Sunny Day Care & Montessori
33200 Slocum
(248) 476-1414
Farmington, MI 48336
www.sunnydaycare.com
Winter update from Sue
Brrrrr! It’s cold outside!
Despite there being little
snow so far, the chilly air is
here to stay! And with it
came the start of a brand
new year! 2012 marks the
20th Anniversary of Sunny
Day Care being in business!
We’re planning to celebrate
with a summer family picnic/potluck here, so stay
tuned as we get the details
worked out. Sunny Day
Care is what it is because
of the families it serves
and it has been a joy to
watch your children grow
over the last 20 years. I
cannot thank you enough
for your patronage and
support!
Just before the holiday
break, we received news
that one of our 3 year
olds, Claire Kelly, had a
brain tumor. After under-
going a lengthy surgery to
remove the mass, the
news was good: the mass
was benign! While Claire
has begun therapy, it may
be a long road. She just
took her first steps since
surgery, on Dec. 19. Miss
Molly, Claire’s Aunt, has
Halloween Party!
NEWSLETTER
been bringing in Claire’s 6
month old sister, Olivia
when Claire has therapy. I
want to thank all of you
for your thoughts and
prayers for Claire and the
Kelly family during this
scary time. Your encouragement has meant the
world to Heidi and Andrew. To help support
them, please see my fundraiser on page 3. Heidi
had to take a leave of absence from the salon and
the medical bills are
starting to come in.
Please help if
you can!
Thanks!
Sue
Winter 2012
[Published January 12, 2012]
Inside this issue:
Baby Photo Shoot
2
Stork Update
2
Mom’s Night Out
2
New Families
2
Fundraiser for Claire 3
Parents’ Night Out
3
Notes/Reminders
3
Holiday Carols etc.
3
Meet the Staff
4
Scentsy/31 Gifts
4
Birthdays
4
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
The children (and staff!) really enjoyed dressing up in costume for
our Halloween party. We sang sillyspooky songs and the preschoolers
even “trick-or-treated” in the
classrooms and received goodie
bags filled with treats. More photos from all of our activities can be
seen on our Facebook page!
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Baby Photo Shoot
Our Infant Room teachers love to set up special photo shoots, especially
as holiday presents for Mommy and Daddy!! Aren’t the babies cute?!
Stork Update!
Three of our moms from the 2 year-old room
are expecting their second child in April!!
Cassidy McCarver & Carter Spellman are
both looking forward to welcoming little sisters.
And, Mark Zsirai doesn’t yet know if he’ll have a little
brother or sister to welcome - baby’s gender is a surprise!
Mom’s Night Out—Book Club!
SDC Moms! Looking for a night
out after the chaos of the holidays?
Join us for conversation (about
the book and whatever else
comes up!), light snacks and
drinks. Whether you read the
book cover-to-cover or literally just read the title on this
notice, please join us for a night out! Feel free to bring a
friend, the more the merrier.
Book: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua.
When: Friday, February 10th at 7:30pm
Where: At the home of Jenn McKee (Lily & Neve’s mom)
in downtown Farmington (address on flyer in SDC foyer).
RSVP: [email protected] by Feb. 6
Phone: Jenn McKee (248) 476-0639
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Welcome new families!
The SDC Family has grown with the addition of these new
children. We are so happy to have you! Welcome!
Infant/One’s room:
Madilyn Milewski, Parents Kim & Don Milewski
Justin Bydlowski, Parents Erin & Josh Bydlowski
Matthew Burke,
Parents Kim & David Burke
Mackenzie Stull, Parents Jenni & Jared Stull
Two year room:
Mackenzie Ponsler, Parents Sarah & Chris Ponsler
Usha’s Preschool room:
Jasmine Flournoy, Parents Traci & Eddie Flournoy
Kennedy Koppy,
Parents Sarah & Jeff Koppy
Jenny’s Preschool room:
Tegegn Ponsler,
Parents Sarah & Chris Ponsler
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Fundraiser for our Claire Bear - Sue’s 31 Gifts
I want to help Heidi spend as much time
as possible with Claire by helping to ease
the financial burden that they are under
at the moment.
When I was 15 years old, my little sister
Kathy underwent two brain tumor surgeries. I saw how stressful this was on
my mom (she had 6 kids!), and understood the importance of her spending as
much time with Kathy as possible, and
easing her discomfort when she could.
Claire. Anything you buy on my table,
and/or through my 31 Gifts website,
at full price, will be a 50% donation to
Claire. The winter catalog ends January 31 and a new Spring catalog will be
available for February. Please think
about some gifts you need.
I have known Heidi, and Molly, for
more than fifteen years (yes, when
they were in high school!). I watched
them marry and have children … even
helped them through the loss of their
In memory of my mom and sister, and in
honor of Claire, for the months of Janu- own mom. Let’s help the Kelly family
as much as we can now. Both Heidi &
ary and February I will donate 50% of
Andrew have missed a lot of work— as
all sales of the 31
it should be. They both have jobs
Gifts stock I have at
daycare to help support that if you don’t work, you don’t get
paid. I will give Heidi a list of everyone that buys something so she
knows how much you care. If you
don’t need a gift right now cash donations will be passed on, too!
There is also a website to help provide meals for
the Kelly family. I am very
pleased to see
generous people
signing up to
deliver meals!
Thank you for
your support!
Claire a day before her diagnosis.
Parents’ Night Out—Potluck Party!
Notes/Reminders:
Let’s celebrate Sunny Day Care’s 20th Anniversary together! Join us
for an appetizer & dessert potluck party! Please bring a dish to
share.
* Please leave snow pants and boots for all
children in 2-year room and preschool. We need
coats, hats & mittens everyday to go outside.
Friday, March 2nd @ 7:30pm
At the home of:
Katie & Frank Rusak
(Allie & Tessa’s parents)
Drake & 11 mile area (address will be posted on flyer in SDC foyer).
RVSP by Feb. 27th to: [email protected] or (734) 649-0609
* With Winter in full swing now, please
remember our policy on “snow days” that if the
Farmington Public Schools are closed, we may be
closed. Please call to check.
* Please watch your step for icy conditions on
the main steps. We will shovel and salt the walk
to aid in your and your children’s safety.
* We’re on Facebook! Please “Like” us!
www.facebook.com/SunnyDayCare
Holiday Carols Concert and Hanukkah Circle Time
Our Preschoolers presented a
Holiday Carols
concert December 15th that was quite a
treat for all the parents, grandparents and siblings in the audience!
With classics like “Jingle Bell
Rock” & “Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer” it was a night of fun
and laughs that we hope you enjoyed as much as the kids!
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On Dec. 19th we welcomed Mrs.
Grekin (former Hillel Day School
librarian and grandmother to two
of our children) to SDC to share a
special “Hanukkah Circle Time”
with the children and learn about
the Festival of Lights. She read a
special Hanukkah story book, lit
the menorah, and gave each child a
toy dreidel to play with and practice spinning.
Thank you for coming to SDC Mrs.
Grekin to talk about Hanukkah!
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Meet the
We are blessed with a wonderful, loving staff whose average time working with Sunny
Day Care children is now over ten years. Each newsletter we will introduce to a few of
our staff members sharing a little bit about them. For this edition we give you Miss
Laura and Miss Stephanie, our blessed and patient teachers in the 2 year room.
Staff!
Miss Laura: Miss Laura has been with Sunny Day Care since 2005 and has always been one of our
special Toddler Room teachers. The children love “Miss Wawa” and enjoy her Circle Time: animal
sounds, learning colors, numbers and days of the week. She is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, and married Roger Wobig (former high school classmate!) in 2010. Her daughter, Ashley, is
making a career out of soccer playing for Churchill High School and Livonia travel teams. Miss Laura
enjoys reading, family movie nights and being a life-time soccer mom.
Miss Stephanie: Miss Stephanie began assisting the preschool children after her classes at Farmington High School in 2006. After graduation, she joined Sunny Day Care full-time and has been a
teacher in the Toddler/Two room ever since. Growing up with a brother who is deaf, Stephanie is
quite the sign language expert and enjoys teaching us the basics. She is especially good with our
toddlers and a pro at helping them begin the adventures of potty-training in a calm way that makes it
a non-threatening experience. She enjoys creating art projects and reading books to the children,
and is also great at teaching action songs at Circle Time using puppets. Her hobbies include reading,
camping, bowling, cooking and attending Red Wing games!
Just a Reminder
Emily & Sue are always open!
Emily is your Scentsy consultant for all your special scent needs. These are not just decorative wickless candle warmers to
make your house smell great (have you noticed how nice daycare smells?), but are the best gifts. There are warmers, Buddys
(stuffed animals with scent packs), Scent Circles (for the car), Room Sprays, Fragrance Foam, Fragrance Solid Perfume and
Travel Tins (lockers/drawers). Emily has all the scents to smell, just ask! Order: www.glowingwax7.scentsy.us
Sue is enjoying being a consultant for Thirty One and she has almost every product for you to check out — bags, purses, thermals, totes, baskets, caddys, cubes, backpacks, wallets, and bins. So many colors and patterns to pick from and almost everything can be personalized (what a great gift!). Buy something in January or February and 50% will be donated to Claire Kelly’s
family!! Order: www.mythirtyone.com/suecasey
You cannot miss the display by the doors. Anything you see on the tables can be bought as you walk out the door. Take a catalog to order that special item for your favorite person. Think of us for birthdays, weddings, showers and even special events!
Happy Birthday to You!
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to the kids and staff with birthdays in December, January or February:
December
January
3rd Miss Kristen
2nd Miss Emily
3rd Andrew Napier
1
16th Miss Krystle
17th Olive Hoover 3
17th Tegegn Ponsler 4
4th Delaney Mitter 5
7th Caleb Thursam 2
13th Connor McEvoy 2
13th Miss Omea
February
15th Zak Burns-Pavlik 4
16th Lucas Moeller 2
19th Jack James 4
22nd Aletha Elser 4
14th Brandon Horton 4
24th Evan Rivera 4
17th Miss Jenny
16th Sereno Mileto 5
27th Anir Kundurthy 5
19th Ethan Apostolovski 1
20th Ronan MacArthur 4
28th Miss Bella
24th Mackenzie Stull 1
22nd Ian Wong 3
24th Benjamin Peura 5
30th Ryan Myers 5
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