10/3/2013

Mia ate two servings of breakfast: cinnamon toast and grapes.  For lunch she ate half of her chicken, half of her dinner roll, ate hash browns, and cherries.  I was eating with them and cutting up a piece of chicken and Mia said, "I wanna bite Gary!"  I pointed to her chicken and said, "You have some right there!"  I had a big piece so maybe she thought it was special!  :)

This is an FYI for Matt and Darcy:  Jamie called after taking her kids to the doctor and Riley has Croup and she will not be here until Monday.  So far Cooper just has a normal cold, but she is also keeping him home today so it's a bit slower around here.  Croup is highly contagious, especially is the early stages, but I'm hoping Mia and Nora can escape it.  Nora is not a very 'oral' child so that helps.  Mia, on the other hand, puts everything in her mouth which makes her more susceptible.  But the Croup virus can be caught from someone coughing and sneezing too and that's been occurring frequently this week.

The girls were sitting and reading books first thing this morning.  One of the cutest things about this picture is they were both reading and singing aloud.  Nora ended up getting upset at Mia because Mia started mimicking the exact same words as Nora.  I really think it was bugging Nora most because Mia had a different book and Nora kept pointing at the book.  It looked like she was saying; "Read from your own stinking book!"

I thought you might enjoy a picture of the meal seating arrangement today.  (This is breakfast.) Opposite sides and opposite corners!  And it worked great!  :)  Nora was still reaching across the table at lunch trying to grab Mia.  However, it's not that easy to distract Mia when she's eating!  This is one activity that definitely holds her attention.  Good job Mia!

We also played outside and the girls was doing the usual: riding a bike to the gate, get off and walk to the patio for another bike, and ride it to the gate.  They parked all four bikes there and then started on the dump trucks and ice cream carts.  Speaking of ice cream, it was kind of chilly outside this morning; about 42 degrees on the patio.  So I had their hoods on and their mittens and they were warm and happy.  :)

The girls were coloring at art time and regardless of the marker Mia grabbed she'd say, "Blue-yellow!" Even with the black marker.  :)  Also, I don't know how many times while she was coloring that she switched hands.  Several times.  She's like a 'switch-hitter!"  And another observation: At this age the kids are not yet doing "representational drawing."  i.e. it's a picture of a "doggie!"  So I said (a poor choice of words), "Draw your face!"  She immediately stuck the marker on her face and made a mark!  Good listening Mia!  Although that's not exactly what I meant!  :)  It was so funny!