11/12/2013

Mia ate two servings of waffle and ate hash browns for breakfast.  So here's what happened after you left her at lunch time Darcy.  She had a hard time calming down and so she relaxed in the big green chair (not crying at all) and twice I told her could join us when she was ready.  She ended up not wanting to eat and she went right to sleep at nap time.  So I just wrapped her plate of food and I'll offer it to her at snack time when she wakes up.  (Rather than just a snack.)

I just wanted to mention something about food serving size.  If you google serving sizes for Toddlers you can get different recommended or required servings sizes.  And then the Federal Food Program (which I participate in) has it's required serving sizes.  They range everywhere from a Tablespoon for every 1 year of age to quarter cups, etc… My servings sizes tend to be a little larger, so if I say they ate half a serving, they are getting plenty of food.

Speaking of food, I asked Mia this morning, "What's your favorite food?"  Her answer; "Dinner!"  Which made me laugh of course.  I also chose not to be offended considering Dinner is the only meal I don't fix for her Monday - Friday!  :)

Here's another picture of the girls reading.  Riley was reading to them and just 'flying' through the books.  (There's a pile of discarded books at her feet that I should have included in the picture.)  She'd open the book, "mumble mumble mumble," toss the book on the floor, ask the other two, "want another book?" and sit there while one of them fetched another book.  And that repeated itself several times.  Very cute.

I laughed yesterday after nap time when Lauralea came out to the daycare room with us.  She'd been downstairs working on filing papers on her day off.  Mia, having just woke from her nap, assumed Lauralea had been napping too!  She saw Lauralea and said, "You wake up Lauralea!?!"  :)

Mia was kind of whining this morning saying, "Want phone, want phone…"  She was literally standing between two phones.  One was on the floor and one was on the table.  So I was thinking how totally aware they are at times and other times so oblivious!  Later….I'm standing in the lunch room looking for my notes and aloud I say, "Where are they!?"  They happened to be right at my elbow!  And the first thought I had was of Mia and the phones!  :)