Avi - 7/24/2019

Avilene ate two servings of French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate two servings of whole 30 chili with meat, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and tomato sauce.  She ate whole wheat dinner roll, and ate tropical fruit.

First picture: "Hey Gary, I can do it by myself!!"  Yesterday I helped her with this puzzle and it's pretty challenging. This morning she got it alone.  And I love the sense of accomplishment they get from doing it by themselves.  It's ok to let them struggle for awhile before bringing assistance.  She was so proud of herself and told Lauralea as well.  Second picture:  This one is titled; "Classic Avilene."  She put her cap on her knee, lifted that leg off the floor, and started hopping across the room on one foot.  Nice work Avi!  She is circus material!!  :)

Next two pictures;  Avi and Atley are really enjoying experimenting with the magnets and all the pieces in that tray.  In the first picture Avi probably has about 20 pieces on her magnet.  Second picture: She's holding quite a bit of weight with that one ball.  Look at the focus in those eyes.

 

Last picture:  The kids wanted the legos table covered so we got the blanket from outside.  Svea and Avilene are hidden under there; Nora on the left peeking in and that's about as close as she got.  Atley's on her way in, but that didn't last long either.  Linnea liked playing around it, but no way was she going inside.  :)  Avi stayed under there without coming out for probably 30 minutes.  I asked her what she was doing and she said, "Making a home."  Very cool.