Avi - 3/15/2018

Avilene ate two servings of whole grain waffle and ate half of fruit salad for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of shepherd's pie with hamburger, potatoes, green beans, carrots, and sweet potatoes.  She also ate whole grain tortillas and cherries.

I told Lauralea I'd obviously missed Avi - within the first 15 minutes of her at Little Treasures this morning I'd taken at least 6 pictures!  :)  She said, "Hey Gary, I'm gonna go to carousel in Missoula with my Mom.  Haha!  Last Sunday I was walking on the trail past the carousel and thinking how much Avi loves that carousel!!  :)

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange last weekend so Avi was a busy little girl this morning.  She brought 2 of the stuffed animals (whales) to me and said, "These live in the ocean."  :)  Then during Story Time she told me what she saw on the page; "the elephant drinking from the water with his trunk."  Wow!  That's a great sentence Avilene and it pretty much sums up the whole picture!!

So here are some pictures from this morning:  Avi greeting Linnea!  She is so attentive to the baby and immediately alerts me to anything and everything that the baby might need!!  "Baby Crying Gary, baby crying!!"  "Linnea spit up!"  Thank you Avi!  It's all very helpful.  (especially alerting me to the baby's spit-ups!)

Next picture: Avi is pulling all the toys out of the shelves to see which ones she may want to play with!  :)  Following picture: Well Avi is back and it's time to build a sidewalk!!  If you look closely at the picture you can see Avilene is grinning while nose-to-nose with Nora.  After I took the picture Avi just stepped off and went around Nora.  Thank you Avi.  That was a sweet thing to do.  In the last picture; The dress-up clothes had not been touched this week, but as soon as one person gives them a try then everyone wants to do it.  :)  Avi wanted to put on some pajamas and then Atley and Nora. Thanks for getting everyone motivated Avi!  (Atley had her PJ's on all morning until Lunch Time.)