Avi - 7/15/2019

Avilene ate cheerios and two bites of banana for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, whole wheat pita bread, olives, avocado, and watermelon.  When it was time to wash for breakfast I heard Avi (still out in the Play room) asking Nora; "Can I wash first?"  Avi knows there may be yelling if she doesn't ask first!! However, while these negotiations were taking place Atley had slipped in first and was washing her hands! Ha!!  Also during breakfast Avi said, "We had a spider in our house! And I don't like spiders!!"  Atley said, "I like spiders!"  Avi was super quick and stern in her response; "NO YOU DON"T!!"  Haha!!

We had a wonderful vacation; I took a good hike every day for 8 days straight and my favorite hikes were on the continental divide trail in different locations. We did tons of reading and played several board games and card games. There was no cell service at the Forest Service cabin or electricity so it was like the "good old days." (Haha! Actually, these are the good days! I love modern living and technology!!)

Everyone was giddy and silly this morning - as it usually is coming back from several days away!  So of course there had to be a surprise bonus to the morning; A Representative from Child Care State Licensing made a surprise appearance.  :)  She had to look at the Children's files, my Policies, Master Phone List, Fire Evacuation Plan, Disaster Plan, Visually Inspect every room the children have access to, Inspect outside play area, and the list goes on and on!!  And she had tons of questions as well.  So it's a challenge to answer her and still be partially focused on the kids!  Wow!  Callahan got hungry in the middle of this of course, but overall we all survived!!  Haha!  It's not easy when a stranger appears and she wants access to everything.  (And she wants it right now!)  Hey, guess what!?!  No deficiencies!!  Cheers!!  (Lauralea is an awesome consultant and keeps me up to date on ALL policy changes, so I give her lots of credit for this too!!)

Here are some pictures from Avi's morning; Using the binoculars and spotting birdies outside!  Second picture - Avi and Nora were pretending it was nap time and pretending to sleep!  Notice Avi has on some dress-up pajamas as well.  Shortly before Lunch Avi was laying on the step in front of the gate pretty much exhausted and her reserve tank was almost dry as well!  :)  Last picture: Practicing with scissors at Art Time.  She said, "I'm going to try to make a square."  Wow, good job Avi.