Mia ate cheerios and banana for breakfast. I guess Nora and Riley forgot over the weekend what it looks like when Mia is eating. They were both pointing at her during breakfast and saying, "Oh oh! Oh oh!" Myself, I thought she was doing pretty good! There were a couple of cheerios on the floor, but most of it was getting in her mouth! :) For lunch she ate half of her cheese sandwich, drank tomato soup, and ate apple pieces.
Nora had pulled Mia's hair and Mia was still whimpering about it and went over and told Riley the whole story. "Nora pull hair!" And she was giving Riley a visual demonstration too! Riley listened intently then leaned forward and kissed Mia's head. It was so sweet! Then, Riley pointed at Nora and said, "Be gentle!" Dang that whole exchange was so stinking cute!
We did a toy and book exchange and Mia played with the dolls and blankets, food toys, school buses, and the pop-up toys which sing songs when you push on them.
Outside, Mia and Riley played with the wagons and were taking turns giving each other rides. They love that game and that's basically what they did all of outside time! Mia will yell "Help me!" every time she barely gets the wagon in a bind. So if it's obvious she can solve it herself I encourage her to do it rather than just 'rescue' her. And she's super good at following directions, i.e., "pull the wagon this way!" Then I always say, "I knew you could do it!" And I've noticed she isn't yelling for help nearly as much. I guess the key is to encourage her when it's obvious she can do it herself or with minimal assistance. We've always called that "Setting them up for success!" :)
When we go outside our routine is for the kids to go to the bench on the patio and put on their shoes. Mia had her shoes on and was trying to help Nora. She was trying hard to help and I thought it was extra cute because Mia had her own shoes on the wrong feet. "Ok! I got mine on; Now I'll help you!"
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