Avi - 4/27/2017

Avilene ate whole wheat bagel and peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate some pizza: whole wheat crust, meat mix (hamburger, sausage, eggs), olives, mushrooms, peppers, and pineapple.  With an extra serving of pineapple.

I told Hudson this morning; "Avi will be coming soon."  Hudson said, "Avi Elson, Avi Elson."  Geez! You're so right Hudson, Avi Nelson!!  He hears, remembers, and repeats everything!!  As soon as Avi arrived I started reading to her and Hudson, but Avi jumped down and ran to the window to wait and wave when Daddy came.  Routines are SO important to this age group!!  There are so many benefits to routines and I try to apply that principle here all the time.  I believe the end result can be healthy habits where everything runs more smoothly.  Avi stayed at the window after Daddy drove off so she could watch some school kids walk by.

And of course I have to post the daily mattress play with Avilene and Nora!  It lasted for 3 - 4 minutes!  Avi gets so excited and starts jumping and rolling around and Nora sits there and giggles! This is a picture of the 2 - legged takedown!  Well executed Avilene!  Nora looks pretty distressed right!?  Not!  :)

Here are a couple more pictures from this morning's activities.  Avi likes to clear this shelf with the tambourines and jingle bells.  Maybe it's the fun sounds!  This is the only shelf she clears like this - in this toy set.  Hudson, meanwhile, is dumping the 3 buckets of shapes.  Many years ago Lauralea and I named this the "dump and run" stage!!  And the last picture; these 2 were working hard to get the rocking chair to cooperate!  :)  And they were fairly successful!