Alayna ate all of her pears and a couple bites of her blueberry muffin at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her tuna on saltines, oranges and about half of her sweet potatoes.
Alayna spent time just checking out the new room arrangement, looking to see what was new and what was the same. She really liked having the jumping mattress in the big room and more accessible during free choice. She also liked having the "igloo" out there so she could play in and around it. She was playing peek-a-boo with some of the younger kiddos and really enjoying that (as were they).
Alayna has been very loving and almost protective of our lone boy, Thomas. She is very gentle with him, even when he is a little rough with her (today he bit her on the wrist -- he is teething), but she was even sweet to him after that!
I have called Thomas a "maniac" several times because he is just all boy (bull in a china closet style). Well today he did something and I said "Silly Thomas!" and Alayna came over and told me, "Thomas not a maniac!" I cracked up! : )
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
11/23/11
Alayna ate all of her mixed berries and bites of her toast at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- hashbrown casserole, biscuit and kiwi.
Alayna was looking at books for about 20 minutes. Part of the time she was just looking at them all by herself and the rest of the time she was "reading" them to her doll.
Alayna loves to be silly and get both herself and the other kiddos laughing. Today it was Emily that she got going and she didn't want her to stop. She kept going back over when Emily was settling down and doing something to try to get her laughing again. It was really cute and both of them were loving it! : )
Alayna was stacking up the mega Lego people and pets into a tower and it reminded me of pictures I have seen of totem poles.
Alayna was looking at books for about 20 minutes. Part of the time she was just looking at them all by herself and the rest of the time she was "reading" them to her doll.
Alayna loves to be silly and get both herself and the other kiddos laughing. Today it was Emily that she got going and she didn't want her to stop. She kept going back over when Emily was settling down and doing something to try to get her laughing again. It was really cute and both of them were loving it! : )
Alayna was stacking up the mega Lego people and pets into a tower and it reminded me of pictures I have seen of totem poles.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
11/22/11
Alayna ate all of her dried apricots and may have had a bite of her whole wheat bagel at breakfast. It was hard to tell because she broke it up into little tiny crumbs and then started playing with it. At lunch she ate all of her baked fish, applesauce and pea pasta salad.
Alayna has been trying to jump on our couch and big chair, which is not allowed. After multiple reminders, we finally let her go jump in the back room. She still tried a couple times after she came back, but did better with it.
Today she cracked me up because she was "hiding" from the kiddos and laughing when one walked by. The funny thing about it was that none of them knew she was hiding from them or that they had "found" her. She was really having fun with the game regardless. : )
Alayna played with "Baby Riley" in the "car seat" quite a while again today. She took her over to the big yellow chair and propped her up by her then read stories (seemingly to her) for about 10 minutes! It was really cute!
Alayna has been trying to jump on our couch and big chair, which is not allowed. After multiple reminders, we finally let her go jump in the back room. She still tried a couple times after she came back, but did better with it.
Today she cracked me up because she was "hiding" from the kiddos and laughing when one walked by. The funny thing about it was that none of them knew she was hiding from them or that they had "found" her. She was really having fun with the game regardless. : )
Alayna played with "Baby Riley" in the "car seat" quite a while again today. She took her over to the big yellow chair and propped her up by her then read stories (seemingly to her) for about 10 minutes! It was really cute!
11/21/11
Alayna ate all of her craisins and most of her bran flakes at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her cheese pizza, tropical fruit and green beans with bacon bits (substituted for cauliflower).
Alayna immediately put one of the dolls in the hat "car seat" when she got her and basically played with it most of the time we spent in the big room.
We have noticed that Alayna has been really flopping when we ask her to do something that she doesn't want to (like pick up toys, give a friend a hug when he has hurt them, look at us when we call her name...). We are being very careful to not let her off the hook when she does it. We give her a choice to either do what we have asked "by herself like big girl" or "with us helping her". Many kiddos respond well to the choice of doing it like a big kiddo. It doesn't seem to matter to Alayna and we almost always have to make her follow through with what we have said.
Alayna love to play peek-a-boo over and around the big yellow chair and the end of the couch by the duplo table. She really cracks up and it doesn't matter if she is on the hiding side or the finding side.
The kiddos all really enjoyed watching the city crew scooping up leaves with the front end loaders and dumping them into the dump trucks. Sadly there weren't many leaves where they would watch out the big window so it didn't take very long, but they were enthralled while it lasted!
Alayna immediately put one of the dolls in the hat "car seat" when she got her and basically played with it most of the time we spent in the big room.
We have noticed that Alayna has been really flopping when we ask her to do something that she doesn't want to (like pick up toys, give a friend a hug when he has hurt them, look at us when we call her name...). We are being very careful to not let her off the hook when she does it. We give her a choice to either do what we have asked "by herself like big girl" or "with us helping her". Many kiddos respond well to the choice of doing it like a big kiddo. It doesn't seem to matter to Alayna and we almost always have to make her follow through with what we have said.
Alayna love to play peek-a-boo over and around the big yellow chair and the end of the couch by the duplo table. She really cracks up and it doesn't matter if she is on the hiding side or the finding side.
The kiddos all really enjoyed watching the city crew scooping up leaves with the front end loaders and dumping them into the dump trucks. Sadly there weren't many leaves where they would watch out the big window so it didn't take very long, but they were enthralled while it lasted!
11/18/11
Alayna ate about half of her malt-o-meal and all of her craisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her spaghetti, mixed fruit and about half of her salad with ranch dressing.
Alayna really is enjoying being the one to watch during out potty times. So far she is the one who is being successful most of the time, so the other kiddos really watch and wait for her to produce something while going potty. She loves putting the stickers on her chart also. She hasn't told me at all, but has basically gone every time I have taken her.
Alayna has started a trend. She has named one of the dollies she likes to play with here "Baby Riley". She then puts her and a blanket into one of the fire fighter hats and calls it her "car seat". Now several of the other kiddos also have "baby Rileys" and use the hats as "car seats". It's pretty cute!
Alayna has really been biting her fingernails, which seems to make her face break out even more. It seems to make it worse, rather than better, to remind her to take her fingers out of her mouth or not chew on them. Poor sweetie!
Alayna really is enjoying being the one to watch during out potty times. So far she is the one who is being successful most of the time, so the other kiddos really watch and wait for her to produce something while going potty. She loves putting the stickers on her chart also. She hasn't told me at all, but has basically gone every time I have taken her.
Alayna has started a trend. She has named one of the dollies she likes to play with here "Baby Riley". She then puts her and a blanket into one of the fire fighter hats and calls it her "car seat". Now several of the other kiddos also have "baby Rileys" and use the hats as "car seats". It's pretty cute!
Alayna has really been biting her fingernails, which seems to make her face break out even more. It seems to make it worse, rather than better, to remind her to take her fingers out of her mouth or not chew on them. Poor sweetie!
11/17/11
Alayna ate all of her cinnamon raisin English muffin at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her canned chicken on saltines, canned cherries and about half of her potato salad.
Alayna has been so sweet and loving to the kiddos (big and small) lately. Out of the blue she will just go over to one of them, tell them "hi", give them a love, take them a toy or otherwise be a sweetie.
Alayna was carrying around a set of the jingle bells today and kept telling me and everyone else that they were her "cool keys". I thought that was great!
All of the kiddos really enjoyed looking out the big window at all of the crows in the yards and trees across the street. They were far enough away that it didn't scare them when the kiddos banged on the window, which is what usually happens. Consequently the stayed there for about 10 minutes or more. The kiddos watched them for the entire time.
Alayna has been so sweet and loving to the kiddos (big and small) lately. Out of the blue she will just go over to one of them, tell them "hi", give them a love, take them a toy or otherwise be a sweetie.
Alayna was carrying around a set of the jingle bells today and kept telling me and everyone else that they were her "cool keys". I thought that was great!
All of the kiddos really enjoyed looking out the big window at all of the crows in the yards and trees across the street. They were far enough away that it didn't scare them when the kiddos banged on the window, which is what usually happens. Consequently the stayed there for about 10 minutes or more. The kiddos watched them for the entire time.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
11/16/11
Alayna ate all of her biscuit and peaches at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her pineapple, steamed broccoli, pineapple tidbits, and most of her dinner roll.
This morning Alayna was standing in front of me talking with me and Thomas came over and was wanting to get to me. He literally grabbed her shoulder and kind of threw her down to the floor. Poor Alayna! Babies are NOT supposed to be that strong. I gave her loves, of course, didn't reward Thomas by picking him up and reiterated the rule of being gentle. I do have to say that it looked pretty funny though! Here is this 'just-turned-one' baby body slamming (exaggerating) a two-year-old. : ( Ugh!
I decided to try seeing if any of the "big" kiddos are interested in using the bathroom this morning. I was just going to take the older four (who are all two, or almost). Kenzie was determined that she needed to come too, so I took her also. They all tried valiantly, and both Jadey and Alayna went poop the first time. Way to go, Alayna! I think that is the first (or maybe second) time she has pooped here. Alayna also went pee the second time (but her diaper was already wet). I will keep trying all of them for a couple weeks (as long as they want to), then will focus on those who are being successful after that.
I had given an award to the two who pooped in the potty this morning and let them put a sticker on it. Of course, all of the other kiddos wanted a "ticker" too, so I decided we would do stickers for art time today. That sufficed them.
Alayna was being so loving to the kiddos again today. I think everyone got at least one random hug from her and a couple got more than one. She also gave a couple of them loves when they were sad or upset about something. That is so awesome.
This morning Alayna was standing in front of me talking with me and Thomas came over and was wanting to get to me. He literally grabbed her shoulder and kind of threw her down to the floor. Poor Alayna! Babies are NOT supposed to be that strong. I gave her loves, of course, didn't reward Thomas by picking him up and reiterated the rule of being gentle. I do have to say that it looked pretty funny though! Here is this 'just-turned-one' baby body slamming (exaggerating) a two-year-old. : ( Ugh!
I decided to try seeing if any of the "big" kiddos are interested in using the bathroom this morning. I was just going to take the older four (who are all two, or almost). Kenzie was determined that she needed to come too, so I took her also. They all tried valiantly, and both Jadey and Alayna went poop the first time. Way to go, Alayna! I think that is the first (or maybe second) time she has pooped here. Alayna also went pee the second time (but her diaper was already wet). I will keep trying all of them for a couple weeks (as long as they want to), then will focus on those who are being successful after that.
I had given an award to the two who pooped in the potty this morning and let them put a sticker on it. Of course, all of the other kiddos wanted a "ticker" too, so I decided we would do stickers for art time today. That sufficed them.
Alayna was being so loving to the kiddos again today. I think everyone got at least one random hug from her and a couple got more than one. She also gave a couple of them loves when they were sad or upset about something. That is so awesome.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
11/15/11
Alayna ate all of her waffle and hashbrowns at breakfast. At lunch she ate a bite of her red pepper and all of her sauteed shrimp, brown rice and orange slices.
Alayna was in an interesting mode today. She seemed to be actively trying to make the kiddos yell or angry. For example, she was taking toys that they had and also was moving her foot over little by little until she was stepping on them (or until they yelled at her). When we talked to her about it and asked if she needed some time alone in the back room, she was very happy with that idea. She played in there until breakfast (about 20 minutes) and then did much better after that in the group.
Alayna was reading and singing books in the big yellow chair independently. When Morgan came over and wanted to sit with her, she scooted right over and was "reading to Morgan". Morgan was very interested and they were talking about the books and pointing to different things together.
Alayna loved it when I sang "How much is that Doggy in the Window?" while holding one of the stuffed puppies out in the back room. She especially liked it when I wagged his tail when it got to that spot. She was really laughing.
Alayna was in an interesting mode today. She seemed to be actively trying to make the kiddos yell or angry. For example, she was taking toys that they had and also was moving her foot over little by little until she was stepping on them (or until they yelled at her). When we talked to her about it and asked if she needed some time alone in the back room, she was very happy with that idea. She played in there until breakfast (about 20 minutes) and then did much better after that in the group.
Alayna was reading and singing books in the big yellow chair independently. When Morgan came over and wanted to sit with her, she scooted right over and was "reading to Morgan". Morgan was very interested and they were talking about the books and pointing to different things together.
Alayna loved it when I sang "How much is that Doggy in the Window?" while holding one of the stuffed puppies out in the back room. She especially liked it when I wagged his tail when it got to that spot. She was really laughing.
11/14/11
Alayna ate about half of her cheerios and banana at breakfast. At lunch she ate a sip of her tomato soup and all of her apple slices and her grilled cheese sandwich.
Alayna was wrapping the puppets int he blankets today. Somehow the dollies got misplaced out of this toy exchange so I have to track them down. She was obviously substituting for the next best thing! Pretty creative!
Alayna didn't want to interact with the other kiddos very much today. She just did her own things and when the other kiddos came over to play on the side of the room where she was she moved over to the other side most of the time. She did give Emily a very sweet random hug without any prompting or her even being sad.
Alayna was pretending that the "box" was a "bus" today. I don't know if that meant school or city bus, but either way the other kiddos thought it was a good idea and all raced to the box to get in the "bus".
Alayna was wrapping the puppets int he blankets today. Somehow the dollies got misplaced out of this toy exchange so I have to track them down. She was obviously substituting for the next best thing! Pretty creative!
Alayna didn't want to interact with the other kiddos very much today. She just did her own things and when the other kiddos came over to play on the side of the room where she was she moved over to the other side most of the time. She did give Emily a very sweet random hug without any prompting or her even being sad.
Alayna was pretending that the "box" was a "bus" today. I don't know if that meant school or city bus, but either way the other kiddos thought it was a good idea and all raced to the box to get in the "bus".
Friday, November 11, 2011
11/9/11
Alayna ate all of her whole wheat toast with jelly and thirds on dried mangoes at breakfast. At lunch she ate about half of her sweet potatoes and all of her tropical fruit and her beef and bean burrito.
Alayna was on my lap and Jadey wanted up to. I told her I would hold her just as soon as Alayna was done and wanted to get down. Alayna asked, "I hold her!" So I helped Jadey up onto Alayna's lap, expecting that to last about 20 seconds max. Well, they literally sat like that on my lap for at least 5 minutes and wanted to do it longer. I needed to get up and help little Riley baby so I had to mess up the plan. While Jadey was sitting on Alayna's lap (on my lap) Alayna kept patting Jadey and had her little arms just wrapped tight around her. Jadey was squirming around to give her a kiss on the cheek a couple times. It was really sweet!
Alayna was very loving and sweet to both Kenzie and Emily when they were fussy a couple times today. She went over and gave Emily a hug all on her own, patted Kenzie's head when she was upset and asked me "what wrong Kenzie?" I love those demonstrations of affection and concern and we try to cultivate them.
Thomas was sitting by one of the shelves today and accidentally bonked his head slightly (not enough to make him cry). I commented that he needed to be careful or he was going to hurt himself. As soon as Thomas moved from the spot, Alayna immediately sat down there and started intentionally bonking her head and laughing. Silly girl! : )
Alayna was on my lap and Jadey wanted up to. I told her I would hold her just as soon as Alayna was done and wanted to get down. Alayna asked, "I hold her!" So I helped Jadey up onto Alayna's lap, expecting that to last about 20 seconds max. Well, they literally sat like that on my lap for at least 5 minutes and wanted to do it longer. I needed to get up and help little Riley baby so I had to mess up the plan. While Jadey was sitting on Alayna's lap (on my lap) Alayna kept patting Jadey and had her little arms just wrapped tight around her. Jadey was squirming around to give her a kiss on the cheek a couple times. It was really sweet!
Alayna was very loving and sweet to both Kenzie and Emily when they were fussy a couple times today. She went over and gave Emily a hug all on her own, patted Kenzie's head when she was upset and asked me "what wrong Kenzie?" I love those demonstrations of affection and concern and we try to cultivate them.
Thomas was sitting by one of the shelves today and accidentally bonked his head slightly (not enough to make him cry). I commented that he needed to be careful or he was going to hurt himself. As soon as Thomas moved from the spot, Alayna immediately sat down there and started intentionally bonking her head and laughing. Silly girl! : )
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
11/8/11
Alayna ate all of her prunes and seconds on cinnamon roll at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her melon and eggs and about half of her waffles and hashbrowns.
Alayna was really into building Duplo towers and then putting different guys or animals on top of the tower. The one she had up there mostly was Winnie the Pooh.
Alayna was laughing so hard today when she was on the couch and peeking over the edge at Morgan and Joslyn. They were all loving it and probably played the game for about 15 minutes or more.
Today it didn't seem to phase Alayna when I put the yucky stuff on her finger nails. She just kept chewing them like crazy. Her face was really broke out around her mouth after that and I wondered if it was the nail stuff that irritated it. It could have just been having her fingers up there so much also. I don't know. I just thought I would mention it.
Alayna was really into building Duplo towers and then putting different guys or animals on top of the tower. The one she had up there mostly was Winnie the Pooh.
Alayna was laughing so hard today when she was on the couch and peeking over the edge at Morgan and Joslyn. They were all loving it and probably played the game for about 15 minutes or more.
Today it didn't seem to phase Alayna when I put the yucky stuff on her finger nails. She just kept chewing them like crazy. Her face was really broke out around her mouth after that and I wondered if it was the nail stuff that irritated it. It could have just been having her fingers up there so much also. I don't know. I just thought I would mention it.
11/7/11
Alayna ate most of her Kix cereal and mixed fruit at breakfast. At lunch she ate seconds on ham sandwich and all of her steamed broccoli and mandarin oranges.
Alayna was really into stirring the Velcro vegetables and fruits in the sink with the play knives. The more intensely she stirred the louder it was in the stainless steel bowl sink. She was really grinning and laughing. Sometimes she even stirred hard enough that they went flying out of the sink. : )
Alayna loves to put on the animal masks and vests. Most of the time it isn't the ones that match each other, so we have had some zebgers (zebra-tiger), elephions (elephant-lion) and so forth. That's OK. We encourage creativity and that is just another form.
Alayna asked for "cream" for her mouth several times today. I have just been putting some Vaseline lip balm stuff we have. Do you have anything specific you use or don't use. I don't want to put something on it that makes it worse.
Alayna was the drummer today while all of the other bigger girls danced. We did have a CD on, but Alayna's drumming seemed to be the dancing inspiration. : )
Alayna was really into stirring the Velcro vegetables and fruits in the sink with the play knives. The more intensely she stirred the louder it was in the stainless steel bowl sink. She was really grinning and laughing. Sometimes she even stirred hard enough that they went flying out of the sink. : )
Alayna loves to put on the animal masks and vests. Most of the time it isn't the ones that match each other, so we have had some zebgers (zebra-tiger), elephions (elephant-lion) and so forth. That's OK. We encourage creativity and that is just another form.
Alayna asked for "cream" for her mouth several times today. I have just been putting some Vaseline lip balm stuff we have. Do you have anything specific you use or don't use. I don't want to put something on it that makes it worse.
Alayna was the drummer today while all of the other bigger girls danced. We did have a CD on, but Alayna's drumming seemed to be the dancing inspiration. : )
Friday, November 4, 2011
11/4/11
Alayna ate about half of her rice and raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her meatloaf, french bread and dried apricots and a bite of cooked carrots.
Alayna has been looking up at me and asking, "want me get soap" every time she climbs up the step stool to wash her hands. I think it is because she usually just stands there and waits for me to remind her to get the soap. This week it must have clicked because she is verbalizing it herself. : )
Alayna was "hiding" in the "box" multiple times today. She was squatting down then popping up and calling out "Peek-a-boo" at me or whoever happened to be nearby. We had a little guy here that we were subbing for named Aaron and he thought that was so funny and was just cracking up. She loved the audience and did it over and over for him.
Alayna had found about 4 or 5 of the little duplo flowers and stacked them together. She then walked around and held them out in front of several of her friends' noses and asked "Want to 'mell 'em?" It was really cute and after I modeled how to smell them, all of the kiddos really got into it.
Alayna has been looking up at me and asking, "want me get soap" every time she climbs up the step stool to wash her hands. I think it is because she usually just stands there and waits for me to remind her to get the soap. This week it must have clicked because she is verbalizing it herself. : )
Alayna was "hiding" in the "box" multiple times today. She was squatting down then popping up and calling out "Peek-a-boo" at me or whoever happened to be nearby. We had a little guy here that we were subbing for named Aaron and he thought that was so funny and was just cracking up. She loved the audience and did it over and over for him.
Alayna had found about 4 or 5 of the little duplo flowers and stacked them together. She then walked around and held them out in front of several of her friends' noses and asked "Want to 'mell 'em?" It was really cute and after I modeled how to smell them, all of the kiddos really got into it.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
11/3/11
Alayna ate all of her grapes and seconds on whole wheat cinnamon toast at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her home made chicken strips, mashed potatoes and cherries and about half of her dinner roll.
Alayna was building with the duplos today and brought over what she had been working on for several minutes. It was an all yellow perfect cross. So what I want to know is if it was a random accident or if you have a child prodigy on your hands! : ) It totally took me back!
Thanks for the call about Laurie not getting Alayna today. She had actually told us that earlier in the week, but I had spaced it out, so would have been wondering where she was. : )
Alayna kept bringing over one of the duplo penguins today and having him peck at my knee, saying, "He kissing you!" It was really cute. She held on to him for about 15 minutes. Sometimes she was playing with him and others just making sure no one else played with him. : )
I was asking the kiddos "Who had a Mommy (or Daddy) named ...?" for each of them today. Alayna didn't answer any of the other kiddos, but when it was one of her names, she immediately patted her chest and proudly said "That me!" She wanted to do it "'gen" after we went through everyone.
Alayna was building with the duplos today and brought over what she had been working on for several minutes. It was an all yellow perfect cross. So what I want to know is if it was a random accident or if you have a child prodigy on your hands! : ) It totally took me back!
Thanks for the call about Laurie not getting Alayna today. She had actually told us that earlier in the week, but I had spaced it out, so would have been wondering where she was. : )
Alayna kept bringing over one of the duplo penguins today and having him peck at my knee, saying, "He kissing you!" It was really cute. She held on to him for about 15 minutes. Sometimes she was playing with him and others just making sure no one else played with him. : )
I was asking the kiddos "Who had a Mommy (or Daddy) named ...?" for each of them today. Alayna didn't answer any of the other kiddos, but when it was one of her names, she immediately patted her chest and proudly said "That me!" She wanted to do it "'gen" after we went through everyone.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
11/2/11
Alayna ate all of her whole wheat bagel and peaches at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- home made macaroni and cheese, ham bits, corn and salad with ranch dressing.
Alayna was "hiding" behind the big yellow chair (beside the dress-up rack) and a couple of the kiddos were peeking up over the back of the chair at her. She was laughing so hard and doing it over and over. I love it when she gets really tickled like that! : )
She was using the flip cell phone to "talk" on quite a bit this morning. They aren't really play phones, I just ordered a bunch of real ones on line that didn't work for the kiddos to play with. They love them and use them way more than the play phones we have out with some of the sets.
We read a GOB of books today and Alayna was interested from beginning to end. She especially liked the one about using the potty. It has a button that you push and it sounds like a toilet flushing. I let everyone have a turn "flushing the potty" and she loved that. When we were done reading she immediately went over and found it in the book rack to read some more. : )
Alayna was "hiding" behind the big yellow chair (beside the dress-up rack) and a couple of the kiddos were peeking up over the back of the chair at her. She was laughing so hard and doing it over and over. I love it when she gets really tickled like that! : )
She was using the flip cell phone to "talk" on quite a bit this morning. They aren't really play phones, I just ordered a bunch of real ones on line that didn't work for the kiddos to play with. They love them and use them way more than the play phones we have out with some of the sets.
We read a GOB of books today and Alayna was interested from beginning to end. She especially liked the one about using the potty. It has a button that you push and it sounds like a toilet flushing. I let everyone have a turn "flushing the potty" and she loved that. When we were done reading she immediately went over and found it in the book rack to read some more. : )
11/1/11
Alayna ate all of her pears and second son blueberry muffin at breakfast. At lunch she ate most of her tuna on crackers and all of her sweet potatoes and orange slices.
Alayna spent a lot of time looking at the "new" books today. She hadn't gotten around to exploring them yesterday, so she made up for it today.
She was really the only one that wasn't out of sorts today. We always are pretty prepared for the kiddos to not quite be themselves the day after Halloween, but she was wonderful. She wasn't cranky, didn't try to take toys, didn't act extra tired... It was nice to have one, believe me! : )
Alayna didn't want any one close to her while she was playing the drums today, so she took it over to the box and drummed in there. That is exactly what it is designed for, so we love seeing the kiddos do it on their own initiative.
Alayna spent a lot of time looking at the "new" books today. She hadn't gotten around to exploring them yesterday, so she made up for it today.
She was really the only one that wasn't out of sorts today. We always are pretty prepared for the kiddos to not quite be themselves the day after Halloween, but she was wonderful. She wasn't cranky, didn't try to take toys, didn't act extra tired... It was nice to have one, believe me! : )
Alayna didn't want any one close to her while she was playing the drums today, so she took it over to the box and drummed in there. That is exactly what it is designed for, so we love seeing the kiddos do it on their own initiative.
10/31/11
Alayna ate all of her Chex cereal and fruit salad at breakfast. At lunch she ate about half of her tomato soup and all or her apple slices and roast beef sandwich.
Missy came to sub for about an hour today while Gary ran over to a store that is never open when we aren't open to look at some railing for our front porch. Anyway, Alayna was thrilled to see her and had to spend some time cuddling with her and having her sing some of the songs she loves. It was really cute.
Alayna really liked exploring all of the "new" toys from this toy exchange. She especially like the drums and spent quite a bit of the morning playing with them. As you can see form the picture, they were a hit with all of the kiddos for a while this morning, but Alayna stuck with it longer than the others.
Another things she really liked that is out now is the Velcro fruits and vegetables. There are play knives out and she spent about 15 minutes straight just cutting them apart -- one after another and some of them several times in row. She really can stay on task when she gets engaged like that. : )
Missy came to sub for about an hour today while Gary ran over to a store that is never open when we aren't open to look at some railing for our front porch. Anyway, Alayna was thrilled to see her and had to spend some time cuddling with her and having her sing some of the songs she loves. It was really cute.
Another things she really liked that is out now is the Velcro fruits and vegetables. There are play knives out and she spent about 15 minutes straight just cutting them apart -- one after another and some of them several times in row. She really can stay on task when she gets engaged like that. : )
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