I don't usually do a Blog when a child arrives just prior to lunch time, but considering I was gone yesterday I decided to post a couple notes for Avilene. First, Lauralea told me last night she was glad I have my job and she has her job! Haha! Me too!! It was a busy day for her yesterday, but so far she's still agreeing to cover for me so I can leave for Louisiana next Friday. :)
Avi arrived about 11:00 this morning and she was here for probably at least 3.5 seconds before she and Bubba were in a squabble!! Ha! Lauralea told me she thought it was pretty much a 50/50 split between those two who was the instigator of their conflict! Yup, I agree. :) Lauralea also said that Kenzie told the kids to come to the window to look at some deer outside and Avi said, "Reindeer?" :)
For lunch Avilene ate salmon, half of whole wheat dinner roll, several bites of corn, and ate mangoes.
Friday, November 10, 2017
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Avi - 11/8/2017
Avilene ate french toast and strawberries for breakfast. For lunch she ate a bite or two of paleo stew with hamburger and vegetables (green beans, carrots, cauliflower, and broccoli). She ate one cracker and a large serving of tropical fruit.
Reminder: There will be NO BLOGS tomorrow November 9th. Lauralea is covering for me all day while I work on my property in Plains. Blogs will resume on Friday! Also, Kenzie and Riley get out of school at 11:00 Thursday morning so tomorrow will be a fun day for the Daycare kids. I may as well do another reminder here!! The new Baby starts on Monday the 13th (Avi's Birthday) and the Blogs will continue as usual. However, her eating and sleeping schedule will problaby alter the times when Blogs are posted! Just keep checking if the Blogs aren't here at their usual times! All Blogs will get posted by 2:45 at the latest!
These first 3 pictures are from yesterday afternoon. Avilene was playing with the masks and she was putting on 4 and 5 masks at a time. Kenzie and Riley thought that was hilarious so they were adding as many more as would stay on Avi's head. If you look close at the first picture you can see Kenzie is laughing hard! So cute. The 2nd picture shows the back of Avi's head and you can see all the masks. This was before Kenzie and Riley "helped" her!
There were 5 kids in the tunnels (there are 2 tunnels hooked together) when I took this next picture. You can see Avi at the bottom of the picture. She is the last one headed through. They went through here over and over and over!
So, first thing this morning, Avi is right back piling the masks on her head again! Ha!! And then trying to read a book! Ha! She couldn't see, but I'd laughed so apparently that's all that mattered! Silly Avi! In the last picture: all three of them huddled together this morning playing with the legos farm animals and the barn! By the way, there happens to be TWO more of the barns identical to the one in the picture, but the one being used by another child (which was Hudson) is always the most interesting one!! :) Hudson said, "Hey Gary! Avi's helping me build my farm!"
Reminder: There will be NO BLOGS tomorrow November 9th. Lauralea is covering for me all day while I work on my property in Plains. Blogs will resume on Friday! Also, Kenzie and Riley get out of school at 11:00 Thursday morning so tomorrow will be a fun day for the Daycare kids. I may as well do another reminder here!! The new Baby starts on Monday the 13th (Avi's Birthday) and the Blogs will continue as usual. However, her eating and sleeping schedule will problaby alter the times when Blogs are posted! Just keep checking if the Blogs aren't here at their usual times! All Blogs will get posted by 2:45 at the latest!
These first 3 pictures are from yesterday afternoon. Avilene was playing with the masks and she was putting on 4 and 5 masks at a time. Kenzie and Riley thought that was hilarious so they were adding as many more as would stay on Avi's head. If you look close at the first picture you can see Kenzie is laughing hard! So cute. The 2nd picture shows the back of Avi's head and you can see all the masks. This was before Kenzie and Riley "helped" her!
There were 5 kids in the tunnels (there are 2 tunnels hooked together) when I took this next picture. You can see Avi at the bottom of the picture. She is the last one headed through. They went through here over and over and over!
So, first thing this morning, Avi is right back piling the masks on her head again! Ha!! And then trying to read a book! Ha! She couldn't see, but I'd laughed so apparently that's all that mattered! Silly Avi! In the last picture: all three of them huddled together this morning playing with the legos farm animals and the barn! By the way, there happens to be TWO more of the barns identical to the one in the picture, but the one being used by another child (which was Hudson) is always the most interesting one!! :) Hudson said, "Hey Gary! Avi's helping me build my farm!"
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Avi - 11/7/2017
Avilene ate waffle and two servings of grapes for breakfast. For lunch she ate baked chicken, most of whole grain waffle, taste of cabbage salad, and two servings of baked cinnamon apples. So I took this first picture at breakfast today. I've moved Avi to the table for all the meals now. I always start with snack and then if they do okay the next step is graduating to full-time at the table. It all hinges on them being willing to listen! :) And she's doing pretty good - with lots of reminders of course! I decided to move Hudson straight across the table at lunch. Avi had her leg on the bench trying to reach him. Ha! That's usually how I arrange them when they start out anyhow - as far apart as possible!! I try to set them up to be successful!! :) So at Lunch they were at opposite corners! There is a lot for them to remember, but they quickly adjust: keep your tummy up to the table, eat only the food on your plate, keep your head over your plate, stay at your seats, tell me when you're done, etc!!! Good job of listening Avi and Hudson!
Avi was telling Lauralea all about the "Christmas lights!" So Lauralea asked, "where are the lights at Avi??" She said, "By Gary's gate!" Isn't that cute and a pretty accurate description! You can definitely see them from Gary's gate! A neighbor in the Cul-de-sac to the east has a jump on his Christmas lights this year - Shining bright on November 6th and it's quite the display! :)
Nora was pushing Hudson in the swivel/rocker first and he immediately started demanding more speed, more speed! Ha! So I took this last picture when Avi was pushing Nora around and around. Nora was giggling and laughing - loving every minute of it. Love that grin! We also read lots of books and the kids did some dot painting at Art Time.
Avi was telling Lauralea all about the "Christmas lights!" So Lauralea asked, "where are the lights at Avi??" She said, "By Gary's gate!" Isn't that cute and a pretty accurate description! You can definitely see them from Gary's gate! A neighbor in the Cul-de-sac to the east has a jump on his Christmas lights this year - Shining bright on November 6th and it's quite the display! :)
Nora was pushing Hudson in the swivel/rocker first and he immediately started demanding more speed, more speed! Ha! So I took this last picture when Avi was pushing Nora around and around. Nora was giggling and laughing - loving every minute of it. Love that grin! We also read lots of books and the kids did some dot painting at Art Time.
Monday, November 6, 2017
Avi - 11/6/2017
Avilene ate some kix cereal and ate her mixed fruit for breakfast. For lunch she ate ground turkey, bite or two of hamburger bun, ate tomato, avocado, and cherries. Like I've mentioned many times I like asking the kids what they did last night or over the weekend. Avi said, "Play soccer on Saturday! It fun!" So cute!
Then Avi was saying some about "Atley." I couldn't figure it out until I followed her eyes to see where she was looking! And she was looking at our "clown pants;" which are a pair of spare pants we use when the kids run out of spare clothes! They are quite hideous and no family has ever (accidentally) kept them or failed to return them! Haha! They are so old, but Lauralea is putting new elastic in them for me! :) Last Friday I put them on Atley because she was out of spare clothes that fit her so Avi believes they belong to Atley!! She was saying; "Atley's clown pants!" (By the way, Atley is gone all week to the east coast to visit her Grandma.)
This first picture from today - Avilene put two babies in the swivel/rocker chair and was spinning and rocking the chair; giving her babies some rides! :)
The last 2 pictures: Hudson said, "I'm barbecuing!" Then he put some food on a plate and took it to Avilene. It must have been good because she came back for more! I think the last picture is so cute; Avi went over and looked at the doll in the sink and asked Hudson (who was still barbecuing),
Avi: "Your Baby?"
Hudson: "Don't touch her; He's resting!" (You saw the bold pronouns right!?)
Gary: LOL!
Then Avi was saying some about "Atley." I couldn't figure it out until I followed her eyes to see where she was looking! And she was looking at our "clown pants;" which are a pair of spare pants we use when the kids run out of spare clothes! They are quite hideous and no family has ever (accidentally) kept them or failed to return them! Haha! They are so old, but Lauralea is putting new elastic in them for me! :) Last Friday I put them on Atley because she was out of spare clothes that fit her so Avi believes they belong to Atley!! She was saying; "Atley's clown pants!" (By the way, Atley is gone all week to the east coast to visit her Grandma.)
This first picture from today - Avilene put two babies in the swivel/rocker chair and was spinning and rocking the chair; giving her babies some rides! :)
The last 2 pictures: Hudson said, "I'm barbecuing!" Then he put some food on a plate and took it to Avilene. It must have been good because she came back for more! I think the last picture is so cute; Avi went over and looked at the doll in the sink and asked Hudson (who was still barbecuing),
Avi: "Your Baby?"
Hudson: "Don't touch her; He's resting!" (You saw the bold pronouns right!?)
Gary: LOL!
Friday, November 3, 2017
Avi - 11/3/2017
Avi ate oatmeal and apple bites for breakfast. For lunch she had a few nibbles of hamburger stew with carrots, green beans, and potatoes. She ate dinner roll and apricots.
This first picture is from yesterday afternoon and here's the story behind it! Riley was feeding Nora her cottage cheese and I took a picture of them. Well of course Kenzie wanted her picture taken so she ran over to Avi's highchair and said, "Take a picture of me!" And at the same time asked Avi if she wanted some peaches. (Avi has her spoon in her right hand for her cottage cheese.) Look at Avi's reaction. "Really Kenzie? Do I look like I need help!? I've got this!" :)
Also yesterday afternoon Kenzie and Riley wanted to take pictures of me reading to the kids. (Hudson had left by this time.) They took several pictures with my phone and I thought they did a good job. :) Kenzie noticed it was snowing so she got some jingle bells for everyone (which just happen to be in this toy rotation) and they were all lined up at the window watching it snow while Kenzie led them in singing; "Jingle Bells!" Super cute!!
Well I have to post another blurry picture of Avi!! (At least Atley is in focus!!) Avilene was pushing the swivel/rocker chair around and around at a high rate of speed! I wonder if Atley is enjoying the ride?! Ha! Atley was laughing loud and uproariously and urging Avi on to greater speeds! Good times and Silly kids!!
This first picture is from yesterday afternoon and here's the story behind it! Riley was feeding Nora her cottage cheese and I took a picture of them. Well of course Kenzie wanted her picture taken so she ran over to Avi's highchair and said, "Take a picture of me!" And at the same time asked Avi if she wanted some peaches. (Avi has her spoon in her right hand for her cottage cheese.) Look at Avi's reaction. "Really Kenzie? Do I look like I need help!? I've got this!" :)
Also yesterday afternoon Kenzie and Riley wanted to take pictures of me reading to the kids. (Hudson had left by this time.) They took several pictures with my phone and I thought they did a good job. :) Kenzie noticed it was snowing so she got some jingle bells for everyone (which just happen to be in this toy rotation) and they were all lined up at the window watching it snow while Kenzie led them in singing; "Jingle Bells!" Super cute!!
Well I have to post another blurry picture of Avi!! (At least Atley is in focus!!) Avilene was pushing the swivel/rocker chair around and around at a high rate of speed! I wonder if Atley is enjoying the ride?! Ha! Atley was laughing loud and uproariously and urging Avi on to greater speeds! Good times and Silly kids!!
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Avi - 11/2/2017
Avilene ate french toast and dried plums for breakfast. For lunch she ate bites of pulled pork sandwich, bite of peas, and ate cantaloupe. She got here right at breakfast time and into her highchair and immediately noticed Nora's new winter boots sitting on Nora's cubby. And Avi was excited. "Nora has fuzzy boots!! And fuzzy hat!!" Ha! Nora has a knit cap with a "ball" (or whatever it's called) on the top.
Momma Molly already saw this, but I'm gonna Post it today. This picture is from yesterday afternoon. Kenzie had put everyone's name on a piece of paper and then she had Riley draw the lucky winner from the bowl! I like how Riley is intentionally looking elsewhere! No cheating here!! Each child was awarded a medal on the basis of this drawing! Ha! She wrote on their paper/medal whether they got 1st, 2nd, 3rd... (Kenzie just recently won a medal as her soccer team won a tournament! So she's really into the medal thing right now!) These girls frequently include the little ones in their fun games after school. Momma Molly didn't seem too impressed that Avi had won a 3rd Place medal - 3rd out of 4 children! Ha!! It could have been worse - Poor Atley didn't place in the top 3 and Kenzie told her "You're just gonna have to work harder Atley!!" Not sure what "hard work" had to do with this drawing! :) The whole thing was really cute and funny. (Atley - and the rest of them - really had no clue about their "placing" so no feelings were hurt in this game!!)
Here's another blurry picture of your child. By the way, I Post more blurry pictures of Avi than anyone and I think that's pretty much self-explanatory!! Ha!! There are settings on the camera for such things, but I don't have time for that!! :) Avi being Avi - cover my head and jump! The story behind the last picture: Avi was laying her head on this Monte pillow and said, "I'm comfy." Then she grabbed the doll blanket, went over to where Hudson was at, and asked him to cover her. As he was covering her he said, "Good night Sweetie." Isn't that cute?!
Momma Molly already saw this, but I'm gonna Post it today. This picture is from yesterday afternoon. Kenzie had put everyone's name on a piece of paper and then she had Riley draw the lucky winner from the bowl! I like how Riley is intentionally looking elsewhere! No cheating here!! Each child was awarded a medal on the basis of this drawing! Ha! She wrote on their paper/medal whether they got 1st, 2nd, 3rd... (Kenzie just recently won a medal as her soccer team won a tournament! So she's really into the medal thing right now!) These girls frequently include the little ones in their fun games after school. Momma Molly didn't seem too impressed that Avi had won a 3rd Place medal - 3rd out of 4 children! Ha!! It could have been worse - Poor Atley didn't place in the top 3 and Kenzie told her "You're just gonna have to work harder Atley!!" Not sure what "hard work" had to do with this drawing! :) The whole thing was really cute and funny. (Atley - and the rest of them - really had no clue about their "placing" so no feelings were hurt in this game!!)
Here's another blurry picture of your child. By the way, I Post more blurry pictures of Avi than anyone and I think that's pretty much self-explanatory!! Ha!! There are settings on the camera for such things, but I don't have time for that!! :) Avi being Avi - cover my head and jump! The story behind the last picture: Avi was laying her head on this Monte pillow and said, "I'm comfy." Then she grabbed the doll blanket, went over to where Hudson was at, and asked him to cover her. As he was covering her he said, "Good night Sweetie." Isn't that cute?!
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Avi - 11/1/2017
Avilene ate whole wheat toast and two servings of mangoes for breakfast. She was the only one who like the frozen mangoes. (They really do taste different than the fresh mangoes - my opinion!) For lunch she ate ground beef with marinara sauce, noodles, bites of squash, and two servings of fruit salad.
Yesterday afternoon we were reading on the couch and she spotted a silver SUV drive by the window. She jumped up and said, "Momma mini-van!" Haha! That hit my funny bone!!
I did some building with Avi and Hudson with the legos and then they continued to play - build and destroy - with our creation. In the following picture Avi went to the fence to greet Lauralea. That is a morning ritual, but the blanket over the head is a new look! Atley saw it and immediately put a blanket on her head before greeting Lauralea as well.
You can't see it in the next picture, but Avi was carrying a doll blanket. She came up to me and said, "Purple blanket." "Oh, it is?" She said, "Yes." And ran around he corner to point to the purple crayon in one of the color posters! I believe she was trying to teach me what purple looks like! Ha! (Lots of people have already tried that Avilene! So far it hasn't worked!) My partial colorblindness always fascinated my stepdaughter Missy. For probably 7 years - Junior High through High School every night at the Dinner table she'd ask the same question: "Hey Gary, what color is my shirt?" :)
So here's the story behind the last picture: The kids did some coloring with markers and then we did some leftover halloween stickers too. (Avi loves doing the stickers, but isn't quite so thrilled with the coloring.) So we were basically done when I took the picture and they were ready to leave. So I said, "Point to your favorite sticker!" (It was my intent to make the picture look like they were still doing some art! Haha!!) Avi is showing Nora which sticker she should be pointing to!!
Yesterday afternoon we were reading on the couch and she spotted a silver SUV drive by the window. She jumped up and said, "Momma mini-van!" Haha! That hit my funny bone!!
I did some building with Avi and Hudson with the legos and then they continued to play - build and destroy - with our creation. In the following picture Avi went to the fence to greet Lauralea. That is a morning ritual, but the blanket over the head is a new look! Atley saw it and immediately put a blanket on her head before greeting Lauralea as well.
You can't see it in the next picture, but Avi was carrying a doll blanket. She came up to me and said, "Purple blanket." "Oh, it is?" She said, "Yes." And ran around he corner to point to the purple crayon in one of the color posters! I believe she was trying to teach me what purple looks like! Ha! (Lots of people have already tried that Avilene! So far it hasn't worked!) My partial colorblindness always fascinated my stepdaughter Missy. For probably 7 years - Junior High through High School every night at the Dinner table she'd ask the same question: "Hey Gary, what color is my shirt?" :)
So here's the story behind the last picture: The kids did some coloring with markers and then we did some leftover halloween stickers too. (Avi loves doing the stickers, but isn't quite so thrilled with the coloring.) So we were basically done when I took the picture and they were ready to leave. So I said, "Point to your favorite sticker!" (It was my intent to make the picture look like they were still doing some art! Haha!!) Avi is showing Nora which sticker she should be pointing to!!
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