The arrival of February means Valentine Parties!!

We are in the process of planning these. Please be

watching your classroom newsletters and your

child’s class board for more information. Each class

will have sign-up sheets for goodies, so please keep

in mind that we are a peanut free facility. We will

also be closed on presidents day, February 18th, for

a staff training day. School-age parents, look for

the school-age sign-up sheet for February days

off!

REMINDERS:

• Please make sure that your child is dressed for the weather as we will

continue to go outside as long as weather permits

• We will be closed February 18th (Presidents Day) for a staff training day

• Valentine Day parties will take place on Thursday February 14th

• MPS schools will be out on Feb. 14,15, 18 and Gretna will be out Feb. 18t,

sign-up will be upfront

Dental Hygiene Month!

2.1– Nebraska Humane

Society visits Pre-K

2.14– Happy Valentine

Day! Valentines Par-

ties!!

2.18– Presidents Day,

Garden Patch CLOSED!

REMINDERS

• 2.1 Adalyn M.

• 2.1 Hendrix M.

• 2.2 Karter V.

• 2.2 Auggie R.

• 2.4 Mazie B.

• 2.4 Aiden G

• 2.5 Weston P.

• 2.7 Alexander K.

• 2.10 Cora K.

• 2.11 Rylee S.

• 2.15 Brayden W.

• 2.16 Drew H.

• 2.17 Kael M.

• 2.18 Mateus B.

• 2.20 Layla M.

• 2.21 Jensyn B

• 2.24 Logan H

• 2.25 Zach B

• 2.28 Bennett C.

*Bugs to Butterflies

*Be Mine Valentine

*Pirate Adventures

*Happy B-Day Dr. Seuss

*Birds of a Feather

*Community Helpers

*Be Mine Valentine

*Pets at the Vet

*Happy B-Day Dr. Seuss

Lining Up

*Pink

*Heart

I love you!

THEMES

RECIPE OF THE MONTH!

INGREDIENTS: • 2 bags of microwaved popcorn

• 12 oz Bag wilton Candy melts (Pink)

• 2 Cups of Pretzels (Broken into pieces)

• 1– 1 1/2 Cups of M&M’s (Pink & Red)

• Sprinkles (as much as you like)

DIRECTIONS: 1.Pop popcorn, set aside. Be sure to pick any unpopped ker-nels out– they aren’t fun to bite into when you don’t expect them! Melt the candy melts at 30 second intervals in the microwave if you want this done quickly. Otherwise, you can always do a double boiler method (it’ll take longer), stirring frequently.

2.Toss broken pretzels and M&Ms into the bowl with pop-corn. Then pour 1/2 the melted candy over the top and com-bine with a rubber spatula. (I actually found that using 2 rub-ber spatulas worked a lot better for me and I didn’t get cov-ered in Cupid’s Crunch mess!)

3. Spread mixture out on a sheet of wax paper- drizzle re-maining melted candy over the top. 4.Sprinkle the nonpareils, candy bits or sprinkles 5.After the chocolate dries/firms up again, break into bits and either store in an airtight container (for about a week) or package it up into treat bags to share with friends, classmates and neighbors! If you try to do it before the chocolate is ready, you’re going to have a big mess on your hands. Of course, you can always lick your fingers. But really, it’s better to wait. I promise. 6.The fun part of this recipe? Thanks to the candy makers all finding holidays fun for products, you can make this mix for every holiday and for no reason at all! Next Christmas we may get those holiday shaped pretzels and leave them whole, for a fully themed crunch.

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