8/6/2013

Mia ate two servings of blueberry waffles and ate pears.  I noticed at lunch time the back of her hair has a bit of syrup from breakfast in it.  :)  For lunch she ate bites of tuna and ate her crackers, ate sweet potatoes, and two servings of oranges.

We did a toy and book exchange and Mia was very engaged in looking at everything, but as soon as Lauralea sat down to put on some makeup Mia was right there!!  :)

Riley joined them for a minute or two, but it was mostly Nora and Mia reading the books.  Nora obviously spotted something in Mia's book that she liked.  I love her expression in this picture!

I took this picture because Mia had just yelled at Nora for taking one of the books; like she had none to spare!  Look at the stack of books beside her lap!  They read books like this for at least 15 - 20 minutes!  After the picture was taken they switched places and Nora was sitting in the chair.  She patted the arm of the chair for Mia to sit down.  So Mia crawls up there and does the sign for "thank you!"  It was so cute and funny!

Mia was at the window waving bye to Pat (Nora's dad) and she said, "Bye Patty!!"  Cracked us up!

I teach the kids the sign language for "move back!" when someone is in their personal space, rather than just screaming.  This morning Mia yelled at baby Cooper (who was getting her toys), "Move back Bubba!!"  :)

Mia totally gets Nora's methods of communication!  The pointing, patting, head nodding, and the "uh uh uh uh!"  And she frequently responds to what Nora wants; like switching reading spots in the above story and picture.  Outside Nora was wanting Mia to teeter-totter with her and she went through all the pointing, patting, and head nodding.  :)  And Mia joined her.