6/30/2014

Mia ate most of her cheerios and ate her banana serving for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of her cheese sandwich, drank tomato soup, and ate apple pieces.  While drinking her cup of soup Nora said,
"This my coffee Mia!"  And Mia said, "This is my coffee too!!"

Mia was telling me about Mommy's new company car when we were waving at the window this morning.  "It's a white car - and my car seat fits in there!!"  :)

One of the funnest things about being away is coming back to lots of hugs and loves.  Now that's hard to beat!!  Mia was so cuddly and loving this morning.  We had a great vacation; Lauralea visiting Missy in Portland and Me hiking in Alaska.  The hike was awesome; strenuous at times, but the scenery was beyond beautiful!  I will provide a link to some pictures (probably this week) if anyone is interested in looking.

Nora asked Lauralea to put two braids in her hair so she also put a braid in Mia's hair.  I took this picture so everyone could see; just in case it does not last until she's picked up!!

Mia was asking Lauralea to sings songs this morning; one of her favorites things to do in the morning; listen to songs.   Nora was covering them with blankets.  Nora said, "Good night Lauralea, good night Mia.  You want door closed or open?  Lay down Lauralea; lay still.  You want two blankets?"  And on and on.  :)

Nora was being Mia's puppy; "My puppy, Gary!"  Then they were having a "party" with mostly ice cream cones and cakes.  Mia was announcing, "Come on everybody!  Having a party guys!!"  We read lots of books (that's the only thing I brought back from Alaska; an ABC board book for the kids I found in a book store in Skagway) played outside.

6/19/2014

Mia ate half of her whole wheat english muffin and ate blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch she had bites of turkey sandwich, ate a large serving of green beans, and a large serving of strawberries.

There are extra benefits for Mia being the first one here in the mornings!  She gets extra snuggle time and undivided attention from Gary or Lauralea.  She loves having Lauralea sing to her in the mornings.  We call this time "filling their love tanks."  :)

Here's a picture of the kids having a blast running and hopping on a large sheet of bubble wrap or packing; whatever it's called!  Lauralea brought home a couple large pieces from some freight they received.  The kids were thrilled when I brought out the second piece so they could do it again.  When the second piece was done Mia asked for another one.  :)  I called Lauralea on the phone so she could listen to how loud it was and she said it sounded like fireworks!  :)

Mia yelled, "HIDE!"  Cooper sprinted across the room and dove into the igloo saying, "Hide hide hide!"  LOL  He's a quick little feller!

During story time we were reading a book that had several animals in it and Riley and Mia were calling the flamingos; "Mangoes, mangoes!"  Then it was "Flamangoes!"

6/18/2014

Mia ate two servings of jelly toast and ate mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of her beef & bean burrito, half of her sweet potato, and ate tropical fruit.  

Here are the vacation dates for everyone following the children's blogs;  Tomorrow, June 19th, will be the last blog until June 30th.  I'm going on a 5 day hike in Southeastern Alaska and if anyone is interested you can Google "Chilkoot Trail" to see where I'm walking!

Riley and Mia were playing with the swim goggles and Mia went to the mirror to look at herself.  She and Riley were also playing with the little "pianos" and singing "Twinkle twinkle little star...."

We did finger painting at art time and Mia was very proud for getting her paint shirt on all by herself. She had worked real hard at it.  After she was done with her picture she finished Nora's painting too.  Nora was done and there was still lots of paint that needed to be spread around and Nora was totally ok with Mia doing it.  Yup, I was shocked too!  :)  In the picture below you can see the paint around Mia's mouth.  She decided to paint her lips as well.  She's actually using a brush to finish Nora's picture and she has the brush in her mouth as she's experimenting with alternative ways to apply the paint!  :)

Mia talked lots this morning about sleeping in a "big girl's bed" last night.  She said, "I so much bigger now!!"  :)

She was playing in the big box with her baby and feeding it with an ice cream cone.  She was singing, Hush little baby, don't say a word..."  Nora was in the other end of the box and she started crying.  Mia said to Cooper, "Don't ever push Nora in the box ever again!"  Cooper was actually innocent (this time!) and Nora had just stumbled in the box.  But he was in the vicinity and I guess his prior record came back to haunt him!!

6/17/2014

Mia had a bite of cinnamon toast and ate prunes for breakfast.  She'd just finished eating the pancakes she brought so she wasn't very hungry.  I did think it was interesting that she ate the prunes first though.   At lunch she ate half of her scrambled eggs, hash browns, and cheese combo; ate a large serving of waffles, and ate half of her blueberries.

I had a follow-up Doctor's appointment after breakfast this morning and Lauralea covered for me.  Some of the blog entries today occurred when I was gone.  Lauralea had her iPhone and the auto corrector was saying the Kid's names; "Riley, Nora, Mia, Cooper" and of course they wanted her to do it over and over.  What started all that was Lauralea showing us how the auto-corrector pronounces "Lauralea."  (And that was entertaining!)  Lauralea was thinking aloud and said, "I'll try to get it to do Mia."  Riley said, "Do M-I-A."  (And spelled it for her.)  LOL  We do it with song all the time, but Lauralea was a bit shocked that Riley knew how to spell Mia's name!  :)

Then when I got home everyone was busy doing puzzles so I took this picture.

I don't think I've mentioned this to you Darcy (and I've not seen you yet this week), but Mia has not been wearing a diaper at nap time for several days and no accidents yet so that is awesome!  I forgot to put a diaper on her one day and that was the beginning!  Good job Mia!  (And good job of forgetting the diaper Gary! - that worked good!)

Everyone was feeding Lauralea food that was "hot."  Riley started it and was saying, "My ice cream hot, Lauralea!!"  So Nora also started feeding Lauralea "Hot Ice Cream!"  :)   Then Mia was feeding "Hot Ice Cream!"  Cooper actually started the "feeding frenzy!"  He was feeding Laurlea and saying, "Num num, num num..."  :)

6/16/2014

Mia ate a bite of kix cereal and ate bites of mixed fruit for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ham sandwich, a large serving of peas, and three servings of mandarin oranges.  So I think she's feeling a little better Darcy if her appetite is any indication.  She ate a great lunch.  And she also played well and really had a nice CALM morning.  (That doesn't sound like Mia!!  Maybe she's not feeling well!!  Just kidding!)

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this morning and Mia got out every book from the book rack and made a tall stack on the chair and looked at them all!

We played with the bath foam at art time and Mia always enjoys spreading it around.  She has it pretty thick on her arm in the picture and you can also see a remnant on her upper lip.  Cooper never touched his (he kind of has an aversion to a mess on his hands), but he wasn't real thrilled to share it with Mia either.  :)

Here's a picture of Mia and Nora looking at animals through the viewfinders of these toys.  (I'm not sure what they are called.)  Anyhow, this activity was driving Cooper a bit nuts this morning!  Nora and Mia would yell "deer" or "bear" (Mia also said, "Panda Bear Gary!") or whatever and he'd go to the window and look around and see nothing.  I felt bad for him, but at the same time it was pretty hilarious.  So I was trying to help him look through one, but that wasn't working yet.  (By the way, Mia is the one on the right in case anyone wasn't sure!)

6/13/2014

Mia ate brown rice and raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate meat loaf, couple bites of french bread, ate carrots, and apricots.

At the breakfast table Mia was going through the names in her Family and asked me, "What your dog name?"  :)  Cracked me up!  So in the "discussion" that followed she identified the Daycare as my home, but couldn't identify where I could possibly have hidden a dog from her for this long!!

Mia and Nora were the only ones here this morning (and will be the only ones here this afternoon).  Jamie took Cooper and Riley to the Doctor and He confirmed the kids have croup.  So even though croup is quite contagious I'm hoping Mia and Nora can skip this one!!

Here's another picture of Mia reading!  :)  I like how she frequently reads to her Baby.  She was just finishing the "Baby Beluga" book and sang lots of it.  Nora was listening to Mia read also.

Mia and Nora played together pretty well this morning.  They said to each other, "Let's watch a movie!"  So they went into the igloo and watched something about "crocodiles" they said.  They also played LOTS of "Mommy and Baby" and were fixing each other's hair.  Nora asked Mia, "Want two ponies?"  They played with food toys; "Dinner ready!"  They rode bikes, played on climbers, and played with the wagons.

6/12/2014

Mia ate two servings of cinnamon toast and ate her grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate baked chicken, bite of dinner roll, ate hash browns, and cherries.  Mia did some hiccups after lunch and said, "I got Momma's hiccups!!"  :)

We had (she just left) an unannounced State Childcare Inspector here today; which is just fine, but it does disrupt most everything.  And I'll probably be slower getting the blogs done today!  Thankfully, Riley had just gone to sleep when the Inspector arrived so she'll be sleeping through the entire process!!  And also, thankfully, I have all my records, files, etc., in order.  (I was well trained by Lauralea!!)  :)  Mia immediately started talking to the inspector about TyTy and asking the inspector, "What's your dog's name?"  She assumes everyone has a doggy!

Mia was laying with her baby and they were pretending to take a nap.  I grabbed the camera and Mia was right in the middle of a yawn.  LOL  Perfect timing.  This is not on her nap mat, just in case some of you are wondering.  This picture was taken before breakfast; about 8:50!  :)  Nap time is not for another 3 plus hours!

I took this picture of Mia and Cooper being silly.  Mia was hanging over the edge and kept saying over and over; "Hey Cooper!! Are you down there!?!...Hey Cooper!! Are you down there!?!"  :)  He was pushing up on the bottom of the chair with his feet.

I had to take this picture of Riley studying Mia's hat.  (I love the amused look on Riley's face.)  Mia is actually wearing it "inside-out" in this picture, but she brought it from home and has been wearing it most of the morning.  Riley was pretty convinced that is was Mia's panties!!  LOL  She asked me, "Why did she take those off!?!"  Oh man, I roared!  So Mia was lifting up her little dress to show Riley that she had her panties on!