Y Childcare Newsletter, October 2013

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FAMILY SPOTLIGHT:
MEET THE DINGER'S

Dingers Jes, Levi, Camden, and Talon Dinger have been a part of the Y family for almost five years. The Dinger family rises very early every morning to make it to town by 7:30 am. They live in Houghton, which is 30 miles northeast of Aberdeen. Jes drives Camden and Talon into town for school (at the YDC) and for work where she is a dental hygienist. Talon is currently in the Flower Patch room and Camden is currently a Professor. Levi travels east to Britton where he works as a machinist.

On the weekends, especially Friday nights, Jes and Camden love watching Levi race at the Brown County Speedway. Camden loves being a part of all the pit crew action (and playing Tic Tac Toe in the dirt). They also like to spend their time at Wylie Park riding go carts, the Storybook Land Train, and Storybook Land carousel. When you can't find the Dinger's in Aberdeen, it is likely you'll find them outside driving the Gator, playing on their new swingset built by their dad and Papa or chasing after the two new barn kitties, Spongebob and Patrick. Both Camden and Talon love being able to spend time farming with Grandpa Dave and Grandma Carolyn in Hecla.

If you know Camden, you know he lives for the green and yellow John Deere tractors and combines. Talon is following in his big brothers footsteps with his love of trucks, tractors and construction equipment. These boys may be the only South Dakota residents who actually enjoy road construction.



FAMILY TIME:
WORD SEARCH

Word Search Prize will be awarded to the first family that brings in the completed word search! Have fun doing this together as a family!



WHAT'S HAPPENING?
CALENDARS & MORE!

We finally think we have our email woes conquered so you can now email your child’s classroom anytime you want. Be aware that all the staff in each classroom will get the email that you send. If you have a particular issue to talk to the lead staff about they also have individual emails. Classroom e-mails are listed below. This will be a great way for you to stay in-touch with your child’s classroom!! Coming this month also will be the ability for you to text staff on their classroom iPads as well!

LULLABYE LEAGUE CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL LULLABYE LEAGUE,
lullabyeleague@aberdeenymca.org.

FLOWER PATCH CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL FLOWER PATCH,
flowerpatch@aberdeenymca.org.

MUNCHKINS CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL MUNCHKINS,
munchkins@aberdeenymca.org.

LOLLIPOP KIDS CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL LOLLIPOP KIDS,
lollipopkids@aberdeenymca.org.

KANSAS CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL KANSAS,
kansas@aberdeenymca.org.

STORM CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL STORM,
storm@aberdeenymca.org.

WIZARDS CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL WIZARDS,
wizards@aberdeenymca.org.

PROFESSORS CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL PROFESSORS,
professors@aberdeenymca.org.

UPROAR CALENDAR THIS MONTH, CLICK HERE.
EMAIL UPROAR,
uproar@aberdeenymca.org.



SPOOKTACULAR:
FAMILY FUN NIGHT

Come join us for a SPOOKTACULAR family fun night filled with games, prizes, inflatables, contests and fun on Friday, October 25 from 6:00-8:00pm. Feel free to come dressed in your Halloween best! We will be selling pizza for $2 per slice. This event is free for members and is $10 for a non-member family and will be held at the main Y.



WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS

GYPSY DAY PARADE
We hope everyone had a fun and safe Gypsy Days! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the YDC at the parade! We received the Northern Spirit Award!

OUR PLAYGROUND IS FINALLY COMPLETE!



Registrations

Fall is a time of changes. We think we have had enough changes for one year but guess we don’t have a choice in everything. We have now been in our building for two months. In some ways if feels like a lot longer but in others it feels like we just walked in the front door. We still have that feeling of stumbling. We ask ourselves daily if we are making the right decisions because everything is so new and unknown. Knowing that we would have to make adjustments after we got started we realize that we have some staff adjustments to make as well as routine adjustments. We will be doing those this month.

Meanwhile, with so many changes we feel like we need to do some things like we used to do to make us feel like we are all home again. Watch for fun things to happen all month long for kids and adults!!

I hope you have all seen the monitor in the lobby. This is another way we will be informing you of what’s happening in our building. We have other fun and awesome things planned for the monitor so be watching!!

Lastly, we will be finishing taking pictures this month. If you don’t want us to take your picture you can email pictures to our front desk at YDCfrontdesk@aberdeenymca.org. We can easily take them off of your email and insert them into our childcare software program. If you don’t have a picture for us to use we will be taking parent pictures room by room all month so wear your smile!!

We hope you’ll check out our Scholastic Book Fair Oct. 14 – 18. We get points, for every book sold, that we can put towards the purchase of more books for the children.


Registrations

This lunch menu is subject to change due to availabilty, CLICK HERE to see the menu!


Registrations

YOUTH SWIM LESSONS
T/TH Session: Oct. 22-Nov. 19
SAT Session: Nov. 2-Dec. 14
(no class on Halloween)
Registration going on NOW!
LEARN MORE.

WATER BABIES
Session: November 4-25
Time: Monday, 5:30-6:00PM
Registration begins October 14
LEARN MORE.

AQUA TOTS
Session: November 4-25
Time: Monday, 6:10-6:40PM
Registration begins October 14
LEARN MORE.



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