Avi - 7/3/2019

Avilene ate two servings of whole wheat English muffin and ate oranges for breakfast.  (She ate the oranges so she could have more muffin!)  I can't remember what Atley was doing during breakfast, but Avi said, "If you dink around Atley, you're done!!"  She uses the same phrases I do!  Haha!  Sometimes she'll even extend what I'm saying!!  For example; I might say, "You need to find something different to do!"  Avi will then jump in and run with it and say something like this; "And if you don't you'll have to ......."  (and she comes up with some sort of consequence) Haha!  For lunch she ate bites of ground beef, ate whole wheat elbow noodles, bites of peas, and no applesauce.  Also, during one of the meals today Avilene asked, "Gary, why does Svea always bug Nora?!?"  :)  That's a great question Avi.  Because of Nora's intense and immediate reaction; it's just too good to quit!!  Ha!  No way to explain that to a 3 year old.

Just in case there are some people reading the blogs that might not be aware of Little Treasures vacation days!  This will be the last blog until July 15th.  Thank you to everyone for making it possible for me to renew my energy and spirit with a few days off.  I have the best families at Little Treasures and I'm thankful for all of you.  Looking forward to hiking, reading, and relaxing for a few days!!  I love taking care of your children and enjoy it so much!!  (Oh yes, Lauralea informed me there will be cards and board games.  Haha!  I enjoy them too.)

At one of the meals Avi got the stool and moved it in front of the sink to wash.  She said, "I'm washing first."  (It's pretty much a "first come, first serve thing.")  Atley said, "I'm washing last - after you."  Haha!  Or better known as washing "second" or "next."  :)  Nora was standing in the wings sucking her thumb waiting to wash.

Here are some pictures from this morning!  Nora, Avi, and Atley were doing some gluing when I took this first picture.  They also did some other art work as well as some more activities.  And in the second picture Avi said she drew "a storm."  We'd been talking about the rain storm and how dark it was outside!!  Last picture: Avi flying off the blue balance beam, Atley jumping, and Nora trying to steer clear of everyone!!  Nora does her fair share of jumping too and she's a great jumper.  Especially if Lauralea is watching and that gives her (and every one else too) extra motivation and adrenaline!!