9/25/2014

Mia ate half of whole wheat english muffin and ate blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, crackers, sweet potatoes, and three servings of cherries.  I like how she always asks before trying to drink the "juice" from some food - usually the fruit.  Today it was the cherries; "May I drink my juice?"  Sometimes she'll ask when she still has lots of food on her plate.  Uhhh, that will not work!  :)

I've been telling Lauralea how fun and interesting it is to watch Mia and Cooper read books together, but they usually do it a little later in the morning.  Today they started right after Cooper's family left and Lauralea was video taping some of it to use as an example in a Literacy class she may teach.  Mia was asking Cooper questions and having him point to the answers.

Cooper was almost in tears because Mia didn't want to read the same book over and over and over...guess which one..."Farm Animals" of course.  :)  So I told him to ask Lauralea to read it.  She was getting ready to leave (after several readings of the same book) and told him "this is the last time."  He picked up another book and said, "How 'bout this one?"  :)  Lauralea couldn't resist one more time!!

The puzzle theme is the same as the rest of the toys in this exchange; "farm animals!"  The first puzzle piece Cooper picked up was the "barn!"  He easily did one puzzle that is more difficult - it doesn't have the pictures so they have to go just by the shape.  Mia said, "This is a hard one Gary!" But they both completed it and did so quite easily!

Mia knows I want her to be quiet when she's going potty and Baby Elliott is sleeping and she'll "tip-toe" past his room.  Today she was sneaking quietly past his room and decided I needed to know about it so she yelled;  "Hey Gary!!  I'm going tip-toe!!"   LOL   Oh good job Mia; thank you for being quiet!