Avi - 4/24/2020

Avilene ate brown rice and bites of raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate three servings of salmon, ate whole wheat dinner roll, one big bite of riced cauliflower, and two servings of mangoes.  She is always willing to at least try a bite and she really doesn't care for the cauliflower, but continues to give it a test.

Yesterday just before snack Avi asked, "What are we having?"  Homemade Trail Mix.  (Kix cereal, Cheerios, Whole Wheat Chex, and Raisins.)  We mix up big bags of it and have enough for several snacks.  Avi said, "I don't want the trail mix.  I'll just take the Kix Cereal."  LOL!!  "Nice try Avi, but that's not gonna happen."  She knew the answer and before I even finished she yelled; "OK FINE!!"  Haha.  However our ongoing rule is this: if they eat the mix, then for second servings they always get to choose more mix or just ONE ingredient.  So she wanted to skip step one.  :)  (The genius switch is never off!!)

Here's a picture of one page Avi colored (with markers and colored pencils) yesterday.  She did two of these yesterday and a couple of small pieces.  This is wonderful coloring for a young 4 year old. However, the part that impresses me the most is the fact that this takes lots of time and concentration to complete.  And especially considering the fact that Avilene is a busy busy girl with a high powered motor that runs in overdrive!!  She does lots of different activities here at Preschool where she exercises lots of time and focus staying on task.

Next picture: The kids are working on a "Thank You" poster that we made for "Jerry and Aiden" and we've already hung it up in the window.  So at 2:30 they are coming and will set up a table and do a "magic show" outside of our big window.  Now I'm using the term "magic" pretty loosely because they are not magicians, nor have they ever done a magic show.  Haha!  (Actually the more simple and silly the better for this age group!)  They were in our Program when Aiden was a baby and he's now in Junior High.  Aiden said, "I did NOT sign up for this."  But Dad says he's coming so we'll see.

Last picture: The kids worked hard and long on the poster.  So what did Avilene do when they were done?  She wanted to do another picture.  Wow, ok fine with me!!  By the way, she worked on the poster for several minutes after Atley and Nora were done.  So most of Avi's morning was used doing Art Work.