Alayna ate all of her mixed fruit and about half of her Kix cereal at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her ham sandwich and mandarin oranges and about half of her steamed broccoli.
Alayna was looking at one of the "potty books" we have (talking about the kiddos going potty) and pushing the little button that makes the toilet flushing sound. Kenzie, Joslyn and Morgan all came over to see what was going on and so she sweetly asked each one of them if they wanted a turn pushing the button! It was very sweet!
We got to have Coral here with us today since there was no school. Alayna always likes it when she or Missy are here and had to have her time playing with and getting her attention! : )
Alayna explored much of the "new" toy exchange and really was excited to see the big bird stuffed animals out. There are three of them and she was so nice about gathering them all up, then walking around and asking different ones, "Want one?" until she only had one for herself.
Coral helped the kiddos build a "house" with the big interlocking blocks that was just big enough for one child inside. She built it tall enough so that we had to lift each kiddo into it. When they got in, they each loved squatting down inside to "hide" and Alayna thought is was really great when Coral then put a blanket over the top to make it dark briefly. Talk about chuckling...
Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
4/27/12
Alayna at most of her rice and raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her meatloaf and dried apricots, and a bite of both cooked carrots and french bread.
All of the kiddos were just a little wild this morning before breakfast. For some reason they were all wanting to run and be very loud. We just had the runners stay on the "rowdy" side of the big room and get some of the energy out and after breakfast things calmed back down to a pretty typical morning.
Alayna was on one side of the room after breakfast and Aaron was on the other. I was sitting at the changing table on the floor as the "gate" between the two. Alayna came up and told me, "I want to play with my Aaron!" I thought that was so sweet. She did play with him a lot, but he was also interested in interacting with some of the other kiddos as well, which he really hasn't done much of until today.
I think Alayna as down graded somewhat in the "favorite" song department. Until a week or so ago, it has always been "Jesus loves me". Every time we sang it or it came on the iPod, she would excitedly announce, "That my favorite!" It was often enough that all of the other kiddos picked up on it and called it "Alayna's favorite song" also. Well twice this week (once today), it has come on and one of the kiddos has said "Alayna's favorite song" and she has corrected them, "No, my favorite song 'Ring of Fire'". : ) It just cracked me up!
All of the kiddos were just a little wild this morning before breakfast. For some reason they were all wanting to run and be very loud. We just had the runners stay on the "rowdy" side of the big room and get some of the energy out and after breakfast things calmed back down to a pretty typical morning.
Alayna was on one side of the room after breakfast and Aaron was on the other. I was sitting at the changing table on the floor as the "gate" between the two. Alayna came up and told me, "I want to play with my Aaron!" I thought that was so sweet. She did play with him a lot, but he was also interested in interacting with some of the other kiddos as well, which he really hasn't done much of until today.
I think Alayna as down graded somewhat in the "favorite" song department. Until a week or so ago, it has always been "Jesus loves me". Every time we sang it or it came on the iPod, she would excitedly announce, "That my favorite!" It was often enough that all of the other kiddos picked up on it and called it "Alayna's favorite song" also. Well twice this week (once today), it has come on and one of the kiddos has said "Alayna's favorite song" and she has corrected them, "No, my favorite song 'Ring of Fire'". : ) It just cracked me up!
4/26/12
Alayna cuddled with her blanket until breakfast time, but she did a very nice job of sharing (or trying to) with whoever was sitting by her on the couch. The one that really enjoyed the sharing was Jadey and she came back to cuddle with it and Alayna several times. Jadey was so thrilled that she would share with her. About 5 minutes before breakfast, she just handed it to me and asked, "Tan you put it on my tubby?" She then asked to use it to cover with at nap time so I did.
Alayna has been doing a good job of using her words the majority of the time now. One of the ones she has been using frequently (especially with Thomas and Peyton) is "Let go, please" when they grab something she is playing with. It is AWESOME!
Another thing she had really gotten down is that we only run on the "rowdy" side where the mattress is. She is frequently reminding one of the others, "We only run on that side!" when she sees an infraction of the rule!
Alayna has been doing a good job of using her words the majority of the time now. One of the ones she has been using frequently (especially with Thomas and Peyton) is "Let go, please" when they grab something she is playing with. It is AWESOME!
Another thing she had really gotten down is that we only run on the "rowdy" side where the mattress is. She is frequently reminding one of the others, "We only run on that side!" when she sees an infraction of the rule!
4/24/12
Alayna was very attached to the huge cream colored teddy bear that is out today. She was playing with it, wrestling it, and sitting on its lap. She also called it "my friend" which I thought was quite cute.
Baby Riley had pulled her herself into semi standing position while holding onto the mattress this morning and Alayna got so excited and announced, "She was standing up! She was standing up!"
Alayna spent a lot of time "baking" at the table and kitchen set. She was using the mixer, the bowls and spatulas, putting cookies on the trays and putting the pieces of the cake together on the round plate. She was very engaged with it.
Baby Riley had pulled her herself into semi standing position while holding onto the mattress this morning and Alayna got so excited and announced, "She was standing up! She was standing up!"
Alayna spent a lot of time "baking" at the table and kitchen set. She was using the mixer, the bowls and spatulas, putting cookies on the trays and putting the pieces of the cake together on the round plate. She was very engaged with it.
Friday, April 20, 2012
4/20/12
Alayna ate all of her prunes and oatmeal at breakfast today. At lunch she ate all of her mandarin oranges and her hashbrown casserole and a bite of biscuit.
I have decided that Fridays have to be Alayna's favorite days. As soon as she sees Aaron, she is all smiles and started to try to make him laugh. For some reason their temperaments and personalities really click. Not only does he laugh at her, which she loves, but he also just follows her around and likes being with her.
Thomas managed to get himself "stuck" in another area today and Alayna was really working hard to try to help him. She worked at it until he got tired of it and pushed her away.
It cracked me up when Alayna started singing Johnny Cash's "The Ring of Fire". She sang almost all the word to the chorus. If I didn't know better, I would have thought she grew up in my family's house. : ) I have never heard one of our kiddos sing that song before! : )
At 10:10 today Alayna was messing around in the doll cradle and slipped and bonked her left eye pretty badly. I immediately applied a cold cloth and it helped the swelling and bruising quite a bit, but I will be surprised if she doesn't have a black eye tomorrow! Ugh!
Alayna got a bunch of books, sat in the middle of the couch and announced, "It's story time kids! Are you ready?" Several of the kiddos did actually join her and she did her best to "read" to them. : )
Thomas managed to get himself "stuck" in another area today and Alayna was really working hard to try to help him. She worked at it until he got tired of it and pushed her away.
It cracked me up when Alayna started singing Johnny Cash's "The Ring of Fire". She sang almost all the word to the chorus. If I didn't know better, I would have thought she grew up in my family's house. : ) I have never heard one of our kiddos sing that song before! : )
At 10:10 today Alayna was messing around in the doll cradle and slipped and bonked her left eye pretty badly. I immediately applied a cold cloth and it helped the swelling and bruising quite a bit, but I will be surprised if she doesn't have a black eye tomorrow! Ugh!
Alayna got a bunch of books, sat in the middle of the couch and announced, "It's story time kids! Are you ready?" Several of the kiddos did actually join her and she did her best to "read" to them. : )
4/19/12
Alayna was trying to get Emily to be her baby today. She kept trying to convince her to lay down in the doll cradle so she could tuck her in with one of the scarves. Emily would lay down very briefly (just long enough for Alayna to get a blanket about half on her). Then Emily would hop up quickly and announce, "I wake up!" Alayna finally gave up and started being the baby herself. : )
She was enjoying "dancing" again today. She didn't want to wear one of the tutus today, but that didn't stop her from spinning. If anything she was spinning harder than yesterday (and falling just as much).
Alayna had a couple of times of cuddling Gary throughout the morning, which he loved. She hasn't been doing it as much lately, so he was enjoying it while he could.
Alayna didn't take a nap today. I went out and re-lay her down on her nap map 5 or 6 times sternly informing her it was nap time and time to lay quietly and go to sleep, changed her poopy diaper once, and reminded her she had to be quite multiple times.
She was enjoying "dancing" again today. She didn't want to wear one of the tutus today, but that didn't stop her from spinning. If anything she was spinning harder than yesterday (and falling just as much).
Alayna had a couple of times of cuddling Gary throughout the morning, which he loved. She hasn't been doing it as much lately, so he was enjoying it while he could.
Alayna didn't take a nap today. I went out and re-lay her down on her nap map 5 or 6 times sternly informing her it was nap time and time to lay quietly and go to sleep, changed her poopy diaper once, and reminded her she had to be quite multiple times.
4/18/12
Alayna was having a blast playing and laughing with Emily. They were chasing around on the "rowdy" side of the room and Emily was really enjoying having Alayna's undivided attention. They have played together more in the last few weeks than ever before and they both really seem to like it.
Alayna almost always spends some time during the morning playing with the dolls (which every ones are out). We don't have actual doll blankets out with this set, just a lot of scarves that they can use for blankets. It took me a little to persuade her that those could be her doll blankets, but once she decided it would work she was wrapping every baby she could find.
Alayna did cooking and mixing play for over 20 minutes independently. Other kiddos moved in and out of the play alongside her, but she didn't really interact much with them and just continued on when they moved on.
We had put on some "dance" music on and Alayna really kicked it up a notch or two. All of the big girls had on tutus and Alayna started spinning like crazy and watching her dress poof out so much that she just crashed and fell down, laughing all the while.
Alayna almost always spends some time during the morning playing with the dolls (which every ones are out). We don't have actual doll blankets out with this set, just a lot of scarves that they can use for blankets. It took me a little to persuade her that those could be her doll blankets, but once she decided it would work she was wrapping every baby she could find.
Alayna did cooking and mixing play for over 20 minutes independently. Other kiddos moved in and out of the play alongside her, but she didn't really interact much with them and just continued on when they moved on.
We had put on some "dance" music on and Alayna really kicked it up a notch or two. All of the big girls had on tutus and Alayna started spinning like crazy and watching her dress poof out so much that she just crashed and fell down, laughing all the while.
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