Alayna ate all of her cinnamon roll and a couple bites of prunes at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her melon, waffles and hashbrowns and several bites of her scrambled eggs.
Alayna played with the "Dress me doll" for about 20 minutes straight this morning. She was really working on doing all of the different tasks. The tying was too hard and the zipping too easy, so she spent the majority of it working on the button and the snap. She got so she could do the snap every time by herself and she was so proud!
Joslyn was sitting in the chair today and told Alayna she wanted to "hode (hold) you". Alayna was more than happy to comply with that and climbed right up onto her nap. Joslyn held her for several minutes then started squirming and said, "That's enough!" : )
I can't even remember what got it
started now, but the kiddos started bringing me a stuffed animal (the
character type ones are out right now, like Big Bird and Pooh) and I
would try to think of a song relating to either the character or what it
represented. After I had done a couple, they started bringing them by
the handful and I think I literally sang a song about every single one
we had out! Some were quite a stretch, but the kiddos all loved it.
One
of the "animals" that was out was a turtle. I don't know the character
that he is supposed to me, but I made him into our "Tucker the
Turtle". Tucker is a character in a book we have about making good
behavior choices (using words rather than yelling, hitting, grabbing...;
stopping when you are angry and tucking inside you shell -- keeping
your hands and body to yourself-- taking deep breaths to calm yourself
and then coming up with a good choice or plan). Using the stuffed
animal really increased everyone's interest and participation in the "story".
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