4/6/12

Alayna ate about half of her oatmeal and craisins at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her applesauce, her noodle and pea casserole with cheese and about half of her ground beef. 

 Alayna was "helping" Gary with Nora today.  She was starting to get hungry and he had to do a couple other things before he fixed her a bottle. Alayna (and Nora) loved her job.  She talked to her and then went over to the mattress and tried to entertain her.  I love the picture of Nora leaning over to give Alayna a love.  She has just started doing this to a select few.  : ) 

Alayna has been doing such a great job of using her words with the kiddos much of the time, especially Thomas.  He really likes to try to take something then run away to get reactions from the kiddos.  Now that she is just telling him, "Give it back!" it takes away some of the sport!  : ) 

Alayna is such a loving little girl!  She typically tries to hug each of the children every morning.  Sometimes the kiddos are a little leery at first when she comes at them with her arms out, but when I let them know she is wanting a hug, almost everyone responds positively to her.