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Avenues Early Learning Centres
Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Address: 16 Locations Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Website: http://avenueschildcare.com.au/
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25.01.2022 This week our Sunnybank Hills centre celebrated Dental Health Week. This week the children engaged in play-based experiences relating to dental hygiene practices. To celebrate the final days of Dental Health Week our Sunnybank Hills centre had their 6-monthly visit from Dental2You.
24.01.2022 Across the centre at Avenues Murarrie, we are continually looking at ways to be more sustainable and to better help our environment. Our Toddler room children and educators are getting in on the act too after all its never too young to begin exploring ways to take care of our world! Setting up a small world tray with sand and litter, the children helped clean up the beach! Using tongs gave them a chance to enhance their fine motor skills and finger muscles. While they enjoyed this sensory focussed activity, our educators spoke to the children about litter and recycling, introducing these important words along with the symbols to our play based learning experience. The children loved this experience and have revisited many times throughout last week!
23.01.2022 Today at Carina Avenues we celebrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrens Day! We acknowledged this day by playing Aboriginal games, weaving, face painting, dancing and looking at symbols and lots of other fun activities. The children enjoyed listening to Indigenous music throughout the day, the younger children moved their hands and bodies to the sound of the music while the Kindergarten children had a barefoot dance party where everyone took off their shoes and... danced around on the cool earth, connecting to the earth as they spun, jumped and moved to the traditional Aboriginal music. One of our favourite games to play is an Aboriginal game called Kai Wed, traditionally played with a ball, although some of our rooms use a more suitable balloon. Our children also experimented with weaving, using the branches of trees, learning that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people weave with lots of natural materials. The children explored symbol drawing in the sand, telling stories through their symbols. Some of our children had their faces painted, while the educators talked about how traditionally Aboriginal face painting tells of family, ancestors and holds important cultural significance. What a fun day we have had celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childrens Day! See more
23.01.2022 Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush; Here we go round the mulberry bush On a GORGEOUS SPRING MORNING.... The mulberry tree at Avenues Murarrie is in full bloom! (Bloom or fruit, either way the mulberries are here!) As are our zucchinis,(how beautiful are our zucchini flowers??) and our lettuce. Our tomatoes arent far off, just a tad green still but they are getting there! The children have enjoyed adding mulberries to their morning tea, and the chef has been getting daily supplies of lettuce and zucchinis brought to her by our children who enjoy collecting them each morning.
21.01.2022 This week at Avenues Norman Park we have celebrated Book Week. The Children have been so excited to bring in and share their favourite story books with us. Each day this week the Children have come dressed up as their favourite book characters. Throughout the week Educators have read the books that the Children have brought in. We have encouraged our parents to take part in the Premiers reading challenge and read as many books as they can with their Children over the week. Reading a variety of books helps Children with language development, listening skills, developing literacy skills, memory, imagination, role playing, creativity, curiosity & discussions but best of all its quality bonding time.
20.01.2022 For Science Week at McDowall we researched The Seabin Project. Our Pre-Kindy children learnt a Seabin collects rubbish in the ocean! They were so intrigued that they decided to make their own. Using hypothesising, trial and error we made our own sea bin using boxes and netting. However when we collected 32 pieces of rubbish the net broke!!! The Pre-Kindy children were not satisfied and decided to see if books would hold the net together. It managed to hold 42 pieces of rubbish! Success!!!!
19.01.2022 Last Friday, Kimberly Park Avenues celebrated National Tree Day! The educators were excited to share with the children the importance of caring for our environment by planting and tending to native trees and shrubbery and supporting the process of regeneration. All of our classes helped in the planting process and were very excited to see our new tree in the Joeys yard! The children are excited to see the wildlife our new tree attracts and help to tend to it with water and l...ove. The Wallabies children and staff decided to give back to our community by donating a native tree to our neighbours at Kimberly Park State School. They created a special card for the current Prep classes and our Early Childhood Teacher Miss Alyssa, along with Miss Fiona our Centre Manager and Miss Kym our Educational Leader delivered our gift to Ms Kris Whitman the Kimberley Park State School Prep Co-ordinator who accepted it on behalf of her Prep buddies. Happy National Tree Day!
19.01.2022 Carina Avenues teach our children the skills to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh food. This week the Kindergarten children harvested lettuce and tomatoes that they have been growing. The children are always learning about caring for our environment, today they practiced their skills as they gently took the leaves off so the lettuce plants could continue to grow. Preparing their food by washing the lettuce and cutting up the tomatoes, along with grating carrot and buttering their bread, the children developed their self-help skills and independence, making their own sandwiches for their lunch. We hope to instil in our children real-world learning opportunities and skills that they can take with them and use through life and a love for growing and making their own food.
18.01.2022 Over the week, Avenues Norman park have been keeping busy involving children in learning all about the Indigenous culture for NAIDOC week. NAIDOC week is about celebration of the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Children have been looking at the Aboriginal flag & the meaning of all the different colours. In the older rooms the children watched videos, which brought on a lot of brainstorming and discussion about traditional ...foods, music, clothing, games etc. Other activities children enjoyed was making Aboriginal patterns using Aboriginal colour paint pallet & painting brush, reading dream time stories, yarns, singing songs, sand symbol patterns, dot painting, dancing, games etc. Over the couple of weeks leading up to "NAIDOC" week, we have been asking our parents for plastic bottle cap collection. Our parents have been kindly donating these for the past 6 months. We thought it would be a great Idea to use the recycled bottle caps to make an Indigenous art canvas display, with all children's participation. After reading the "rainbow serpent book" our children really wanted to make the colourful bright snake, using all the bottle caps. Once this is completed, we will be proudly hanging it up in the front entrance, as you walk into the centre. See more
17.01.2022 This week, the Aspley Centre had some much anticipated Feathered Friends come to stay. Our Henny Penny Chickens arrived on Monday and are currently taking up residence with our children in the Kindergarten room. All the Children across the centre have had the opportunity to watch these amazing animals hatch from their eggs in the warmth of the incubator and turn into the fluffy chicks that are running around the pen today. Henny Penny visiting the centre is a time that the Ed...ucators and the Children all look forward to each year, and with their visit, they bring along great intentional teaching tools for us to further develop the childrens knowledge and understanding on different things. The Kindergarten Children collaborated and developed a set of Rules & Responsibilities for the chickens, which they are teaching the younger children when its time for them to have a visit. We are also extending our knowledge on hygiene practices like correct handwashing and keeping clean. How to look after other beings that arent themselves, Responsibility & Turn taking and so much more. Take a look at our adorable Aspley Friends with their little chicks! See more
16.01.2022 Happy Diwali 2020 to all our families from Avenues Montessori Children’s House Sunnybank. Wishing you all a wonderful Diwali and happiness with family and friends. We celebrated on Friday at our service with all the children with music, dance, arts and lots of colour. Everyone, including our Guides dressed for the occasion and enjoyed this time together.
16.01.2022 Today is R U Ok? Day. This year has been a challenging one for every human being and so many relationships have been strained. Avenues in line with the wonderful Be You program support the mental well being of our educators providing them with the tools to support and help each other. Its more important then ever to check in on your people today and every other day. It doesnt take to much of everyones time to ask R U Ok?
16.01.2022 During August the children from the Avenues Paddington participated in 42k your way. The aim of this event is to gain sponsorship for running the distance chosen during the month. The money raised goes towards The Childrens Hospital Foundation. The Childrens Hospital Foundation helps sick and injured children by funding life saving medical research, investing in vital new equipment, and providing support and entertainment for children and their families. They are committed ...to making a difference in the fight against childhood illness and injury so that every child can grow up as happy and healthy as possible. Some of the rooms at our centre formed a team and we created a running track around our playground. Everyday during August we ran and ran and ran. We had some children running 1km each day. Combining the distance of each room that participated we ran a total of 618kms!!!! We raised $1263.00 for the Childrens Hospital Foundation. Great work Paddington Children, we are proud of your effort. See more
15.01.2022 At Avenues Norman Park the Koala Kindy children were super excited this morning to help Miss Candice with the vegetable harvesting. We noticed that our peas, carrots, and beetroot was ready to be picked and pulled out our garden bed. Once we finished our harvesting ,we then washed all the veggies. Some of the children wanted to taste the beans, from this came lots of lovely comments such as; "Beans are super tasty for you" "Beans taste so sweet and very juicy" "Im eating beans to make me healthy" "I eat beans at my house" Once we finished tasting our beans, we took the beetroot and carrots down to the kitchen as the children wanted them on their sandwiches today. Miss Sandeep took the vegetables and praised the children for doing such an excellent job.
15.01.2022 At Avenues Norman Park, we have been celebrating National Science week. Our educators have set up activities that involve lots of excitement, and educational learning that is filled with fun!!!! Some of our science experiments have been- Sink & Float, Ocean Freeze, Bubble art, magic milk, colour mixing, and lot is more. Then on Thursday Koalas children had Hugos mother (Katrina) come in who is a real SCIENTIST. Miss Katrina came dressed up in her white coat and wore her ...safety goggles as she performed some exciting cool science experiments for us all. We discussed the seven steps which were a scientific process, ask questions, do some research, make a hypothesis, set up an experiment, record date & conclusions. Then the excitement occurred while we got to watch a volcano erupt. After that we had three scientific stations set up outside for all us to explore. We absolutely loved the slime the most as it was super sticky. We would like to say a huge thank-you to Miss Katrina for volunteering her time to educate us on science week. After today a lot of the children are inspired to be little Scientists!!! See more
14.01.2022 Carina Avenues celebrated National Tree Day on Friday! We are passionate about teaching our children the importance of caring for our environment and why it was important to protect and care for trees and show respect to the environment. Trees provide us with the oxygen we breathe and also assist in purifying our air from pollution. To help us with this important message, the Brisbane City Council kindly donated the centre with 50 native trees and plants and all of our childr...en and staff got involved by dressing up in all things nature. The children planted trees, choosing the spots the plants would go, digging the holes to place the plant and placing it in the ground, then carefully placing the soil around the new trees before watering them. Some of our rooms made spades from milk bottles as they have been learning the importance of recycling. We specifically chose some bush tucker plants that the children planted in our outdoor Yarning Circles as these are native plants that we can help to grow, then enjoy the fruits, leaves and flowers. We had many wonderful activities throughout the day including leaf painting, exploring nature, garden yoga, planting their own money tree plants to take home and all types of wonderful experiences. See more
14.01.2022 Who doesnt love making play dough! The sense of wonder explored as our little scientists turn a list of ingredients into something else is amazing to see! Check out what our Junior Studio children at Avenues Murarrie did with their play dough today.. For our recipe we followed the cream of tartar jar recipe - but it didnt quite work! (perhaps because we used cold water ) So we added heaps more dry ingredients. It wasnt perfect but we had great fun anyway! The children helped mix it all together and then share it out. We decided to add some natural loose parts to our experience and so using seeds and gumnuts, the children made cupcakes with cherries on top!
14.01.2022 Today Avenues Runcorn Heights celebrated Jeans for Genes Day to help support children with genetic conditions. We all rocked in our denim outfits! Thank you to the families for their generous donations and support.
14.01.2022 Carina Avenues held a Red Nose Day Disco today. We moved and grooved to all of our favourite songs in support of the Red Nose Foundation who fund research to reduce the risk of stillbirth and SIDS. What a great time we had dancing the day away while supporting this wonderful cause!
13.01.2022 Exciting Opportunities Await Are you qualified and looking for a change? Avenues have the opportunity for New Educators to join our team. ... Current positions available include Lead Educators and Assistant Educators across our Brisbane Centres. In return, we will give you a great place to work, and benefits that include: Above award wages Career Advancement Opportunities Centre Fun budget a time to join together as a team Regular Professional Development Opportunities Uniforms Staff Childcare Discounts If this interests you, please PM our page for more information.
13.01.2022 Book Week may have been postponed, but Avenues Murarrie couldnt resist having our own celebrations! All through the centre we celebrated our favourite books, retold stories and came together for a parade in our nursery yard. Everyone looked amazing and had great fun!
12.01.2022 Ekka Day at Paddington: Today we celebrated the "EKKA" by dancing to country music and singing along to Old McDonald had a farm. We took time to do some research around "what happens at the Ekka" this led us into being able to see videos of fireworks, different animals including cows, sheep, goats and chickens. ... We had carnival activities such as Face painting with Miss Lina, experimenting with Miss Raina by filling up balloons with bicarb to have them float, unfortunately 1 popped, 1 didnt float but, third time lucky we had a good one. There was also a photo booth with funny dress ups and lots of games such as sack races & egg and spoon races. We used our gross motor skill to jump across the yard and lots of cheering from the educators. We ended our Avenues Ekka with a delicious Strawberry Sundae, fingers crossed that next year we will all be able to experience this first hand! Until then have a great and well deserved long weekend! Avenues Paddington
11.01.2022 At Avenues Norman Park , we had such an exciting morning as we had a special visit from Charlotte and Maddisons mum - Senior Constance Flynn who brought in her police vehicle for all the children to see. Children had a wonderful time exploring the police car and even got to sit in the drivers seat, our favourite thing was seeing the flashing lights & hearing the siren go off. Then we had a group discussion with the children talking about their vital role within our communi...ty. The children got a close up look at some of the tools police officers use whilst they are on duty, Miss Joni & Miss Kimti got the opportunity to try the handcuffs and vests. This was a fantastic opportunity for us to build strong connections between our childcare centre and the everyday heroes within our community. A big thank you to Senior Constable Flynn for sharing both her time & sharing knowledgeable information. See more
10.01.2022 Last week Avenues Paddington celebrated and recognised National Child Protection Week. This years theme was Putting children first. Our Kindergarten children continued with our term three All children being safe program. This program embeds safety within the children as they move into a school setting. On Thursday we watched Australias Biggest Child Safety Lesson run by the Morcombe Family. There were puppets and magic and age-appropriate explanations for children to... be able to identify the safety helpers in our own lives, what it might feel like in our body if we feel unsafe and the idea of you are the boss of your own body. The kindergarten children joined Shine the Light for children lantern project. Making lanterns out of paper and cellophane. This project has continued through the week and even into today, with lanterns decorating the classroom. See more
10.01.2022 This week our Bowen Hills centre engaged in National Science Week. The children in all age groups having been participating in science experiments and exploring different materials and reactions. Our Kindergarten class made rockets and we watched them fly into space! The Wombats children explored colour recognition and reaction of different liquids. The Kangaroos room created their own crystals using pipe cleaners in water and our nursery children explored painting on top of white crayons. Outside we were able to make a big volcano and watch as we poured in white vinegar and the volcano erupted! We have loved exploring different materials and watching the reactions as we mix different chemicals together
10.01.2022 Today the dentist came to Avenues Jindalee! The Dentists name was Noori, and she asked us questions like "Whats your favourite food?" and "What do you love to drink?" some of the answers included "broccoli, water, milk and my Daddy doesnt let me have coke". Dr. Noori told us that eating healthy foods like vegetables helps to keep our teeth clean and healthy, and although its okay to have some treats every now and then, to make sure we rinse our mouths with water afterwards. The Nursery and Toddler children loved visiting the dentist to say hello, and getting their very own special sticker! Children who got their dental check-ups were super brave and also enjoyed choosing a special sticker for doing so well.
10.01.2022 The team at Avenues Jindalee celebrated Early Childhood Educators Day with a Crazy Hair day, some delicious treats and a visit from Ruby the Little Ice-Cream Van! Everyone became a child again the moment Greensleeves was heard playing from up the road! Thank-you to all of our families for the yummy treats and beautiful messages of appreciation. The tribute video was also beautiful touch, so thank-you to our families who contributed their video message for the special day, it truly did make us feel warm and fuzzy, and above all, appreciated!
08.01.2022 At Avenues Norman park, our children would like to say a huge thank-you to Bunnings Cannon Hill, who kindly donated us with a worm farm pack. Having over 1000 worms we managed to set up our third worm farm in the outdoor nursery & share the rest of the worms with the other rooms. Now we have three worm farms, one on each level. At Avenues Norman Park our educators encourage children to respect their environment & work on our Sustainability practices daily. We encourage child...ren to take the food scraps to the worm farms , minimising food waste. Children are loving the responsibility of looking after the worms and making sure they are in the shade and feeding with some delicious fruit scrapes daily to keep them healthy. Our Kindergarten children wanted to thank Bunnings by making them beautiful card with their drawings on and what they have been learning by having the worm farms at the centre . Miss Candice will be personally dropping these off next week to Bunnings to say thanks See more
08.01.2022 Last week at Avenues Early Learning Centre McDowall we celebrated NAIDOC week across our 5 rooms through different experiences and projects. Throughout our service the children participated by listening and re-creating dreamtime stories, exploring indigenous and Torres strait islander flags through dance, painting paperbark with traditional colours, mud painting, symbol re-creating with different recycled and natural materials along with mud painting. The Kindergarten room have been working on creating a Rainbow serpent with clay, using their fine motor and manipulation skills to mould the clay in the shape of a rainbow serpent. We had a great week of exploration that will continue through our programs.
07.01.2022 At Avenues Norman Park, our Kindergarten children successfully opened their own "KOALA MARKET" on Friday the 13th November. Over the last few weeks Koala's have been really enjoying the cubby house outside & often play shops, cafes etc. So, we asked the children if they would like to have a real market day and asked what they would like to sell? After meaningful conversations, the Koala's said they wanted to sell fresh veggies from their garden, decorations for Christmas, ...plants, and some artwork. Koalas decided to name the shop "Koala's Market". We then asked if any other rooms wanted to contribute to the market, we kindly received worm juice from possums & Joeys and fresh mint leaves to add into our refreshing water. Miss Isabella, our art teacher, helped children make Indigenous art, plants, place mats all made from recyclable materials. We also celebrated Diwali day by making some yummy Indian food to eat at the market while playing some Diwali music. Children loved playing shop & kept saying "This is the best day ever. We asked the children what they would like to do with the money and most responses we received was " Buying more veggies, gardening tools & outdoor resources . See more
07.01.2022 Today the children and educators from Avenues Paddington had a special visit from the amazing team at FAB dental, Olivia and Nicole. This visit was initiated from the Community project many of our rooms have been focusing on as well as celebrating dental week. We all now know what to expect when we visit the dentist, we were shown how to brush our teeth and why it is important to brush teeth twice a day. We were able to practice brushing on the large teeth model Olivia and ...Nicole brought to the centre. We talked about why it is important to make healthy food choices to benefit our teeth and why too much sugary food can cause holes in our teeth. The children had a wonderful time dressing up as dentists and patients wearing masks and dental aprons and all received a pack to take home to remind us to brush our teeth. A big thank you to Fab dental Paddington for sending Olivia and Nicole to visit us as part of our community project. We look forward to having many more connections with them. See more
06.01.2022 Our Sunnybank Hills centre celebrated Plastic Free July with input from their local community. Firstly, resources and ideas were gathered from the Tangalooma EcoMarine website. Educators and children created their very own pledge tree. Children explained to their educators how they can further protect our waterways and live a more sustainable life with less plastic included. Educators documented the childrens voices and added them to the pledge tree. Families and our cent...re chef donated glass jars. It took a whole month for the centre to gather crates full of glass jars in all shapes and sizes. The centre received recipe ideas from families and their local Dandiiri schools and community library. Together the staff, centre chef and children made chutneys, bliss balls and jam drops. The glass jars donated by the families and chef were filled with the baked goods and sold back to their community in the centre foyer. Today is the last day of our fundraiser and all money raised will go to Tangalooma EcoMarine to further protect our waterways from plastic and to the Dandiiri schools and community library for their ongoing support towards our programs and practices. See more
06.01.2022 The Kindergarten children at Aspley received an email from our Federal Member for Lilley, Anika Wells, inviting them to participate in their annual Christmas Card competition which was open and running for this year. The Educators and the Children brainstormed about Christmas and over the next few days, a big Christmas tree creation was developed as part of our competition entry. A few days later, the children sent off their incredible creation to the team at Anika Wells offi...ce for her to have a look at and judge as part of the Christmas Card Competition. Not long after our entry was sent away, the Kindergarten children received a phone call from Anika Wells letting them know that they had won the competition and that their creation was going to be featured on this years Christmas Card! Anika then came to visit the children to meet with the makers behind the magic and the children were all elated to share in their experience in developing the entry for the competition. Thankyou so much Anika for coming for a visit and meeting us! See more
06.01.2022 This year the theme of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Childrens Day is Hear our Voice, We are the Elders of tomorrow. So to include this celebration at Jindalee, we wanted to hear the children ideas and voices, so we have separated a map of Australia and heard from each room, what they feel is important about the Australian culture or their own culture. For the younger rooms we have used images that the children have chosen, and in the senior rooms we have added the childrens voices. We placed the map back together to show the culture within our centre, and to hear the Childrens Voices.
06.01.2022 At Avenues we appreciate our Educators everyday of the year. But, today is the day that we officially recognise everything that you do. THANK YOU for your dedication to providing the best care and education to all the children at Avenues. We hope that you enjoy the various celebration at the centres today.
05.01.2022 The Kindergarten children at Carina had a special guest speaker today from the Queensland Surf Life Savers. Hayden is a life saver and came to explain to the children about what the role of Life Savers play in our community, the devices and equipment that they use, how to stay safe at the beach and general water safety tips. The Kindergarten children told Hayden how much they love beaches and swimming pools, and we learnt lots of important information to help keep us safe in and around the water! The children were also lucky enough to get a special book full of information and activities and educational games about rips/currents, beach signs/flags and sea creatures. Thank you to Hayden and the Queensland Surf Life Savers for all you do and for sharing your knowledge with us!
05.01.2022 This week is National Recycling Week and over the past few weeks at our Bowen Hills centre our Crocodiles and Koalas children have been working with our Art Teacher Miss Peggy and Miss Vanessa to plan out what to create, how to create it, and then create 3 pieces of artwork. The 3 pieces are a Koala, a Seal and a Humpback whale. The children chose these animals and then decided what recycled materials they wanted to use to create each one. For the Koala, the children used sma...ll pieces of used paper for the body, an old black plastic bag for its nose, old foam pieces for its ears, and bottle caps for its eyes. They also used small pieces of bark to create a tree for the Koala to sit in and added real eucalyptus leaves that were donated from our families as a final touch. For the Seal, the children used old, empty coffee pods for its body, and bottle caps for its eyes and nose. For the Whale, the children used bottle caps for its back and fins, and old bubble wrap cut into small pieces for its stomach. They have done such an amazing job! See more
03.01.2022 Last week our Kimberley Park Centre held a Teddys Bear Picnic for all the children. The children all enjoyed bringing their Teddys in for a shared morning tea. The older rooms enjoyed talking about their Teddy with their friends and having an outside
03.01.2022 We have had a day of celebrations with 3 of our valued staff celebrating being with Avenues for 10 years. Rowena from Avenues Kimberley Park and Shuk and Ling from Avenues Runcorn Heights. Thank you to all the ladies, your commitment and dedication is greatly appreciated.
02.01.2022 Our kindergarten children over the last couple of weeks have been doing an excellent job, making sure that our vegetables are getting watered daily & also show great respect and appreciation for our living plants. Every day children are so excited to watch our vegetables grow. We noticed that our spinach was ready for harvesting. Children were so excited to collect the spinach and then washed them all under the water. This made the experience so much more enjoyable and educa...tional when we included it into our project. Kindergarten children are learning all about countries around the world & took a trip to China . Miss Ruby took all the children on a journey with our taste buds. She introduced us to traditional vegetables and fruits. Miss Ruby also made us some Chinese pancakes, crystal candies, fried noodles, and some spinach, which was from our veggie garden. See more
01.01.2022 At Avenues Murarrie, we were so excited to celebrate Educators Day, where we say thanks and celebrate our wonderful team. Our children and families worked hard to write notes of thanks and we joined in for a special morning tea as we received gifts of appreciation. Our educators bring so much knowledge and expertise to our team and when we join together, we are unstoppable. A huge thanks to our amazing team at Avenues Murarrie!
01.01.2022 Yesterday at Avenues Murarrie we celebrated International Friendship Day. Actually, we celebrate our friendships every day, but we used this special day to really think about how important our friendships are. Across our centre we enjoyed group games, read stories, offered kindness to each other and talked about what it means to be a friend. The answers showed what beautiful friendships we have here. What does it mean to be a good friend? you have to be kind if someo...ne falls over you have to help them you can play their game we have to share our toys we cuddle them and take their tears Happy Friendship day everyone. See more
