Alayna was giving Peyton love after love this morning and Peyton was
loving it and initiating as many of them as Alayna, I think.
I
made the mistake of commenting that Jadey had cold fingers this morning
so Alayna went over to the window and put her hands on there for a few
seconds then raced over and put them on my arms so I would comment on
her "cold fingers" too. That just cracked me up! She knew how to make
them cold and harass me! : )
Alayna announced "I wanna sing!" multiple times today and always had a list each time -- baby beluga, the bus, this old man, ring of fire... We did a LOT of singing today (both at our usual music time and throughout the day).
Alayna was playing and accidentally bonked Joslyn and made her cry. I didn't see what happened so asked Joslyn about it. Joslyn didn't say anything, but Alayna came up and readily confessed and gave her a very sweet love to help make it better without any prompting.
Alayna wanted to wear one of the dress up robes that kind of have long and baggy sleeves. She asked me to roll them up for her so I did. She then started shaking them vigorously so they would roll back down and was cracking up! : )
Alayna really enjoyed doing the magna doodle drawing today and was utilizing all of the board very well. She was one of the last ones to want to be done also, so she was very engaged in it.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
5/18/12
Alayna ate all of her prunes and several bites of her oatmeal,
probably close to half of it at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her
hashbrown casserole and mandarin oranges and a couple bites of biscuit.
Alayna asked to do puzzles three times this morning. She goes for stretches when she isn't interested in doing them and then she will want to work on them several times a day. The last several days as been like that. She stays on task and engaged with them very well. We have only found one puzzle that she struggled with enough that she needed our help.
Alayna and Joslyn have been playing with each other more the last couple days. They are not often engaged with each other so it is kind of interesting to see. Today it wasn't all congenial play though and Alayna ended up with a pretty good scratch to the right side of her neck after conflict over a toy.
Alayna spent time making both Aaron and baby Riley laugh this morning. She actually was putting more time and energy into Riley than Aaron and verbalized that he wasn't "laughing hard enough". : )
Alayna loves it that we have been able to go outside twice a day lately and starts asking to go outside even before breakfast. I have to say that I enjoy getting out of the house too! : )
Alayna asked to do puzzles three times this morning. She goes for stretches when she isn't interested in doing them and then she will want to work on them several times a day. The last several days as been like that. She stays on task and engaged with them very well. We have only found one puzzle that she struggled with enough that she needed our help.
Alayna and Joslyn have been playing with each other more the last couple days. They are not often engaged with each other so it is kind of interesting to see. Today it wasn't all congenial play though and Alayna ended up with a pretty good scratch to the right side of her neck after conflict over a toy.
Alayna spent time making both Aaron and baby Riley laugh this morning. She actually was putting more time and energy into Riley than Aaron and verbalized that he wasn't "laughing hard enough". : )
Alayna loves it that we have been able to go outside twice a day lately and starts asking to go outside even before breakfast. I have to say that I enjoy getting out of the house too! : )
Thursday, May 17, 2012
5/17/12
Alayna only had tasting bites of both fresh oranges and French bread at breakfast. At lunch she ate a tasting bite of her squash and all of her ham, crescent roll and dried mangoes.
Alayna gathered a pile of books and sat on the couch by me reading for quite a while -- the whole time I fed baby Riley her bottle and then a while after that also.
When 'Jesus Love Me' came on the iPod today, Alayna was thrilled and came racing over to me until her face was about two inches from mine and said, "That's my song." She then sat up on the couch listening and singing along with it.
Alayna and three other kiddos played at the picnic table with the food stuff for about 20 minutes this morning. They were very engaged and just 'eating' and 'visiting' right along. They even let Thomas join them off an on during that time.
One of the beanie baby bunnies we have got a hole in it and was loosing quite a few of the little plastic beads out of it before we realized it. Alayna helped us search for them for a couple minutes until something more interesting caught her eye.
We got out the light Frisbees out again today and played Frisbee chase. I would throw all six of them to different parts of the yard and the kiddos were race after them to get them and bring them back for me to throw again. They wanted to do it over and over and over again (almost 30 minutes of it!).
Alayna gathered a pile of books and sat on the couch by me reading for quite a while -- the whole time I fed baby Riley her bottle and then a while after that also.
When 'Jesus Love Me' came on the iPod today, Alayna was thrilled and came racing over to me until her face was about two inches from mine and said, "That's my song." She then sat up on the couch listening and singing along with it.
Alayna and three other kiddos played at the picnic table with the food stuff for about 20 minutes this morning. They were very engaged and just 'eating' and 'visiting' right along. They even let Thomas join them off an on during that time.
One of the beanie baby bunnies we have got a hole in it and was loosing quite a few of the little plastic beads out of it before we realized it. Alayna helped us search for them for a couple minutes until something more interesting caught her eye.
We got out the light Frisbees out again today and played Frisbee chase. I would throw all six of them to different parts of the yard and the kiddos were race after them to get them and bring them back for me to throw again. They wanted to do it over and over and over again (almost 30 minutes of it!).
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
5/16/12
Alayna ate all of her whole wheat toast and about half of her mixed berries at breakfast. At lunch she ate thirds on bean soup and all of her ham, kiwi and saltines.
Alayna was having so much fun entertaining Riley and making her laugh. Riley is at a really fun stage and it doesn't take much to get her giggling. That just feeds Alayna's antics and makes her work even harder to keep her laughing. : )
Alayna and Morgan were sitting on the climber balance beam together. Morgan was in front of Alayna and kept pushing her back against her. Alayna moved around so she was beside and and told her "I don't like that! Don't push me!" Morgan then yelled, "No!" at her and Alayna just bent over and bit her on the cheek. Obviously Alayna had to take a break, but I have to say that Morgan was really the instigator of it and also had a lecture on why it happened.
Alayna's pony tail came out after she had been jumping and rolling on the mattress this morning. I had her come over to me so I could redo it. She asked me to "do a whale spout like Mommy did", which I thought was so cute.
Outside this morning All of the kiddos really had fun trying to make a basket after I got the hoop back out and the balls that will fit in it. Alayna is tall enough that she is able to stand on her tippy toes and kind of just roll it over the rim and into the hoop if she works really hard at it!
Alayna was having so much fun entertaining Riley and making her laugh. Riley is at a really fun stage and it doesn't take much to get her giggling. That just feeds Alayna's antics and makes her work even harder to keep her laughing. : )
Alayna and Morgan were sitting on the climber balance beam together. Morgan was in front of Alayna and kept pushing her back against her. Alayna moved around so she was beside and and told her "I don't like that! Don't push me!" Morgan then yelled, "No!" at her and Alayna just bent over and bit her on the cheek. Obviously Alayna had to take a break, but I have to say that Morgan was really the instigator of it and also had a lecture on why it happened.
Alayna's pony tail came out after she had been jumping and rolling on the mattress this morning. I had her come over to me so I could redo it. She asked me to "do a whale spout like Mommy did", which I thought was so cute.
Outside this morning All of the kiddos really had fun trying to make a basket after I got the hoop back out and the balls that will fit in it. Alayna is tall enough that she is able to stand on her tippy toes and kind of just roll it over the rim and into the hoop if she works really hard at it!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
5/15/12
Alayna ate about half of her dried apricots and a couple bites of her bagel at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her tilapia, applesauce and seconds on the pea and pasta dish.
I forgot to give you some more asparagus last night, so if you read this and think of it, you can remind me tonight! : ) There isn't much, but all that we could find last weekend.
Alayna was enthralled with the fish deal we got out this morning. She kept asking great questions about how the fish got in there, where the bubbles came from and why it changes colors. She really examined it for about 5 minutes solid, but watched it multiple other times throughout the morning also.
Alayna was trying to get anyone she could playing chase games this morning. She started with the kiddos her own size (Jadey, Morgan, Joslyn and Kenzie) and when they wouldn't do it for very long she moved on to Thomas and Peyton. All three of them really got into it on the rowdy side of the room.
Alayna was singing "Hush Little Baby" as she read the book this morning over and over. She was also singing to baby Nora as she sat by her. One of the songs she sang to her was the "Nora, Nora" song from one of our cds. Nora really responded and grinned at her so cute, which Alayna (and I) really liked!
Alayna told me "Daddy sat on my lap and he squished me", giggling as she talked about it. She also said, "I hold him!" She looked very proud of that bit of information!
She has done good pottying today -- gone three times so far and no pooping yet.
I forgot to give you some more asparagus last night, so if you read this and think of it, you can remind me tonight! : ) There isn't much, but all that we could find last weekend.
Alayna was enthralled with the fish deal we got out this morning. She kept asking great questions about how the fish got in there, where the bubbles came from and why it changes colors. She really examined it for about 5 minutes solid, but watched it multiple other times throughout the morning also.
Alayna was trying to get anyone she could playing chase games this morning. She started with the kiddos her own size (Jadey, Morgan, Joslyn and Kenzie) and when they wouldn't do it for very long she moved on to Thomas and Peyton. All three of them really got into it on the rowdy side of the room.
Alayna was singing "Hush Little Baby" as she read the book this morning over and over. She was also singing to baby Nora as she sat by her. One of the songs she sang to her was the "Nora, Nora" song from one of our cds. Nora really responded and grinned at her so cute, which Alayna (and I) really liked!
Alayna told me "Daddy sat on my lap and he squished me", giggling as she talked about it. She also said, "I hold him!" She looked very proud of that bit of information!
She has done good pottying today -- gone three times so far and no pooping yet.
Monday, May 14, 2012
5/14/12
We had a very busy and kind of crazy morning so personal notes will be limited today (as I didn't have much time to closely observe and take notes).
The morning started out with me not setting my alarm close correctly, so I didn't get up in time to put away the old toy exchange and make sure the new one was totally in place. I hate that feeling when I wake up and have slept in. It is not the tone I like to set for the day. : ( I did rush around and get things moved OUT of the big room, but just piled, not put away and I didn't have time to ensure everything was out that needed to be and in its right spots. Missy brings out the new stuff, but doesn't always know where everything goes and frequently doesn't do the stuffed animals and dolls.
We had a surprise monitoring visit from our food program sponsor, which isn't a big deal, but I have to say I was a little flustered just because I didn't have things as tidy looking as I like and so forth. It also means that I have to find the paperwork they need to make sure is up to date and show them where the fridge and freezer thermometers are so they can check for appropriate temperatures...
In addition to those extras we were trying to begin the new round of intensive potty training! We have the two who are already 100% trained and the four we are working with now... Hmmm... Alayna went three times this morning (but was wet two of them also). She also pooped in the potty.
The kiddos really enjoyed putting stickers on their papers for art today and worked hard to get some all over their papers.
So we survived the morning -- late start, unplanned visitor, extra trips to the bathroom, one peeing accident on the floor, one whole bowl of spilled cereal on the floor, quite a bit of Monday transition tears and frustrations, several other minor mishaps and all! : )
The morning started out with me not setting my alarm close correctly, so I didn't get up in time to put away the old toy exchange and make sure the new one was totally in place. I hate that feeling when I wake up and have slept in. It is not the tone I like to set for the day. : ( I did rush around and get things moved OUT of the big room, but just piled, not put away and I didn't have time to ensure everything was out that needed to be and in its right spots. Missy brings out the new stuff, but doesn't always know where everything goes and frequently doesn't do the stuffed animals and dolls.
We had a surprise monitoring visit from our food program sponsor, which isn't a big deal, but I have to say I was a little flustered just because I didn't have things as tidy looking as I like and so forth. It also means that I have to find the paperwork they need to make sure is up to date and show them where the fridge and freezer thermometers are so they can check for appropriate temperatures...
In addition to those extras we were trying to begin the new round of intensive potty training! We have the two who are already 100% trained and the four we are working with now... Hmmm... Alayna went three times this morning (but was wet two of them also). She also pooped in the potty.
The kiddos really enjoyed putting stickers on their papers for art today and worked hard to get some all over their papers.
So we survived the morning -- late start, unplanned visitor, extra trips to the bathroom, one peeing accident on the floor, one whole bowl of spilled cereal on the floor, quite a bit of Monday transition tears and frustrations, several other minor mishaps and all! : )
Friday, May 11, 2012
5/11/12
Alayna only ate a couple bites of her malt-o-meal and raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate most of her fruit salad, about half of her dinner roll and a bite of both her meatloaf and her mashed potatoes.
Alayna was looking at books independently and singing as she did so for a solid 20 minutes. There was a lot of busy-ness going on around her, but it didn't distract her or interrupt her because she was so focused. It was great.
Alayna gave Aaron loves several times today and was entertaining him, of course. One of the times she went over to give him loves, they bonked heads (not too hard) and both of them just started cracking up. That is part of why they get along so well. They both have great senses of humor!
Alayna was sitting in our big old overstuffed chair and banging on the arms to make dust storms (yes, they are quite dusty, obviously). Well, it wasn't long before both of the little boys were over there "helping" her in her important task and having a riot. All three of them were laughing so hard. I don't even think the boys realized there was any dust, just enjoyed the banging!
I have to tell you that I catch myself singing or humming "Ring of Fire" all the time now. I have even woke up three or four days with it going through my head (one of them was in the middle of the night). : )
Alayna was looking at books independently and singing as she did so for a solid 20 minutes. There was a lot of busy-ness going on around her, but it didn't distract her or interrupt her because she was so focused. It was great.
Alayna gave Aaron loves several times today and was entertaining him, of course. One of the times she went over to give him loves, they bonked heads (not too hard) and both of them just started cracking up. That is part of why they get along so well. They both have great senses of humor!
Alayna was sitting in our big old overstuffed chair and banging on the arms to make dust storms (yes, they are quite dusty, obviously). Well, it wasn't long before both of the little boys were over there "helping" her in her important task and having a riot. All three of them were laughing so hard. I don't even think the boys realized there was any dust, just enjoyed the banging!
I have to tell you that I catch myself singing or humming "Ring of Fire" all the time now. I have even woke up three or four days with it going through my head (one of them was in the middle of the night). : )
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