Alayna ate all of her cantaloupe and a bite of her french toast at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- turkey, crescent roll, squash and dried mangoes.
Alayna pooped in the potty today before nap. Afterward I took her out to the changing table to get a diaper and put some cream on her bottom. When I got out the cream, she asked, "Is that toothpaste?" Gary and I both cracked up! : )
We only ended up with five kiddos here today because four were home with the stomach flu and one was just home with mom (day off). She liked the extra direct attention, but was also a little lost without her other friends. I think she especially missed Peyton and Thomas. She asked where they were several times. She also kept trying to play peek-a-boo with Kenzie and Emily like she does with Peyton and Thomas, but didn't get the same reactions.
I also thought it was really funny when she was playing peek-a-boo in behind the dress-up clothes (hanging in the dress-up deal) but there wasn't anyone there. She was still cracking up, just as if someone was there egging her on! I would say that is having the art of entertaining herself down pat! : )
Alayna walked around singing "Away in the Manger" so sweetly off and on this morning. It was absolutely precious!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
12/21/11
Alayna ate all of her mixed berries and seconds on whole wheat toast at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- kiwi, bean soup, ham and saltines.
About 10 minutes after you guys left this morning Alayna came over, took me by the hand, and said "I want to wave and mama daddy." It cracked me up. She had immediately engaged in playing with the dolls, so didn't realize how much time had gone by obviously. : )
Alayna kept going over to the window and watching the snow come down. When I say "watching", I don't mean just passively standing there. She is standing there, holding on to the window sill and jumping up and down as high and hard as she can! : ) One of the times when she went over and looked out, she announced, "It's white out!"
Today Gary was redirecting Jadey to something more appropriate do to. Alayna heard the interaction and said, "or you're gonna be in time out!" I just cracked up!
About 10 minutes after you guys left this morning Alayna came over, took me by the hand, and said "I want to wave and mama daddy." It cracked me up. She had immediately engaged in playing with the dolls, so didn't realize how much time had gone by obviously. : )
Alayna kept going over to the window and watching the snow come down. When I say "watching", I don't mean just passively standing there. She is standing there, holding on to the window sill and jumping up and down as high and hard as she can! : ) One of the times when she went over and looked out, she announced, "It's white out!"
Today Gary was redirecting Jadey to something more appropriate do to. Alayna heard the interaction and said, "or you're gonna be in time out!" I just cracked up!
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
12/20/11
Alayna ate all of her apricots and about half of her whole what bagel at breakfast. At lunch she ate seconds on applesauce and all of her baked fish and applesauce.
Alayna really liked it when I gave them the new heart shaped bangle-type bracelets to wear. They each were able to have one for each hand.
I got out the stuffed bears for them on the rowdy side of the room. Alayna really liked the two big ones and was sitting on their laps and wrestling them like they were her big brother. Speaking of that, she is so good with "baby" Thomas. She plays with him very well, not minding if he is a little rough with him. He seems to look at her like another big sister and she like is littler brother. It is pretty sweet. She likes to do things that makes him laugh and he loves that!
Alayna spent about 20 minutes looking at books today. We got four actually new ones and those were the first ones she looked at before moving on to some others.
Alayna was so cute this morning when she wanted to "hold Peyton". She sat on the step, patted her thighs and tried to get Peyton to come over and sit on her lap. Of course Peyton had no idea what she wanted, so I went over and helped her. Peyton actually sat there for a minute or two. While she was sitting there she tipped her head back and looked up into Alayna's face smiling, which was so cute.
Alayna didn't go potty in the potty at all so far today and did poop in her pants once. She had no biting incidents today (either on the giving or receiving end!). Hurray!!!
Alayna really liked it when I gave them the new heart shaped bangle-type bracelets to wear. They each were able to have one for each hand.
I got out the stuffed bears for them on the rowdy side of the room. Alayna really liked the two big ones and was sitting on their laps and wrestling them like they were her big brother. Speaking of that, she is so good with "baby" Thomas. She plays with him very well, not minding if he is a little rough with him. He seems to look at her like another big sister and she like is littler brother. It is pretty sweet. She likes to do things that makes him laugh and he loves that!
Alayna spent about 20 minutes looking at books today. We got four actually new ones and those were the first ones she looked at before moving on to some others.
Alayna was so cute this morning when she wanted to "hold Peyton". She sat on the step, patted her thighs and tried to get Peyton to come over and sit on her lap. Of course Peyton had no idea what she wanted, so I went over and helped her. Peyton actually sat there for a minute or two. While she was sitting there she tipped her head back and looked up into Alayna's face smiling, which was so cute.
Alayna didn't go potty in the potty at all so far today and did poop in her pants once. She had no biting incidents today (either on the giving or receiving end!). Hurray!!!
Monday, December 19, 2011
12/19/11
Alayna ate most of her bran flakes and craisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her pizza and tropical fruit and most of her steamed cauliflower.
Alayna cuddled on the couch with her blanket for a while today. She wasn't as congenial about "sharing" it today as she was the other day. Morgan went over and sat by her and just touched it and Alayna started to try to bite her (but I intervened). Consequently the blanket went on top of the cubby and that didn't make her very happy, but she got over it quickly and then did well the rest of the morning.
She was very busy exploring the new toy exchange today. She especially enjoyed the play baking dramatic play things (mainly the cookies and cupcakes. She kept coming over to feed me one or the other of them, or whatever it was that she was "mixing up" in the bowl.
Every time I asked Alayna if she wanted to try to go in and go potty, she told me "no" today. I took her anyway twice. She peed once and did nothing the other. No BMs in either toilet or diaper so far.
The journals may be a little briefer for the next couple weeks (or late) because our new baby Nora has begun and we are just learning her cues, schedule and so forth. I may be busy with her during nap time, when I usually complete these, but I will do my best.
Alayna cuddled on the couch with her blanket for a while today. She wasn't as congenial about "sharing" it today as she was the other day. Morgan went over and sat by her and just touched it and Alayna started to try to bite her (but I intervened). Consequently the blanket went on top of the cubby and that didn't make her very happy, but she got over it quickly and then did well the rest of the morning.
She was very busy exploring the new toy exchange today. She especially enjoyed the play baking dramatic play things (mainly the cookies and cupcakes. She kept coming over to feed me one or the other of them, or whatever it was that she was "mixing up" in the bowl.
Every time I asked Alayna if she wanted to try to go in and go potty, she told me "no" today. I took her anyway twice. She peed once and did nothing the other. No BMs in either toilet or diaper so far.
The journals may be a little briefer for the next couple weeks (or late) because our new baby Nora has begun and we are just learning her cues, schedule and so forth. I may be busy with her during nap time, when I usually complete these, but I will do my best.
Friday, December 16, 2011
12/16/11
Alayna ate most of her raisins and malt-o-meal at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her spaghetti, most of her mixed fruit and bites of her salad with ranch dressing.
Alayna was pretty testy from the time she came in this morning. She was trying to just run across the room so I put myself in the middle as a physical divider to eliminate that. We were watching her pretty close, but she still manages to bite Thomas' finger (really hard) and Joslyn's back today before we could get her stopped. Thomas was trying to climb up the climber by the jumping mattress and Joslyn was in the play space inside the dress-up clothes deal about 5 minutes after Alayna had left it (but obviously still thought it was "hers"). After she bit Thomas, she had a kind of shocked look on her face like "What have I done?!" Both times we had her take a break in the back room alone (away from her friends, potential bitees, and our attention) after we had emphatically told her NO BITING and that teeth are only for food. I don't know how much of a "punishment" the back room is, because she actually seems to like playing by herself. It is more for the safety of others.
While she was in the back room playing independently during the first time, she pooped in her diaper. I realize that was mostly my fault for not taking her before. I thought maybe needing to poop was contributing to her testiness, but she still struggled after that and had the second biting incident, so maybe not.
Alayna has really enjoyed playing with the sets of keys we have out right now. She especially likes to hook and unhook them on the hooks in the dress-up deal.
We are looking forward to a new start after nap and hopefully it will go better than the morning. : )
Alayna was pretty testy from the time she came in this morning. She was trying to just run across the room so I put myself in the middle as a physical divider to eliminate that. We were watching her pretty close, but she still manages to bite Thomas' finger (really hard) and Joslyn's back today before we could get her stopped. Thomas was trying to climb up the climber by the jumping mattress and Joslyn was in the play space inside the dress-up clothes deal about 5 minutes after Alayna had left it (but obviously still thought it was "hers"). After she bit Thomas, she had a kind of shocked look on her face like "What have I done?!" Both times we had her take a break in the back room alone (away from her friends, potential bitees, and our attention) after we had emphatically told her NO BITING and that teeth are only for food. I don't know how much of a "punishment" the back room is, because she actually seems to like playing by herself. It is more for the safety of others.
While she was in the back room playing independently during the first time, she pooped in her diaper. I realize that was mostly my fault for not taking her before. I thought maybe needing to poop was contributing to her testiness, but she still struggled after that and had the second biting incident, so maybe not.
Alayna has really enjoyed playing with the sets of keys we have out right now. She especially likes to hook and unhook them on the hooks in the dress-up deal.
We are looking forward to a new start after nap and hopefully it will go better than the morning. : )
Thursday, December 15, 2011
12/15/11
Alayna ate all of her blueberries and about half of her cinnamon raisin English muffins at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- canned chicken on saltines, cherries and potato salad.
Alayna sat and cuddled with her blanket on the couch for about 10 minutes this morning. After that Morgan came over and asked, "I sit with you?" Alayna grinned and said she could then shared her blanket with her. Pretty soon all of the "big" kiddos were sitting on the couch with Alayna's blanket over their laps. She was very proud to share with her friends, saying, "I share them!" It was really sweet!
I just cracked up when Alayna started studying my face and asked, "Let me see your eyeball!" I've had kiddos ask me about everything, but I have never had that request before! : )
Kenzie and Alayna were looking at the family posters together today and Kenzie pointed to Laurie and asked, "That Gramma Laurie?" Alayna answered her patiently, but proudly, "That MY Gramma Laurie!" It was really cute!
Today Alayna was playing with our set of pretend pliers. First of all she started by pinching her nose with them, then her lips and then her hair. What looked super funny was when she started trying to get her eyebrows with them (that is a pretty big pair of tweezers!). : )
Alayna accidentally stepped on Emily's hand on the balance beam -- climber deal and gave her a nice love afterward. Emily asked her to "Kiss it" and Alayna did is so sweetly. (No biting or other aggression today either, by the way!) : )
Alayna sat and cuddled with her blanket on the couch for about 10 minutes this morning. After that Morgan came over and asked, "I sit with you?" Alayna grinned and said she could then shared her blanket with her. Pretty soon all of the "big" kiddos were sitting on the couch with Alayna's blanket over their laps. She was very proud to share with her friends, saying, "I share them!" It was really sweet!I just cracked up when Alayna started studying my face and asked, "Let me see your eyeball!" I've had kiddos ask me about everything, but I have never had that request before! : )
Kenzie and Alayna were looking at the family posters together today and Kenzie pointed to Laurie and asked, "That Gramma Laurie?" Alayna answered her patiently, but proudly, "That MY Gramma Laurie!" It was really cute!
Alayna accidentally stepped on Emily's hand on the balance beam -- climber deal and gave her a nice love afterward. Emily asked her to "Kiss it" and Alayna did is so sweetly. (No biting or other aggression today either, by the way!) : )
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
12/14/11
Alayna ate all of her peaches and biscuit at breakfast. At lunch she ate about half of her dinner roll and all of her baked beans, steamed broccoli and pineapple.
Alayna was playing in the igloo today and Gary was pretending to "get" her by putting his hand down by the opening. Although he wasn't even touching her (let alone tickle her) she was just cracking up! : ) Every time she could see his hand she would start to laugh.
Alayna came in rip-roaring and ready to go today. She was determined to run from one side of the room to the other. We reminded her several time that the side by the big window was the side they could be rowdy on and "We walk on this side. We run outside or on the other side." She was just in "GO!" mode. We finally just sat on the floor in front of the couch and became a human gate to intervene. That worked great and she found something to play with and engaged well after that.
She bit twice today. One of them we were able to see and stop right at the beginning so no marks. The other time she got Morgan, but only lightly.
Alayna was playing with the dolls quite a bit today again. She loves to feed, cover and sing to them. The singing is always very sweet to watch. She gets kind of a dreamy look in her eyes as she sings.
Alayna was playing in the igloo today and Gary was pretending to "get" her by putting his hand down by the opening. Although he wasn't even touching her (let alone tickle her) she was just cracking up! : ) Every time she could see his hand she would start to laugh.
Alayna came in rip-roaring and ready to go today. She was determined to run from one side of the room to the other. We reminded her several time that the side by the big window was the side they could be rowdy on and "We walk on this side. We run outside or on the other side." She was just in "GO!" mode. We finally just sat on the floor in front of the couch and became a human gate to intervene. That worked great and she found something to play with and engaged well after that.
She bit twice today. One of them we were able to see and stop right at the beginning so no marks. The other time she got Morgan, but only lightly.
Alayna was playing with the dolls quite a bit today again. She loves to feed, cover and sing to them. The singing is always very sweet to watch. She gets kind of a dreamy look in her eyes as she sings.
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