Thursday, February 16, 2012

2/16/12

Alayna ate all of her cinnamon raisin English muffin and blueberries at breakfast.  At lunch she ate seconds on  potato salad and all of her canned cherries and her canned chicken on saltines. 

All of the kiddos were quite entertained today when I showed her the sign language cards I just got and we learned several new signs.  We use some of the self-expression signs on a regular basis (please, thank you, move back, help me...) but not many beyond those.  This set of cards probably has about 40 signs on it and we will see how learning more goes. 

Potty training didn't go as well today for her -- only one time of peeing in the toilet and one poop in a very wet diaper.  

All of my "big" kiddos spent time looking at books.  They just can't get enough of them.  When I asked if they wanted me to read to them, they all made a beeline for the couch!  It is pretty cute to watch.  One of our goals is to sow an interest in and love of books, so we love seeing them react this way. 

We got out some purple bath foam and everyone, except Emily just dived right in, spread it around and started drawing on it with their fingers and otherwise exploring it.  It took Emily until about halfway through art time to get going, but then she also loved it.  I don't think Alayna stopped grinning the whole time.  She couldn't figure out why Emily wasn't as enthralled with it as she was to begin with. 

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