croissant we have bought in our preferred coffee shop which for the occasion has prepared some special cake decorated and shaped "daddy style" ;)
Luckily we have celebrated daddy on sunday and for the occasion we had reserved in the coffee shop a special cake for which I have sent by mail a special photo of Momo and dad to realize a special decoration to put on the top (read about that) :)

planetarium

This morning Momochan and her classmates went to Planetarium to learn about the stars ;)
The bus to take them Planetarium arrived at 9.10 AM and all the kids got inside, Momochan waved goodbye and laughed happily and the bus left ;)

When I went at 16.00 PM to take her home she told me about the constellations she saw and the planets between which scorpio and the smaller bear ;)

Here you can see some of the constellation we see easily: gemini (the twins), big bear and smaller bear, libra and the scorpio ;)

Momochan has learned that according to the season we can see different contellations and also is different what we can see from there and what we would see if for example we would be on the other side of the planet as for instance in Japan :)

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20121 Milano
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summer menu

This morning is snowing again and is cold even if snow doesn't attach to the ground but flakes are so big.
Inside kindergarden is warm and kids play and amuse. Today is the day of the change of the monthly menu, summer version with much more fruits and vegetables, just one day egg, four day fish, two days ham, six days meat (pork, turkey and chiken), three days cheese, you can read the menù here below. Every meal is accompanied by fruit, and yogurt for dessert, there is always a first dish of pasta or rice (one day pastina with broth) and a main course of fish/meat/cheese/egg/ or ham. This is what kids eat at kindergarden this season :)

summer menù kindergarden

sweet truffles for Carnival

DOLCETTI DI CARNEVALE
(done by Momochan in kindergarden)

1 kg di biscotti secchi
300 gr cacao
300 gr zucchero
500 gr burro
1 bustina di cocco
un pò di codette colorate

PREPARAZIONE
Sciogliere il burro col il cacao e unire lo zucchero e i  biscotti sbriciolati, formare delle palline e passarle nel cocco o nelle codette colorate
Tenere in frigo fino al momento di servire.

snowing again !!!!

Sourprinsingly this morning as we woke up, looking outside we saw it was snowing !

Really yesterday night the sky has turned cloudy but I didn't suspect anything about snow and looking outside this morning at 9.00 AM I thought it has been snowing all night long :)

Momochan is happy even if is snowing hard and big icy  flakes comes down dancing in every direction something if they have a proper life.

Inside the house daddy is starting to wake up, Momochan and I are already in the bathroom, Momo is washing theeth and I am doing shower. Momochan dresses are already prepared on her stool in her bedroom and mine are in my room on the chest of drawers.

While i am writing now it is still snowing since this morning at nine, it has been said it will go on allday long.

Momochan kindergarden, here inside is her class seen from outside :)

Kindergarden, the outside sliders covered by a thick snow :)

I guess today as soon as I will go take Momochan back home at 16.00 PM we will come home immediately without going around because is really cold and snow doesn't want to stop :)

ゆき！snow again !

This morning as we woke up we discovered it was snowing very hard.
As every morning, when Momochan awakes she jumps up and runs to the kitchen toopen the fridge and take her drinkable yogurt then while we get up she takes a look outside the livingroom windows. This morning I have awaked at her loud cry "mommyyyyyyyyyy is snowing hardddd !!!!"
Really snow flakes were as big as a euro coin and so thick we could hardly see outide the window.
I decided it was best daddy could giveus a lift to kindergaden so we hurried up to wash and dress to get out alltogather, we arrived kindergarden just in time even if it is just 100 meters from home !