Avi - 12/11/2017

Avilene ate cheerios and banana for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of ground beef, ate whole grain pita bread, no tomatoes, ate two servings of olives, two servings of avocados, and ate watermelon.   Well we have a visitor today; Reid is here all day and we are having a blast.  (At least I've been thoroughly entertained!!)  For example; here's a note from breakfast, not about Avi, but I think you'll like it.  At the breakfast table Reid was watching Nora eat her cheerios and said, "OH MY GOSH!!  Look how much she put in her mouth at once!!"  LOL!  SO funny!  (It actually is kind of impressive!)  Speaking of funny; I remembered that cheerios did not settle well in Reid's tummy so I asked; "Do cheerios still give you stinky burps?"  He said, "Yes, rotten egg burps; but if you have chocolate ones?!"  LOL!  Haha!  I roared!  Nope, fresh out of those, but nice try!  :)

So the first picture is all about the chair.  Just like "old times" right!?!  Remember how Avilene loved to tease Reid by "stealing" his chair every chance she got!  Reid solved the chair problem this morning; he just reclaimed possession of it!  He said, "Well it was mine!"  Then he shared a solution; "I bring our truck, put chair in back of truck and bring it home!!"  He loved that chair and literally spent hours in it - including sleeping in it occasionally!!  He was enjoying having Atley and Avi push the chair around and around as well!   Then in the 2nd picture Reid was doing some block building and immediately had three squatters in his house.  :)

Here are a couple more pictures from this morning's activities.  Avi was jumping off the step, but jumping away from the mattress.  Made my knees hurt just to watch her!  :)  In the last picture she was taking advantage of the top of the block shelf to reach the top of the blocks.  I don't usually let them play up there, but she was doing a good job with problem solving so I told her she could finish her project!

Avi - 12/8/2017

Avilene ate brown rice and raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate salmon, bites of whole wheat dinner roll, ate most of corn, and two servings of mangoes.  After lunch when we were ready for everyone to lay down I mistakenly told the kids to "go get your bibs" instead of "go get your binkies."  Avi giggled and said, "Noooo, binky!"  :)

Avi said, "I want to read Christmas bugs."  We have a book called "Jingle Bugs" in our Christmas set and the kids love it.  We read lots of stories and sang songs.  Here are some pictures from this morning's activities:  This was a pretty narrow seat Avi had chosen!!  In the 2nd picture Hudson was asking Avi (over and over) to pile the stuffed animals on top of his head.  He loves to be buried under the stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, dress-up clothes, and anything soft.  Avi, on the other hand, is not about to lay still and let him do that to her!  :)  The 3rd picture is just Atley being Atley when Avi was peeking at her.  Atley LOVES to laugh, be silly, and everything is hilarious to her.  Avi enjoys making her laugh!!  :)  Speaking of making some laugh - Avi said, "I love you Gary Sanks."  That made me laugh; it was so stinking cute!  Well I laughed and she repeated it and I laughed again and she repeated it again!

All the kids were pretty sure I got the baby saucer down for everyone except the baby!  Haha!  Hudson said, "I want to sit in it."  This may not be the most flattering picture of baby Linnea, but she was in the middle of sneezing!  :)   Can't delete that!!

Avi - 12/7/2017

Avilene ate whole wheat english muffin and two servings of oranges for breakfast.  For lunch she ate everything: ground beef, whole wheat elbow noodles, peas, and two servings of applesauce.  (She wanted more applesauce so I mixed her peas and meat with the 2nd serving of applesauce and she ate it all.)

I took these first 2 pictures yesterday afternoon.  Kenzie loves doing everyone's hair and they all like having her do it too!!  She's takes them out to the living room, one at a time, and they get the "special treatment!"  The 2nd picture: Kenzie and Riley had set up an 'elaborate' color testing experiment!  Ha!  Again, the kids loved having the extra attention!  They reported that Avi passed her test with perfect efficiency!!  :)

We had a fun morning - the usual story time and then we did Christmas stickers at Art time.  Avi was a bit upset because she was watching Atley put her stickers down and overlapped a couple of them! Ha!  In the next picture Hudson and Avi were "discussing" the different animals in this poster!  (Did you notice the girl is still wearing the boots!?!  Haha  Everyday this week so far!)  I took the last picture of Atley and Avi building with the legos.  They eventually had these legos scattered everywhere and when I was feeding the baby her bottle I asked these girls to pick up a few of them.  Atley and Avi stayed on task and picked up every single legos and them all back in the drawer.  Wow!  Impressed me!  Then Avi wanted to throw them all out of the drawer and do it again!!  She said, "Do again!?!"  Haha!  Uhh...no, it's nap time.

Avi - 12/6/2017

Avilene ate french toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate bites of paleo stew with hamburger, carrots, green beans, sweet potatoes, and broccoli.  She ate saltines and tropical fruit too.

I already told Momma Molly this, but I want to post it as well.  Yesterday at snack Avi excitedly said, "Kenzie!  I ride on carousel!!"  Kenzie said, "I know that Avi!!  You've told me a billion times!!"  Haha!  I roared and then I told Kenzie that Avi actually did ride it again.  Hmmm, she didn't seem to care!  Ha!

This is more about Hudson, but he was talking about Avilene and Atley.  He said, "I mixed Avi and Atley."  You mixed up their names?  "Yea, I called Atley, Avi.  Isn't that amazing?"  Haha!

Here are some pictures from this morning's activities.  We did some dot painting at art time.  Then  Hudson was calling the chair their "car" again.  He told Avi, "Now we're home Avi."  :)  (Did you notice that Avi is wearing those boots again today?)  I love the last picture when Avi was looking at the baby.  I asked her to recreate the scene for me again and she did.  Thanks Avi!  This reminds me when we had a little boy in our program and Mommy was about to have a little girl.  He played with a baby in the program and called the baby his "practice sister." (Molly - That was Colt Callahan.)  So Linnea is Avi's "practice sister."

Avi - 12/5/2017

Avilene ate waffle and grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate baked chicken, bites of whole grain tortillas, bite of cabbage salad mix, and two servings of cinnamon baked apples.

Atley was at the window waving at an airplane again today; just like yesterday!  Ha!  (And the day before!)  Except this time Avi and Nora went right over to join her!  Atley's enthusiasm must be contagious! So now they were all waving and yelling "bye" to the airplane!  Where is that plane going?  Avi said, "go to airport."  :)  She's a sharp little girl!  She frequently impresses me with how quick she can answer questions about the stories we're reading during Story Time!

Hudson likes making up some dramatic play (Cousins - Sophie and Nora are good teachers) and involving Avi in it of course.  She usually plays along and cooperates and adds her part as well.  This morning Hudson was in the chair and wanting Avi to join him.  He said, "Come in the car Avi! Come in the car!"  Avi said, "That's the chair."  Haha!  I've decided she's a realist.  :)

I took this first picture because I wanted you to see she has her boots on again today.  I'm not sure what she likes about these play boots, but since the toy exchange she's had them on constantly, all day yesterday and again today.  :)

I took this last picture when we were playing with the camera and taking some selfies.  The kids were getting a kick out of looking at themselves on the camera screen.  (I mostly like how she's snuggling and laying her head on my chest!  Ha!)  We sang songs, read lots of books (including lots of Christmas books), and colored Christmas trees with markers at Art time.

Avi - 12/4/2017

Avilene ate a large serving of breakfast: kix cereal and mixed fruit.  For lunch she ate ground turkey, half of whole wheat bun, no lettuce and tomato, and she ate cherries.

I think you'll enjoy these first two pictures from Friday afternoon.  Kenzie and Riley thought it was SO funny when they were sitting in the chair and Avi and Atley started pushing them around and around.  (It's usually the big girls pushing the little ones.)  They said, "Take a picture of the little ones pushing us!!"  They were so excited!  They hoisted up Hudson so he could enjoy the ride too!  Atley and Avi were pushing pretty fast I might add!!  I think the older girls were amazed and impressed that the young ones could do that!!

Then in the following picture Kenzie and Riley were arranging the kids on the chair and Kenzie was taking the pictures.  They were all cooperating amazingly well with the "older" girls.  Well maybe Nora was pondering this thought; "what happened to my exclusive rights to this chair!?"  :)  Atley was totally fine with Hudson sitting on her lap and Avi liked Nora sitting on her lap!

Here are a couple pictures from this morning's activities.  We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange so everyone was busy all morning.  Avi was wearing one of the dress-up hats and then added a second one.  So cute.  In the last picture I was just taking a picture of Avi's stack of ice cream and she started ginning all over the place.  What a cutie!!

Avi - 12/1/2017

Avilene ate a large serving of oatmeal and ate applesauce for breakfast.  For lunch she ate hamburger stew with meat, carrots, green beans, and potatoes.  Maybe a bite or two of dinner roll and ate her apricots.  Hudson was already at the breakfast table when Daddy Andy was going out the door and Bubba looked at Avi and said, "Bye Daddy, bye Daddy!"  Those two know how to push each other's buttons!  And it's pretty much 50/50 who is the instigator!!

Also at the breakfast table Hudson asked Avi; "What'd you do last night?"  She said, "Ride on carousel!"  (of course)  Hudson said, "And play soccer?"  Avi said, "Yes, play soccer."  LOL!  I roared!  It was so cute and I love it!

In the first picture Avi was sitting in the chair and Hudson was piling lots of toys around her.  Under the blankets there are a stack of sea creatures and frogs.  On top of those are lots of books and then blankets covering it all up!  Earlier, Hudson had made a stack of all the stuffed animals and then was guarding it!  Avi had grabbed a stuffed frog off his pile and was running for her life with Bubba in hot pursuit!  (Yelling!)

Last two pictures:  Hudson announced; "It's night night time everyone!  Lay down on your pillows!"  My first thought; This won't fly!  But it worked and everyone played along.  Hudson was tucking in Avi and saying, "Good night sweetie."  Atley followed suit and Nora lay down with her head on a pillow as well, but Hudson was goofing around and she left before he put a blanket on her.  :)  In the last picture Hudson and Avi were playing a cute game of hide-n-seek with rules modified to their own liking!  It sounded like this; "I'm hiding!"  "Do you want me to count?"  "No."  "Well I want to."  "Go back in the igloo."  "You found me!"  "I'm gonna find you now."  "I'm gonna count again."