Avilene ate brown rice and raisins for breakfast. For lunch she ate half of her meatloaf, ate whole wheat dinner roll, 2 bites of riced cauliflower, and ate her mangoes.
First picture: I want to make a few comments about all the "free drawing" the three big girls have been doing. I want to remind ALL of us (including myself) of a few of the benefits the girls are getting from doing this. One thing that kind of amazes me is the fact that the more I offer it, the more they do! I think yesterday Atley took home over 20 sheets of paper. Sometimes we may think in terms of "wasted paper" (please recycle), but the process is what is important and they are learning SO much from this. I believe it expands their minds and strengthens their cognitive development. The creativity is pretty obvious, but there is also "problem solving" for example. "How do I draw this to make it look the way I want to?" They are learning a lot about spatial awareness in terms of "what goes where." There is self expression in a non-verbal way. In the picture below I asked Avi questions about her picture and she told me the dark colored triangle shape is a "painting." And of course there are lots of "skeletons." In the bottom picture to the right of the skeleton is a "human."
Next picture: I love this picture of the kids waving bye to Momma Emily this morning. Why? Because I love how Avilene is "pointing" at Miles so Emily will notice him; just in case you miss him!! The kids do that frequently when parents arrive whether we're inside or outside. They point at the child and say, "There he/she is!!" (Just in case you're confused and try to take the wrong child!)
Last picture: Avi is showing Cal her creation she just made. And here's what the conversation sounded like; "Look what I made Cal! Do you like it!?! Yes or no." Cal of course said the last word she'd said, "No." Oh man, that made me laugh. Avi was appalled!!! She whirled around to look and me and said, "HE SAID NO!!" So she went to show it to Miles and see if he had an opinion. :) And maybe an opinion that would be more acceptable to her.
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