Mia ate kix cereal and mixed fruit for breakfast. For lunch she ate some ham, bites of toast, ate corn, and mandarin oranges.
Mia was the only one here today, but she stayed engaged most of the morning playing with toys and looking at lots of books. We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange so it was all new stuff for her and the first thing she did was empty the book rack into the big chair, then sat in the chair and read. Later, I read lots more books to her.
She also played with lots of food toys and bringing me lots of bites of food. I saw the picture on Facebook of her new kitchen set so I'm sure you all have been getting lots of bites of food too!
I was talking to Lauralea this morning about a party we are going to attend tonight. Lauralea wanted to know who was coming to the party and asked me, "Who's coming?" Mia was playing at the sink, but heard the question and yelled out, "Santa Claus!!" Ohhh, I laughed so hard! That was perfect! :)
Like I said she's the only one here today and I wish I had a dollar for every time she asked, "Where'd Cooper go?" Where's Cooper at?" I answered "The Farm" every time. So when she asked I would then ask her where he was at. She'd say, "Ahhh, the farm!" :) One of the times she answered, "Night night!" :) Then another time she asked, "Where'd Cooper go?" "Where'd Riley go?" "Where'd Jamie (their mom) go?" "Where'd Pat (Nora's dad) go?" Which really made me laugh because she never did ask where Nora was at! She just asked about Pat!
I wish everyone a Happy New Year and we'll start the blog back up when Mia returns from Texas!
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
12/20/2013
Mia ate oatmeal and dried plums for breakfast. For lunch she ate half of her hash brown casserole, bites of biscuit, and ate mandarin oranges.
Sorry to talk publicly about your poop Mia, but here goes: She was kind of upset about something and then she had a large poop so I kind of figured she was just uncomfortable and this would help! And she did much better, but then started 'cranking' again! After lunch and right before nap she had another large poop! Geez, no wonder she was uncomfortable this morning!
When she was feeling uncomfortable she didn't want anyone close to her, but then she wanted to be close to them! Back and forth it went. She went into the igloo and pulled the yellow bench across the front of the entrance so Cooper couldn't join her in there! (Actually he can easily move the bench, but I helped honor her request by not allowing him too.) :)
These masks have been in this two-week toy exchange, but on one hardly played with them until about Wednesday or yesterday and now everyone is playing with them! This picture is Mia wearing the Grandma mask (from Little Red Riding Hood story) and giving Cooper a close-up look!
Riley and Nora were having a major argument (Until I distracted them with watching the daycare Christmas video) about who Cooper belongs to. :) "My Buddy!" "No! My Buddy!" And on it went and Mia joined the happy crew too! "My Buddy!" :)
We watched the Daycare DVD this morning and all the kids loved it! However, there was one place that it skipped forward (it said something about "damage"), but I think it was a disk problem. Those are all new disks, but if anyone else has that problem we'll just burn you a new disk and see if that solves it.
I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! And a reminder that the next Journal entry will be on Thursday, December 26th. Love you all!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
12/19/2013
Mia ate a bite of french bread and ate cantaloupe for breakfast. For lunch she ate turkey, crescent roll, green beans, and two servings of dried mangoes.
Riley and Mia found a new hole to peek through. Cooper soon came by, started shaking the bench, and they yelled at him for the "umpteenth" time this morning! :)
Every day after nap time I use a little laptop to enter the attendance for the Food Program. This daily ritual only takes a couple of minutes. (It takes longer for the computer to start up and open the online program.) Riley says, "Food Gram!" Mia says, "Foo Gram!" (Food Program!)
I have to tell you what happened when I was laying on the floor for a minute this morning. First, I rarely lay on the floor; primarily because they all pile on Gary and mayhem ensues! :) This morning Mia said, "Teeth teeth teeth!" They like to look in my mouth at gold crowns (4) and a gold bridge! So everyone is peering in there and Nora was behind my head looking in. I couldn't see her very well and didn't notice she was about to sneeze! Into my open mouth! The fun never ends! I did leap to my feet pretty fast for an old fella! :)
Mia snuggled with Lauralea before anyone else came. Then she played with the food toys, read some books, and played a lot with the dolls and blankets. We did some coloring on coffee filters and then sprayed them with water to watch the colors run a bit. Mia started squealing when I started spraying the pictures with water. :)
Riley and Mia found a new hole to peek through. Cooper soon came by, started shaking the bench, and they yelled at him for the "umpteenth" time this morning! :)
Every day after nap time I use a little laptop to enter the attendance for the Food Program. This daily ritual only takes a couple of minutes. (It takes longer for the computer to start up and open the online program.) Riley says, "Food Gram!" Mia says, "Foo Gram!" (Food Program!)
I have to tell you what happened when I was laying on the floor for a minute this morning. First, I rarely lay on the floor; primarily because they all pile on Gary and mayhem ensues! :) This morning Mia said, "Teeth teeth teeth!" They like to look in my mouth at gold crowns (4) and a gold bridge! So everyone is peering in there and Nora was behind my head looking in. I couldn't see her very well and didn't notice she was about to sneeze! Into my open mouth! The fun never ends! I did leap to my feet pretty fast for an old fella! :)
Mia snuggled with Lauralea before anyone else came. Then she played with the food toys, read some books, and played a lot with the dolls and blankets. We did some coloring on coffee filters and then sprayed them with water to watch the colors run a bit. Mia started squealing when I started spraying the pictures with water. :)
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
12/18/2013
Mia ate most of her whole wheat toast and ate mixed berries for breakfast. For lunch she ate ham, crackers, bean & bacon soup, and kiwi.
Riley was so funny to watch at the breakfast table. She was totally mesmerized watching Mia eat the mixed berries and she couldn't quit watching the show! Riley kept saying, "Oh oh, oh oh!" And I'd say, "That's ok, it's basically how she eats!" :) The berry juice stains everything and Mia was leaving a trail everywhere; on her face, her bib, the table, etc. And Riley was pointing to it all! Mia didn't care; she was too busy eating! :)
The temperature was so nice this morning and the kids had lots of fun outside! The main activity was eating ice and what little snow they could find. And Mia was also willingly eating some pieces that Nora was feeding her! Silly kids!
They also tried to play with the sleds, but that was only causing them grief, so I eventually put the sleds away until we get some more snow. Nora was pulling an empty sled around the yard, but Cooper and Mia couldn't resist trying to get a ride. :)
Mia was covering her head with her blanket first thing this morning and then whipping it off and saying, "Boo!" to Cooper. He thought she was being hilarious. He has the cutest chuckle! And the girls were playing their "run from Cooper" game again. They were saying, "Here come Cooper; hide Cooper, hide Cooper!" He was busy rolling around on the mattress with the big bears and didn't even notice what they were doing. :)
Riley was so funny to watch at the breakfast table. She was totally mesmerized watching Mia eat the mixed berries and she couldn't quit watching the show! Riley kept saying, "Oh oh, oh oh!" And I'd say, "That's ok, it's basically how she eats!" :) The berry juice stains everything and Mia was leaving a trail everywhere; on her face, her bib, the table, etc. And Riley was pointing to it all! Mia didn't care; she was too busy eating! :)
The temperature was so nice this morning and the kids had lots of fun outside! The main activity was eating ice and what little snow they could find. And Mia was also willingly eating some pieces that Nora was feeding her! Silly kids!
They also tried to play with the sleds, but that was only causing them grief, so I eventually put the sleds away until we get some more snow. Nora was pulling an empty sled around the yard, but Cooper and Mia couldn't resist trying to get a ride. :)
Mia was covering her head with her blanket first thing this morning and then whipping it off and saying, "Boo!" to Cooper. He thought she was being hilarious. He has the cutest chuckle! And the girls were playing their "run from Cooper" game again. They were saying, "Here come Cooper; hide Cooper, hide Cooper!" He was busy rolling around on the mattress with the big bears and didn't even notice what they were doing. :)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
12/17/2013
Mia ate whole wheat bagel and half of her dried apricots for breakfast. For lunch she ate half of her chicken, and most of her elbow noodles topped with shredded cheese, most of her peas, and most of her applesauce.
Micala took this picture yesterday after nap time. (Well, Riley was still sleeping, but these guys were awake!) I'd been snuggling Mia and Nora and Cooper wanted up too. Look at Nora's reaction. Cooper climbs up and does some loving "forehead bumps" with me.
This is a picture of Mia doing some cleaning. The yellow bottle is her 'squirt bottle' and then she vigorously scrubs with the cloth she's holding. It's very cute and sometimes they'll clean the table, toys, window sill, walls, blocks, basically everything! :) Nora started the cleaning routine this morning.
Here's an incident that made Lauralea and I roar with laughter first thing this morning. Cooper was inside the "Cooper Cave" we'd made with building blocks. And the easiest way for him to get out was give the block "wall" a big shove. It kind of landed on Nora and a little bit on Mia. Mia wasn't going to cry until Nora started howling and that made Nora even more mad! Nora stopped in the middle of her cry and yelled at Mia; "NO!! MY OWIE!!" :)
We read lots of special Christmas books this morning; I think I counted 14. (Even Cooper sat for the entire reading.) And Mia was still not satisfied! "More books, more books!" Love it!!
Nora and Mia were sitting in the chair talking on their phones and reading books. Mia was holding her phone up to Nora's ear and saying, "Riley-Cooper!" That's how Mia frequently says it; it's their hyphenated name! :)
Micala took this picture yesterday after nap time. (Well, Riley was still sleeping, but these guys were awake!) I'd been snuggling Mia and Nora and Cooper wanted up too. Look at Nora's reaction. Cooper climbs up and does some loving "forehead bumps" with me.
This is a picture of Mia doing some cleaning. The yellow bottle is her 'squirt bottle' and then she vigorously scrubs with the cloth she's holding. It's very cute and sometimes they'll clean the table, toys, window sill, walls, blocks, basically everything! :) Nora started the cleaning routine this morning.
Here's an incident that made Lauralea and I roar with laughter first thing this morning. Cooper was inside the "Cooper Cave" we'd made with building blocks. And the easiest way for him to get out was give the block "wall" a big shove. It kind of landed on Nora and a little bit on Mia. Mia wasn't going to cry until Nora started howling and that made Nora even more mad! Nora stopped in the middle of her cry and yelled at Mia; "NO!! MY OWIE!!" :)
We read lots of special Christmas books this morning; I think I counted 14. (Even Cooper sat for the entire reading.) And Mia was still not satisfied! "More books, more books!" Love it!!
Nora and Mia were sitting in the chair talking on their phones and reading books. Mia was holding her phone up to Nora's ear and saying, "Riley-Cooper!" That's how Mia frequently says it; it's their hyphenated name! :)
Monday, December 16, 2013
12/16/2013
Mia ate half of her breakfast: bran cereal and dried cranberries. For lunch she ate half of cheese pizza, art corn, and tropical fruit.
This picture was taken Friday afternoon, but I thought I'd include it anyhow! A doll shirt is what Mia has on her head and she's carrying her doll. She tried pretty hard to get her head through that little hole!
This morning she was playing with the dolls again and was following Nora's lead and changing their baby's diapers. Nora yelled, "Baby poop Gary, baby poop!" Ok, change your babies. Mia had her's standing on it's head. :)
Cooper was trying hard to drive Nora and Mia nuts this morning and he was being fairly successful! He was right in the middle of their play or trying to take their toys. The girls were playing in the big box (the one in the picture above) and Cooper dove in head first (his usual approach). He happened to land right on Nora and she was not impressed at all! :)
Mia played with the dress-up clothes (especially the work boots), dolls and blankets, phone, sets of keys, singing time, story time, and decorating Christmas Tree ornaments at art time. After art time she and Nora went to the big room and started doing "Row Row."
This picture was taken Friday afternoon, but I thought I'd include it anyhow! A doll shirt is what Mia has on her head and she's carrying her doll. She tried pretty hard to get her head through that little hole!
This morning she was playing with the dolls again and was following Nora's lead and changing their baby's diapers. Nora yelled, "Baby poop Gary, baby poop!" Ok, change your babies. Mia had her's standing on it's head. :)
Cooper was trying hard to drive Nora and Mia nuts this morning and he was being fairly successful! He was right in the middle of their play or trying to take their toys. The girls were playing in the big box (the one in the picture above) and Cooper dove in head first (his usual approach). He happened to land right on Nora and she was not impressed at all! :)
Mia played with the dress-up clothes (especially the work boots), dolls and blankets, phone, sets of keys, singing time, story time, and decorating Christmas Tree ornaments at art time. After art time she and Nora went to the big room and started doing "Row Row."
Friday, December 13, 2013
12/13/2013
Well I could tell by her eating this morning that she's not back to feeling 100% yet! :) For breakfast she had a few bites of malt-o-meal cereal and ate most of her raisins. She ate maybe a third of her lunch; baked beans, dinner roll, peas, and pineapple.
I took this picture because all four kids were hanging out in the toy shelf. Nora doesn't like to be in tight quarters like this and you can see in the picture she is leaving! So I kept the picture even though Mia's eyes are closed. :) For Mommy and Daddy; just in case the vest doesn't look familiar that is some of the dress-up clothes Mia was playing with!
After Mommy dropped her off I asked Mia; Where do you puke at? (And I'm thinking "bucket" would be a good answer!) Mia said, "Mommy's house!!" LOL!! That's a way better answer than I was thinking of Mia!! :)
Riley has the sweetest little heart! Mia had crashed and Riley laughed pretty hard. Then she realized that it must have hurt a little just by looking at Mia's face. (She wasn't crying) Riley quit laughing, went over and took off Mia's dress-up boot, pulled up her pant-leg and asked, "Right here?" Mia said, "yes," and so Riley kissed her leg. It was all so cute and sweet and Riley was totally sincere.
We got out some special Christmas books yesterday when Mia was sick and she read lots of those today. She also played with the food toys and wrapped up her babies with Riley. At art time we did some gluing of Christmas pictures I cut off old Christmas cards. Mia hung in there for a few minutes, but soon became bored and said, "I wanna go play!" :)
I took this picture because all four kids were hanging out in the toy shelf. Nora doesn't like to be in tight quarters like this and you can see in the picture she is leaving! So I kept the picture even though Mia's eyes are closed. :) For Mommy and Daddy; just in case the vest doesn't look familiar that is some of the dress-up clothes Mia was playing with!
After Mommy dropped her off I asked Mia; Where do you puke at? (And I'm thinking "bucket" would be a good answer!) Mia said, "Mommy's house!!" LOL!! That's a way better answer than I was thinking of Mia!! :)
Riley has the sweetest little heart! Mia had crashed and Riley laughed pretty hard. Then she realized that it must have hurt a little just by looking at Mia's face. (She wasn't crying) Riley quit laughing, went over and took off Mia's dress-up boot, pulled up her pant-leg and asked, "Right here?" Mia said, "yes," and so Riley kissed her leg. It was all so cute and sweet and Riley was totally sincere.
We got out some special Christmas books yesterday when Mia was sick and she read lots of those today. She also played with the food toys and wrapped up her babies with Riley. At art time we did some gluing of Christmas pictures I cut off old Christmas cards. Mia hung in there for a few minutes, but soon became bored and said, "I wanna go play!" :)
Thursday, December 12, 2013
12/12/2013
Anyone searching for Mia's journal today; she is home sick! Hopefully she'll be back tomorrow! :)
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
12/11/2013
Mia ate three servings of biscuits and two servings of peaches for breakfast. For lunch she ate ground beef with spaghetti sauce, most of her elbow noodles, ate lettuce salad, and fruit cocktail.
I'm including two pictures from the Santa encounter yesterday afternoon. (Momma Darcy was here with us and it was fun to have one of the parents here.) In this picture Riley and Mia are watching Santa put on the final pieces of the suit.
And then it was time to sit on Santa's lap. I have several pictures I'll include on the disk I'm attempting to put together for Christmas. Lauralea helped me video the kids singing 6 Christmas songs and it turned out real cute.
The girls were doing their running and "hiding" from Cooper again today. It didn't faze him at all (totally ignored what they were doing) so the game evolved into the girls taking turns "hiding" in the igloo and the other two girls chanting the name of the one in the igloo. Very cute.
There was one time this morning I was giving Mia instructions (redirecting her and she wasn't real thrilled about it) and she was looking at me like she didn't have a clue. :) So later I was doing an experiment! (Just for kicks; I already know how much she understands language!) It involved a two-step set of instructions and she nailed it! :)
I'm including two pictures from the Santa encounter yesterday afternoon. (Momma Darcy was here with us and it was fun to have one of the parents here.) In this picture Riley and Mia are watching Santa put on the final pieces of the suit.
And then it was time to sit on Santa's lap. I have several pictures I'll include on the disk I'm attempting to put together for Christmas. Lauralea helped me video the kids singing 6 Christmas songs and it turned out real cute.
The girls were doing their running and "hiding" from Cooper again today. It didn't faze him at all (totally ignored what they were doing) so the game evolved into the girls taking turns "hiding" in the igloo and the other two girls chanting the name of the one in the igloo. Very cute.
There was one time this morning I was giving Mia instructions (redirecting her and she wasn't real thrilled about it) and she was looking at me like she didn't have a clue. :) So later I was doing an experiment! (Just for kicks; I already know how much she understands language!) It involved a two-step set of instructions and she nailed it! :)
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
12/10/2013
Mia ate two servings of waffle and ate hash browns for breakfast. For lunch she ate most of her beef & cheese quesadilla, ate carrots, and oranges.
Mia was following Riley's lead and playing with the tools. (There's a hole in the corner of the yellow bench that the drill fits into.) If Riley will get engaged with the toys, Mia will almost always do the same.
The kids decorated another big piece of paper at art time. So we have our backdrop for pictures with Santa today. I've been telling the kids that Santa is letting Lauralea use some of his clothes. And she's going to let them watch her put them on, so we'll see how that all goes. That will be this afternoon about 4:00.
The girls were soooo funny this morning running and "hiding" from Cooper! They were running around the table and saying, "Hide hide hide; Cooper Cooper Bubba Cooper!" He was sitting on the mattress laughing and watching them. Then later they were doing it again, but this time going in the igloo saying the same thing! Except now he was playing under the climber and not even aware they were running from him. :)
Riley and Mia were also building tall towers with all of the building blocks. And they were proud of what they'd accomplished. "Look Gary, Look!" And they were also playing with the dress-up clothes again and saying "bye!" Mia said they were going to "Riley's farm!"
Mia was following Riley's lead and playing with the tools. (There's a hole in the corner of the yellow bench that the drill fits into.) If Riley will get engaged with the toys, Mia will almost always do the same.
The kids decorated another big piece of paper at art time. So we have our backdrop for pictures with Santa today. I've been telling the kids that Santa is letting Lauralea use some of his clothes. And she's going to let them watch her put them on, so we'll see how that all goes. That will be this afternoon about 4:00.
The girls were soooo funny this morning running and "hiding" from Cooper! They were running around the table and saying, "Hide hide hide; Cooper Cooper Bubba Cooper!" He was sitting on the mattress laughing and watching them. Then later they were doing it again, but this time going in the igloo saying the same thing! Except now he was playing under the climber and not even aware they were running from him. :)
Riley and Mia were also building tall towers with all of the building blocks. And they were proud of what they'd accomplished. "Look Gary, Look!" And they were also playing with the dress-up clothes again and saying "bye!" Mia said they were going to "Riley's farm!"
Monday, December 9, 2013
12/9/2013
Mia ate most of her cheerios and bites of banana for breakfast. For lunch she had bites of cheese sandwich, drank tomato soup, and ate apple pieces.
Santa Claus is going to be here tomorrow afternoon about 4:00 and we decorated some blue paper to have in the background for Santa pictures. And tomorrow's art work will be more of the same. :) You can see they covered the paper pretty well with the stickers. I'd sometimes point to empty spots.
We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange and Mia looked at the books before anything else. She also played with the shakers, phones, cups, dolls and blankets.
I thought you might get a kick out of this picture of Cooper diving in the Big Box. Notice that Mia is watching his performance. The Big Box is a place for the "older" kids to play without the babies bugging them. This picture proves that no place is safe from Cooper anymore! How do you like his approach? And it happens REALLY fast! So I decided to "bait" the box with those yellow shakers you can see and I had the camera ready. :)
I guess I frequently call Cooper "Cooper Boy!" Mia said, "Hi Cooper Boy!" Then it was; "Hi Gary Boy!" It was very cute and made us laugh!
Santa Claus is going to be here tomorrow afternoon about 4:00 and we decorated some blue paper to have in the background for Santa pictures. And tomorrow's art work will be more of the same. :) You can see they covered the paper pretty well with the stickers. I'd sometimes point to empty spots.
We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange and Mia looked at the books before anything else. She also played with the shakers, phones, cups, dolls and blankets.
I thought you might get a kick out of this picture of Cooper diving in the Big Box. Notice that Mia is watching his performance. The Big Box is a place for the "older" kids to play without the babies bugging them. This picture proves that no place is safe from Cooper anymore! How do you like his approach? And it happens REALLY fast! So I decided to "bait" the box with those yellow shakers you can see and I had the camera ready. :)
I guess I frequently call Cooper "Cooper Boy!" Mia said, "Hi Cooper Boy!" Then it was; "Hi Gary Boy!" It was very cute and made us laugh!
Friday, December 6, 2013
12/6/2013
Mia ate oatmeal and two servings of dried cranberries for breakfast. For lunch she ate everything: ground beef, elbow noodles topped with shredded cheese, peas, and applesauce.
I taped some tubes on the legos table (Jamie's idea) and the kids liked doing something different; dropping the pieces through! It's nap time and the tubes are still in place! I didn't expect them to last for one hour!
All three of the girls found a new place for their puppies to take a nap. This was Riley's idea and Mia and Nora picked right up on it. They started saying "puppy night night!" When they grew tired of that game they were grabbing each other's hands through the hole.
The primary game this morning was "Bye bye Gary!" They were sitting on the blocks we'd built in a long line and traveling somewhere. And with their dress-up shoes on! Then Nora was also laying on the floor asking Mia to help her up. So Mia wrapped her arms around Nora and got her up and that evolved into a hugging session. It was so cute and sweet. And something of a rarity between those two girls! With the goodbye hugs being the exception. :)
The iPod has at least 350 children's songs on it and an additional few that are just fast tempo. One this morning was going "You gotta move it, move it, You gotta move it.." Not sure, but I think it's from an exercise tape; anyhow Mia yells, "Move It!" :)
I taped some tubes on the legos table (Jamie's idea) and the kids liked doing something different; dropping the pieces through! It's nap time and the tubes are still in place! I didn't expect them to last for one hour!
All three of the girls found a new place for their puppies to take a nap. This was Riley's idea and Mia and Nora picked right up on it. They started saying "puppy night night!" When they grew tired of that game they were grabbing each other's hands through the hole.
The primary game this morning was "Bye bye Gary!" They were sitting on the blocks we'd built in a long line and traveling somewhere. And with their dress-up shoes on! Then Nora was also laying on the floor asking Mia to help her up. So Mia wrapped her arms around Nora and got her up and that evolved into a hugging session. It was so cute and sweet. And something of a rarity between those two girls! With the goodbye hugs being the exception. :)
The iPod has at least 350 children's songs on it and an additional few that are just fast tempo. One this morning was going "You gotta move it, move it, You gotta move it.." Not sure, but I think it's from an exercise tape; anyhow Mia yells, "Move It!" :)
Thursday, December 5, 2013
12/5/2013
Mia ate two servings of raisin english muffin and ate blueberries for breakfast. For lunch she ate turkey sandwich, green beans, and kiwi.
Darcy, I know you were concerned this morning about what kind of day Mia was going to have. She actually had a good morning; much better than yesterday! She didn't act too tired, but around 10:00 she had some struggles getting a big poop out and after that she was a happy camper. Sorry Mia to discuss your pooping in a public forum! :) Such are the indignities in the life of a two year old!
She and Riley were doing some wrestling on the mattress and it was so stinking cute! They rolled and wrestled around for probably ten minutes and giggling the whole time. When we had our Group Home (12 kids) we really couldn't let them wrestle too much because it always escalated out of control. But with 4 kids it's different. And there's no adult supervision now! Hee hee! Don't tell anyone!
Mia also did lots of jumping on the mattress. She participated in lots of singing, dancing, and story time. I've mentioned this before, but I'll frequently let them finish the last word or two in a sentence to see how much they know the book and it keeps them engaged too. She could do lots of the words in "Frosty the Snowman."
Mia was sitting in the chair and Nora got hurt and started crying. Mia jumped right out of the chair and went over to give her a love. It was very sweet. (Nora was more mad than hurt and she didn't want Mia to touch her, but it was still a sweet gesture.) Good job Mia.
Darcy, I know you were concerned this morning about what kind of day Mia was going to have. She actually had a good morning; much better than yesterday! She didn't act too tired, but around 10:00 she had some struggles getting a big poop out and after that she was a happy camper. Sorry Mia to discuss your pooping in a public forum! :) Such are the indignities in the life of a two year old!
She and Riley were doing some wrestling on the mattress and it was so stinking cute! They rolled and wrestled around for probably ten minutes and giggling the whole time. When we had our Group Home (12 kids) we really couldn't let them wrestle too much because it always escalated out of control. But with 4 kids it's different. And there's no adult supervision now! Hee hee! Don't tell anyone!
Mia also did lots of jumping on the mattress. She participated in lots of singing, dancing, and story time. I've mentioned this before, but I'll frequently let them finish the last word or two in a sentence to see how much they know the book and it keeps them engaged too. She could do lots of the words in "Frosty the Snowman."
Mia was sitting in the chair and Nora got hurt and started crying. Mia jumped right out of the chair and went over to give her a love. It was very sweet. (Nora was more mad than hurt and she didn't want Mia to touch her, but it was still a sweet gesture.) Good job Mia.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
12/4/2013
Mia ate half of her jelly toast and ate dried mangoes for breakfast. For lunch she ate bean & beef burrito, two servings of sweet potatoes, and ate tropical fruit.
We covered the table with paper and put paint shirts on the kids and they had fun painting. So I thought you'd enjoy a picture of everyone at the table. (This was Cooper's first time with this activity and he did great.)
Mia read lots of books this morning and then she and Riley were sitting side-by-side reading and it transitioned into a kind of "chanting." :) Mia was mimicking everything Riley said and did.
Mia was yelling because Cooper was crawling into the chair where she was reading and pestering her. So I moved him to the big box and got him distracted in playing with something else. Within two minutes Mia had moved into the box with him and within another minute was yelling at him again. Geez! Perfect example of Infant-Toddler behavior and logic; or lack thereof! :)
Mia wanted to snuggle a lot this morning so Lauralea was snuggling her while I was finishing up the food for the day. Lauralea asked her, "Do you like Gary?" Mia said, "Yeah! And Lauralea like Gary!" :)
Before anyone else arrived this morning Mia was reading books and she was asking herself; "One more time?" Then answer; "Yeah!" Next book; "Read again?" Answer; "Yeah!" Very cute! :) She was just checking to see if she really wanted to read them twice!
We covered the table with paper and put paint shirts on the kids and they had fun painting. So I thought you'd enjoy a picture of everyone at the table. (This was Cooper's first time with this activity and he did great.)
Mia read lots of books this morning and then she and Riley were sitting side-by-side reading and it transitioned into a kind of "chanting." :) Mia was mimicking everything Riley said and did.
Mia was yelling because Cooper was crawling into the chair where she was reading and pestering her. So I moved him to the big box and got him distracted in playing with something else. Within two minutes Mia had moved into the box with him and within another minute was yelling at him again. Geez! Perfect example of Infant-Toddler behavior and logic; or lack thereof! :)
Mia wanted to snuggle a lot this morning so Lauralea was snuggling her while I was finishing up the food for the day. Lauralea asked her, "Do you like Gary?" Mia said, "Yeah! And Lauralea like Gary!" :)
Before anyone else arrived this morning Mia was reading books and she was asking herself; "One more time?" Then answer; "Yeah!" Next book; "Read again?" Answer; "Yeah!" Very cute! :) She was just checking to see if she really wanted to read them twice!
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
12/3/2013
Mia had two servings of breakfast: cinnamon roll and dried plums. For lunch she ate half of her scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon bits, and cheese combo, ate waffle, and most of her cantaloupe.
Lauralea was reading a book she'd brought home about a Christmas Bear. The kids were loving it and especially the part where Lauralea was pretending to cry. :) Mia was mimicking the crying and then mimicking the "Shhhh" sound.
The three girls were doing their "Hide hide hide!" thing again and this (picture) is where they were "hiding" from Cooper. He'd been pulling Nora and Mia's hair so I had him blockaded on the other side of the room. Which made their "hiding" a bit easier. :)
Mia played her "Bye!" game again this morning. This has been one of her (and all three girls) favorite games lately. They put on dress-up clothes, or just shoes, and start waving and saying, "Bye!" I love this age when they start doing all kinds of different 'dramatic' play; reenacting different scenarios they see in their daily lives.
Lauralea said, "I have to go fix me some breakfast!" Riley said, "With you! Some cheese?" :) So Lauralea and Riley brought some cheese out and all four kids lined up like little birdies getting their bites. Another one of Mia's favorite activities!! :)
Lauralea was reading a book she'd brought home about a Christmas Bear. The kids were loving it and especially the part where Lauralea was pretending to cry. :) Mia was mimicking the crying and then mimicking the "Shhhh" sound.
The three girls were doing their "Hide hide hide!" thing again and this (picture) is where they were "hiding" from Cooper. He'd been pulling Nora and Mia's hair so I had him blockaded on the other side of the room. Which made their "hiding" a bit easier. :)
Mia played her "Bye!" game again this morning. This has been one of her (and all three girls) favorite games lately. They put on dress-up clothes, or just shoes, and start waving and saying, "Bye!" I love this age when they start doing all kinds of different 'dramatic' play; reenacting different scenarios they see in their daily lives.
Lauralea said, "I have to go fix me some breakfast!" Riley said, "With you! Some cheese?" :) So Lauralea and Riley brought some cheese out and all four kids lined up like little birdies getting their bites. Another one of Mia's favorite activities!! :)
Monday, December 2, 2013
12/2/2013
Mia ate most of her breakfast: Kix cereal and mixed fruit. For lunch she ate ham sandwich, peas, and three servings of mandarin oranges.
Lauralea was sitting in her chair and Riley wanted Lauralea to hold her like a baby and she was all curled up. :) The other two girls saw that and wanted a turn so here's a picture when Mia was getting a turn snuggling. (I had just stole Mia's binky to take this picture and that's what she's looking for!)
Here's a picture of Mia and Nora playing with the airplanes. They like filling them up with the little people. (Which fit pretty tight and they usually ask for assistance!) They also played with the food toys at the table while Cooper was being the "center-piece" and pestering them!
I took a picture so you could see our routine when Cooper wakes up! The girls run ahead of me and call out his name while peeking under the door. :) They've been doing this for a long time, I just never thought about showing you a picture.
All three girls were yelling "Hide hide!" and running for the igloo. Cooper wasn't even bugging them at that moment, but I guess they were hiding from him. Then Riley was building tall towers and stacking more blocks around the base of her two towers. She was wanting me to protect her towers from Mia and Cooper. (Mia managed to slip through the blockade once and knock one over.) Riley yelled, "Help me Gary!" :)
Lauralea was sitting in her chair and Riley wanted Lauralea to hold her like a baby and she was all curled up. :) The other two girls saw that and wanted a turn so here's a picture when Mia was getting a turn snuggling. (I had just stole Mia's binky to take this picture and that's what she's looking for!)
Here's a picture of Mia and Nora playing with the airplanes. They like filling them up with the little people. (Which fit pretty tight and they usually ask for assistance!) They also played with the food toys at the table while Cooper was being the "center-piece" and pestering them!
I took a picture so you could see our routine when Cooper wakes up! The girls run ahead of me and call out his name while peeking under the door. :) They've been doing this for a long time, I just never thought about showing you a picture.
All three girls were yelling "Hide hide!" and running for the igloo. Cooper wasn't even bugging them at that moment, but I guess they were hiding from him. Then Riley was building tall towers and stacking more blocks around the base of her two towers. She was wanting me to protect her towers from Mia and Cooper. (Mia managed to slip through the blockade once and knock one over.) Riley yelled, "Help me Gary!" :)
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