Santa Claus is coming to town...on a fire truck!

Hey, there!  Have you heard?  Santa and Mrs. Claus will be in Hadley on Saturday!  Here's the info from Hadley Park and Rec:

Hadley Park and Recreation presents

LUNCH with

SANTA & MRS. CLAUSE

                                                                                                    

                                                            

Saturday, December 15th, 2012

From 12 – 1:30 p.m.

At the Hadley Elementary School

Come one come all and meet the fire truck that carries

Mr. & Mrs. Claus at the following times and locations:

9:30 Corner of Shattuck & Gooseberry Lane

9:40 Corner of Shattuck and Bayberry Lane

9:55 North Hadley Sugar Shack

10:20 Corner of Meadowbrook Drive & Mt. Warner Rd

10:35 Sunrise Drive

10:55 Corner of Spruce Hill and Arrowhead

11:15 Corner of Chmura Road & Laurel Drive

11:30 Barstow’s Longview Dairy Store

Then to the Hadley Elementary School

Get your picture taken with Santa!

(bring your own camera)

Food, drinks will be available at no cost

***Christmas Raffle at $1.00 per ticket***

A mailbox is available for children to write and send letters to Santa

at the Goodwin Library. Paper and envelopes provided.

All letters must be written by December 10^th.

It's here!

Have you seen it yet?



The new preschool shed!

What do you think?  An improvement over the old one?  

I love that you can see a real Hadley barn in the background here - a perfect match for the mini-barn.

Leave a comment telling what's on the back of the barn and you'll be entered into a giveaway for a free Friends of Hadley Preschool t-shirt!  Giveaway closes 12/20/12 at 12 noon.  Good luck!

Coming soon...

This coming Monday, we will be having site work done to prepare for our new and improved preschool shed!  We are very excited to be able to sponsor this project for the preschool.  It will provide more storage options, and will be a very cute red barn - perfect for our farming town of Hadley!

Thursday's meeting cancelled

Due to the questionable weather, we are cancelling our regular meeting this Thursday.

Our next meeting will take place on December 6th at 6:30 p.m. at Panera in Hadley.  Join us at 6:30 for dinner, stay to chat about ways we can support the preschool.

Park and Rec Rag Shag Parade and Halloween Party

(from the Hadley PTO)

Join Park and Rec at the American Legion for this year's Halloween Party, sponsored by American Legion Post #271, Sunday, October 28th from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.

Meet at Hopkins Academy parking lot at 4:45pm for the Rag Shag Parade to the Legion. Party begins @ 5pm. There will be no parade if it rains.

This is a fun non-scary Halloween party for children of all ages. Games and crafts. Refreshments will be available. This is a free event but donations are greatly appreciated.

For more information, contact the Hadley Park and Rec at (413) 586-6375, email parkandrec@hadleyma.org, or visit http://www.hadleyma.org/pages/HadleyMA_Parks/index.

Super silly storytelling

Thanks to all who joined us last night for the Silliest Kind of Spooky.  The children enjoyed helping tell the stories, sharing ideas and solutions, and laughing at all the silly twists and turns of Miss Jen's tales. 

 

Friends of Hadley Preschool was glad to sponsor this event for our preschoolers and other friends and family.  Stay tuned for more events soon!

 

In the meantime, if you are looking for a terrific storyteller, check out We Tell Tales.  Miss Jen would be a great addition to a party or other school event!

Hadley Family Group

Looking for something to do with your little one on Friday morning? 

Come check out the Hadley Family Group.  It meets every Friday from 9:30 - 11 a.m. at Whole Children, 41 Russell St. in Hadley (in the Village Barn Shops). 

Babies through age 6 are welcome to join.  There are toys for all ages, as well as a ball pit, climbing wall, art supplies, snack and coffee for the parents (free!).  It's a great indoor destination for these rainy, getting-cooler fall days.