7/2/2013

Mia ate most of her whole wheat bagel and half of her dried apricots for breakfast.  She and Riley also ate several bites of Lauralea's toast before Lauralea left.  :)  For lunch she ate chicken, whole wheat elbow noodles with peas and cheese, and applesauce.

Here's Lauralea putting on some make-up before leaving.  I wonder if this will become the morning ritual or if she'll move to another location!?  I like how Cooper's getting in on the action.

And this picture: well Mia's hair was falling out and into her eyes so here's my first attempt this week of putting her pony back together.  It is more like a 'whale spout,' but at least it's out of her eyes.  She looks like she's saying, "Hurry up and take the picture; the sun is bright!"  :)  

They had fun outside playing in the wagons, on the bikes, picking up little apples and putting them in the garbage can, pointing out dandelions for me to dig, and chasing bubbles.  If it gets much hotter I don't know if we'll go outside this afternoon!

When Mia was waving bye to mommy at the window this morning she was trying to get Riley to hold her binky so she could blow mommy kisses.  Riley just kind of looked at her like, 'no thanks!'  :)

7/1/2013

Mia ate most of her breakfast: bran cereal and dried cranberries.  For lunch she ate cheese pizza, most of her corn, and ate tropical fruit.

Mia had a good morning even though it was obviously different than it's been.  Nora is still on vacation so it's just Mia, Riley, and Cooper this week.  All three of them were awesome this morning!  :)

Mia and Riley were both playing with the dress-up clothes and Mia kept bringing this head-band for me to put on her.  There is a robe that matches it.  Whenever Riley got some slippers to put on Mia would grab a robe or this headband.

And here are Mia and Riley doing some more side-by-side or parallel play.  They each had a book to read and this is where they chose to do their reading.  Mia had all the books out of the book rack and a big pile beside her.

I took a picture of Lauralea leaving for her first day at her new job.  Mia was saying, "cheese! cheese!" We got a kick out of that.

Riley's nose was running and every time I'd wipe it Mia would say, "Wanna blow, wanna blow!" and then she'd blow her nose.  Silly girl.  She also went into the bathroom with Riley and I and sat and watched Riley's routine in going potty.  (Just FYI; Riley is doing this younger than most!)

Mia ate english muffin and blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken and crackers, sweet potatoes, and two servings of canned cherries.

Here is a picture of Mia first thing this morning wearing one of the dress-up robes.  :)  In the background you can see Thomas in the igloo and Riley on the chair.

Here's a picture of Nora and Mia having fun banging their feet against the changing table.  You can see Mia's feet are in mid-air.  They were quite amused with themselves.  :)

Yesterday afternoon and this morning Nora and Mia spent lots of time playing with the swivel-rocker in the back room.  This is really the first time Nora has enjoyed being in the chair.  She was laughing during the ride and Mia was pushing as fast as her little legs could go.  For at least 20 minutes each time.  Then when Mia would stop Nora would tap the arm of the chair and signal "Let's Go!!"

RaeAhnna was at the window waving bye and yelled, "Bye Robin!"  So Mia joined her and was yelling, "Bye Wa-bin, Bye Wa-bin!!"  :)  Then Mia was covering Rae with a blanket and saying-singing, "Good-a-night baby, good-a-night baby.."

Mia ate a biscuit and three servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate baked beans, dinner roll, peas, and two servings of pineapple.

This picture was taken yesterday afternoon when we came inside because of the rain.  We'd made this "cubby" for them to walk into and then the side closed-up.  They were taking turns and then peering over the edge at each other.

Thomas was playing with the food toys and had the table all set up and then he started singing, "Happy birthday to Mia!"  It was pretty cute and Mia's face lit up like a light bulb.

Mia was doing her morning ritual and sitting on the couch between Lauralea and I and then when we'd go do something she'd pat the couch.  "Hey, come back and sit right here!"

She played with the dress-up clothes and was pretty fascinated by the race car slippers.  :)  She also played with the musical keyboards, read some books, and shuffled the legos in the drawer.  She and Nora piled lots of legos on the legos table.

Mia ate most of her breakfast: waffle and hash browns.  For lunch she ate shrimp, brown rice, three servings of peppers (red and orange), and ate oranges.

The kids were all having fun outside and I liked how Mia was perched on the top of the merry-go-round!  Nora was pushing it around for her and Nora didn't like it when Mia left to play elsewhere.  Nora was yelling and pointing for Mia to get back up there where she belonged!

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend so there were new toys everywhere for Mia to explore.  She played with the food toys and was intrigued by the toasters and how they pop-up toast.

Kenzie and Mia were sitting in the wagon and Aaron was pulling it and RaeAhnna was pushing.  They were being quite successful and had it going around the yard, which is much more difficult than the sidewalk.  Then they switched.  Kenzie pulled and Mia was pushing.  Well let's just say that didn't work quite as well.  Mia is plenty tough enough to push, but she'd stop and wave at an airplane flying over.  A bit distractible maybe?  :)  It was plenty entertaining though!

Mia is just repeating anything we say now!  I love it.  When she was running to play with another toy and Nora wanted her to return I said to Nora, "Say, Come back!!"  So Mia (who's now on the climber) says, "Come back!!"  Not you, silly!  I'm talking to Nora!  :)

Mia ate two servings of raisin english muffin and ate blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of turkey burger sandwich, ate green beans, and pineapple.

Well it's been awhile since I posted a picture of Mia with a mask on, right?  At least three or four weeks!  And besides that you've probably never seen a rabbit sucking on a binky!  :)

Yesterday afternoon Nora and Mia were pushing dump trucks up and down the sidewalk.  Thomas, Emily, and Kenzie were cheering like it was a big race.  (led by Thomas)  Then he was yelling, "Mia win! Mia win!"  The amusing part to me was that the toddlers weren't even aware that they were involved in a race.  Thomas has an older sister so he's been introduced to the whole racing and competition thing.

After Darcy drove by this morning Mia went right over to the couch, sat down, and started patting the spot where I generally sit and she was saying, "Gary Gary!!"  Little cutie!  :)

Mia played with the tractors, barns, and barn animals in the back room.  I think today was the first day we've been back there this week so it was pretty new to them.  (We spend more time outside with the nicer weather, but it was a bit wet out this morning.)  Mia was "building" towers with the stacking blocks and had it five or six blocks high.

Mia ate jelly toast and two servings of dried mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of beef & bean burrito, ate sweet potatoes, and tropical fruit.

I haven't seen the kids playing this game for awhile, but here's a picture of Mia and Aaron peeking through the holes in the climber.  Then they were sticking their arms in there and grabbing each other's hands.

Mia was sitting on Riley's lap and they were both giggling and smiling about it.  Mia would get off and Riley would pat her lap again for Mia to sit down.  Mia is considerably bigger than Riley so it really looked cute!  :)

Nora was very concerned at story time because Mia started standing up and Nora was saying, "oun oun!" (Down down)  And she was patting the couch.  Mia stood up again and Nora said, "it oun!"  (Sit down!)  Not that Mia really cared!!  :)

Riley and Mia were jumping on the mattress and Riley was wanting me to watch and started saying, "Gary Gary!"  every time she jumped.  So Mia started mimicking her; "Gary Gary!"  I loved it!  :)

It was kind of chilly outside this morning so I looked at "baby" Reid's jacket and thought it would fit Mia just fine and it did.  :)  Then Mia was running by the fence and the neighbor's dog was barking and she put her fingers to her lips and said, "Shhh Shhh!!!"  :)