Alayna ate all of her oatmeal and prunes at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her hashbrown and burger casserole and mandarin oranges and about half of her biscuit.
Alayna was playing peek-a-boo with one of the doll blankets over her head and pulling it off. She started out with it being with us then started doing it to a couple of the kiddos too. They are were really getting a kick out of it.
Alayna's pony tail loosened up and fell out after breakfast sometime and she noticed and started looking around the room, saying "Where my pony go?" We didn't find it so I just put one of ours in. She was fine with that.
Alayna has really been enjoying playing with the farm animal masks this week. She tries on multiple ones every day. She always has to go look at herself inthe mirror after she has one on, which is so cute! It is kind of nice to have masks out at this time of year, because the kiddos get used to them and it makes Halloween masks and costumes a little easier for them to stomach some times.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
9/29/11
Alayna ate all of her cantaloup and seconds on french toast at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her dried mangos, about half of both her sliced turkey and her crescent roll and a taste of squash.
Alayna was in a great mood all morning. She was laughing a lot, especially when she was dancing to the CD music. At first all of the little girls were dancing together and Alayna was loving it. One by one, they all left to go do something different until it was just Alayna. She was still just dancing like crazy and laughing. It was really cute! : )
I put up four 8x11 collage posters of the children's faces today and Alayna was really studying them. At first she was just finding all of the pictures of "Kenzie" (who has been gone to Grandma's the last couple days). Later in the day I was having them find a "happy, sad, angry, silly, tires..." face and she was really enjoying that.
I was doing more focused observations and "testing" on Alayna and one of the other kiddos today. She was loving all of the extra things to do and was very cooperative. There were a couple of things I asked her to do (like open a door) that she looked at me like I had totally lost it. Why on earth would we open the door then just walk away from it? : )
Alayna was in a great mood all morning. She was laughing a lot, especially when she was dancing to the CD music. At first all of the little girls were dancing together and Alayna was loving it. One by one, they all left to go do something different until it was just Alayna. She was still just dancing like crazy and laughing. It was really cute! : )
I put up four 8x11 collage posters of the children's faces today and Alayna was really studying them. At first she was just finding all of the pictures of "Kenzie" (who has been gone to Grandma's the last couple days). Later in the day I was having them find a "happy, sad, angry, silly, tires..." face and she was really enjoying that.
I was doing more focused observations and "testing" on Alayna and one of the other kiddos today. She was loving all of the extra things to do and was very cooperative. There were a couple of things I asked her to do (like open a door) that she looked at me like I had totally lost it. Why on earth would we open the door then just walk away from it? : )
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
9/28/11
Alayna ate all of her mixed berries and abour half of her whole wheat toast at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- ham, bean soup, saltines and kiwi.
Alayna got on one of the horses this morning and asked, "Is that a motorcycle?" I had actually expected her to call them that before now. She then invited Jadey to "come with me" on another horse. Jadey then asked her "Wanna go my house?" It was a great interaction.
Alayna acted liked off tired off and on throughout the morning. She had a couple times where she was just sitting and staring and would also yawn or rub her eyes, but mostly she had bursts of being extra sensitive or easily frustrated (like when she couldn't immediately get her shoe off).
Alayna did a lot of dolly play today. She is very gentle and realistic about how she plays with the dollies. She seldom just drops them like she does other toys when she is done. She usually either "puts them to bed" or just lays them down gently. She also sings almost every time she "feeds" one of them a bottle, which is what Gary and I usually do when feeding Peyton or Thomas their bottles.
Alayna got on one of the horses this morning and asked, "Is that a motorcycle?" I had actually expected her to call them that before now. She then invited Jadey to "come with me" on another horse. Jadey then asked her "Wanna go my house?" It was a great interaction.
Alayna acted liked off tired off and on throughout the morning. She had a couple times where she was just sitting and staring and would also yawn or rub her eyes, but mostly she had bursts of being extra sensitive or easily frustrated (like when she couldn't immediately get her shoe off).
Alayna did a lot of dolly play today. She is very gentle and realistic about how she plays with the dollies. She seldom just drops them like she does other toys when she is done. She usually either "puts them to bed" or just lays them down gently. She also sings almost every time she "feeds" one of them a bottle, which is what Gary and I usually do when feeding Peyton or Thomas their bottles.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
9/27/11
Alayna ate all of her bagel and dried apricots at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything also -- tilapia fish, pea and pasta salad, and applesauce. I think it is so cute how she asks "what's this name" about most foods and some other things too. : )
Alayna was really singing while she played this morning. She was singing lullaby type songs while she was playing with and caring for her "baby". She was singing regular songs while she looked at books (sometimes related to the book and other times not. She was singing on the rocking horses and just as she walked around or was playing with the legos.
Alayna gathered all of the lego fence pieces and was being quite possessive of them, which is fine because she was playing with them. Several kiddos (Kenzie, Emily, Thomas...) tried to come over and sneak a piece or two away and she wasn't about to let it happen. When Peyton crawled over to her and took one, Alayna just smiled and said, "Peyton can play with 'em" then gave the rest to her too. Yes, she does love Peyton and yes, Peyton gets special treatment from Alayna! : ) It is very sweet!
Yesterday Alayna was happy when she was able to make the rocking horse move by herself, but today she figured out how to REALLY get it rocking and she was SO excited! She kept announcing, "I did it! I did it! I did it!" and was all smiles.
Alayna was really singing while she played this morning. She was singing lullaby type songs while she was playing with and caring for her "baby". She was singing regular songs while she looked at books (sometimes related to the book and other times not. She was singing on the rocking horses and just as she walked around or was playing with the legos.
Alayna gathered all of the lego fence pieces and was being quite possessive of them, which is fine because she was playing with them. Several kiddos (Kenzie, Emily, Thomas...) tried to come over and sneak a piece or two away and she wasn't about to let it happen. When Peyton crawled over to her and took one, Alayna just smiled and said, "Peyton can play with 'em" then gave the rest to her too. Yes, she does love Peyton and yes, Peyton gets special treatment from Alayna! : ) It is very sweet!
Yesterday Alayna was happy when she was able to make the rocking horse move by herself, but today she figured out how to REALLY get it rocking and she was SO excited! She kept announcing, "I did it! I did it! I did it!" and was all smiles.
Monday, September 26, 2011
9/26/11
Alayna ate all of her cereal and craisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate a bite of her steamed broccoli, about half of her tropical fruit and all of her cheese pizza.
When Alayna first sat on the rocking horse she just sat there and said, "Make it go!" I showed her how it worked and helped her a little, but it didn't take very long until she was riding it like a pro. I thought it was really cute, because she went and got one of the dollies and then went over and rocked her on the horse singing "Rock-a-bye-baby" as she rocked.
Alayna also really liked the farm lego stuff out with this set of toys. She had me help her set up the tractor with a trailer and "guy" in it, then pushed it all around the big room, making motor sounds. It may not have been quite as good as a "motorcycle", but she was pretty enthralled with it anyway. : )
We have a roommate named Kate and she had gone to the store. When she came back Morgan started chanting "Kate-a-roo" (which one of the kiddos a while back had christened her and it stuck) over and over. Alayna and Kenzie joined in and it was so cute. Kate loved it!
When Alayna first sat on the rocking horse she just sat there and said, "Make it go!" I showed her how it worked and helped her a little, but it didn't take very long until she was riding it like a pro. I thought it was really cute, because she went and got one of the dollies and then went over and rocked her on the horse singing "Rock-a-bye-baby" as she rocked.
Alayna also really liked the farm lego stuff out with this set of toys. She had me help her set up the tractor with a trailer and "guy" in it, then pushed it all around the big room, making motor sounds. It may not have been quite as good as a "motorcycle", but she was pretty enthralled with it anyway. : )
We have a roommate named Kate and she had gone to the store. When she came back Morgan started chanting "Kate-a-roo" (which one of the kiddos a while back had christened her and it stuck) over and over. Alayna and Kenzie joined in and it was so cute. Kate loved it!
Friday, September 23, 2011
9/23/11
Alayna ate all of her malt-o-meal and raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of the spaghetti meat and sauce, most of her noodles, about half of her corn (subbed for lettuce) and mixed fruit.
Alayna loved waving "Bye" at you guys this morning when you drove by. She mentioned it several times throughout the morning. I will try to remember to have her do that on a regular basis (unless she is upset enough that it would just make it worse).
Alayna cuddled with Gary two different times today. I think it is funny because she likes to cuddle with him better than with me. The more I got thinking about it and observing them when they are "cuddling", the clearer it because that he isn't just cuddling with her, but teasing and tickling her as she sits there. That is right up her alley and so she loves it.
I was doing some focused observations and "testing" of the kiddos today for their developmental checklists that we will go over at our upcoming Parent-Provider Meetings. Alayna was great about cooperating with I asked her if she would show me how she could do different things.
All of the other kiddos were just hovering and jostling for positiion to do whatever I was "testing" next except Alayna. She stayed busy playing the entire time and really didn't pay much attention to what we were doing at all. As soon as I called her name she would come right over though and be very interested in what we were doing. It was pretty cute.
Alayna loved waving "Bye" at you guys this morning when you drove by. She mentioned it several times throughout the morning. I will try to remember to have her do that on a regular basis (unless she is upset enough that it would just make it worse).
Alayna cuddled with Gary two different times today. I think it is funny because she likes to cuddle with him better than with me. The more I got thinking about it and observing them when they are "cuddling", the clearer it because that he isn't just cuddling with her, but teasing and tickling her as she sits there. That is right up her alley and so she loves it.
I was doing some focused observations and "testing" of the kiddos today for their developmental checklists that we will go over at our upcoming Parent-Provider Meetings. Alayna was great about cooperating with I asked her if she would show me how she could do different things.
All of the other kiddos were just hovering and jostling for positiion to do whatever I was "testing" next except Alayna. She stayed busy playing the entire time and really didn't pay much attention to what we were doing at all. As soon as I called her name she would come right over though and be very interested in what we were doing. It was pretty cute.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
9/22/11
Alayna ate all of her English muffin and blueberries at breakfast. At lunch she also ate everything -- canned chicken on saltines, cherries and potato salad (or eggs, as she called them).
Alayna immediately went over, made and drove a big block motorcycle around today after you left. She always makes it look so fun that all of the other little girls have to have motorcycles too. : )
Gary had made a "sidewalk" out of the big interlocking blocks from the block shelf to the big window step. Gary just thought it was a "sidewalk" because as soon has he was done Morgan and Alayna both sat on it on their bottoms, started sliding from one end to the other and saying "Choo-choo" as they scooted. : )
Alayna loves all of our activities here. I think that her favorites may be singing and jumping. We usually sing several songs while Gary is setting up breakfast, but we almost always sing at multiple other times throughout the day.
We have the jumping mattress set up in one of the back rooms and she loves to both bounce on it like a bunny and also climb up the climber/balance beam and jump onto the mattress. When she first came she was too cautious to jump onto the mattress, but now she does it like a pro. : )
Alayna immediately went over, made and drove a big block motorcycle around today after you left. She always makes it look so fun that all of the other little girls have to have motorcycles too. : )
Gary had made a "sidewalk" out of the big interlocking blocks from the block shelf to the big window step. Gary just thought it was a "sidewalk" because as soon has he was done Morgan and Alayna both sat on it on their bottoms, started sliding from one end to the other and saying "Choo-choo" as they scooted. : )
Alayna loves all of our activities here. I think that her favorites may be singing and jumping. We usually sing several songs while Gary is setting up breakfast, but we almost always sing at multiple other times throughout the day. We have the jumping mattress set up in one of the back rooms and she loves to both bounce on it like a bunny and also climb up the climber/balance beam and jump onto the mattress. When she first came she was too cautious to jump onto the mattress, but now she does it like a pro. : )
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