Morgan ate all of her prunes and oatmeal at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her hashbrown casserole and her biscuit and had a couple bites of her mandarin oranges.
Morgan didn't have any melt-downs and only one close call today. She and Kenzie played together most of the morning with Jadey entering the mix a couple times successfully. One of the times it wasn't going to be successful and both Morgan and Kenzie were becoming frustrated, so I asked if they wanted to go play in one of the back rooms together. They loved it and played there while I cooked the oatmeal for breakfast. They were mostly playing with the keyboards and singing. It was pretty cute. I kept popping in on them to see how things were going and they did great.
Morgan, Kenzie and Jadey suddenly decided that one of the sets of curlers was a microphone. They each had one of them and were singing real and made-up songs at the top of their lungs. Part of the time they were singing the same song together, but more often they were each singing a different song, which made it a little chaotic to say the least! : ) One of the songs that Morgan sang over and over was "Baby beluga".
I scrubbed off my fingernail polish today during outside time and you would have thought it was the best "activity" we have had ever for most of the kiddos! Kenzie, Morgan and Jadey basically watched for the entire 10 nails and had lots of questions during the process.
It has been so nice to be able to have morning and afternoon outside time most days lately. It is good for all of us! : )
Friday, May 18, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
5/17/12
Morgan ate about half of her french bread and a tasting bite of her fresh oranges at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her dried mangoes and crescent roll and a tasting bite of her squash and her sliced turkey.
Morgan and three other kiddos played at the picnic table with the food stuff for about 20 minutes this morning. They were very engaged and just 'eating' and 'visiting' right along. They even let Thomas join them off an on during that time.
Kenzie and Morgan were reading side by side on the yellow chair for quite a while today. It was fun to observe them and listen to the 'reading' that was being done. you can tell the ones we read aloud the most because they know most of the story lines for those. The others they either just talk about the picture or put a totally different song or story to it that they ARE familiar with. : )
One of the beanie baby bunnies we have got a hole in it and was loosing quite a few of the little plastic beads out of it before we realized it. Morgan pitched right in and helped look for little beads so the babies didn't eat them.
Morgan had a very intense melt-down outside today. There were already two kiddos in the wagon and Morgan climbed over the edge and was standing on top of them, much to their dismay. Both of the kiddos were yelling at her to get out. We also told her she would have to get out and wait for a term. She yelled "NO!" and refused to budge. Gary went over and asked her if she wanted to do it herself or have him help. Just more "nos". He moved her out and she started thrashing around, but wouldn't move away. I finally had to move her away and she was kicking and clawing and screaming. I finally had to hold her arms to her side because she kept scratching at her face and ripping at her hair. Whew! It was exhausting for me so I can't even imagine how exhausting it is for her. After she finally calmed down she wanted to be alone the rest of the time until breakfast and just sat there singing a bunch of different songs to herself.
We got out the light Frisbees out again today and played Frisbee chase. I would throw all six of them to different parts of the yard and the kiddos were race after them to get them and bring them back for me to throw again. They wanted to do it over and over and over again (almost 30 minutes of it!).
Morgan and three other kiddos played at the picnic table with the food stuff for about 20 minutes this morning. They were very engaged and just 'eating' and 'visiting' right along. They even let Thomas join them off an on during that time.
Kenzie and Morgan were reading side by side on the yellow chair for quite a while today. It was fun to observe them and listen to the 'reading' that was being done. you can tell the ones we read aloud the most because they know most of the story lines for those. The others they either just talk about the picture or put a totally different song or story to it that they ARE familiar with. : )
One of the beanie baby bunnies we have got a hole in it and was loosing quite a few of the little plastic beads out of it before we realized it. Morgan pitched right in and helped look for little beads so the babies didn't eat them.
Morgan had a very intense melt-down outside today. There were already two kiddos in the wagon and Morgan climbed over the edge and was standing on top of them, much to their dismay. Both of the kiddos were yelling at her to get out. We also told her she would have to get out and wait for a term. She yelled "NO!" and refused to budge. Gary went over and asked her if she wanted to do it herself or have him help. Just more "nos". He moved her out and she started thrashing around, but wouldn't move away. I finally had to move her away and she was kicking and clawing and screaming. I finally had to hold her arms to her side because she kept scratching at her face and ripping at her hair. Whew! It was exhausting for me so I can't even imagine how exhausting it is for her. After she finally calmed down she wanted to be alone the rest of the time until breakfast and just sat there singing a bunch of different songs to herself.
We got out the light Frisbees out again today and played Frisbee chase. I would throw all six of them to different parts of the yard and the kiddos were race after them to get them and bring them back for me to throw again. They wanted to do it over and over and over again (almost 30 minutes of it!).
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
5/16/12
Morgan ate a couple bites of her berries and about half of her whole wheat mini bagel at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her bean soup and kiwi, most of her sliced ham and a bite of her saltine crackers.
Alayna and Morgan were sitting on the climber balance beam together. Morgan was in front of Alayna and kept pushing her back against her. Alayna moved around so she was beside and and told her "I don't like that! Don't push me!" Morgan then yelled, "No!" at her and Alayna just bent over and bit her on the cheek. Obviously Alayna had to take a break, but I gave Morgan a pretty good lecture on why it happened too, after giving her loves and putting a cold cloth on it for about 5 minutes.
Morgan cracked me up this morning when she sat down on the floor with one of the stuffed rabbits in front of her and started sinning 'Row, row, row your boat'. She was holding onto the bunny's paws and doing the motions we use. It was so cute!
Kenzie and Morgan bonked heads (well, noses actually) while they were playing and for some reason they decided it was funny rather than an owie. They then started giving 'Eskimo kisses' (at least that is what we called rubbing noses like that when I was a kiddo) over and over, laughing each time.
Morgan got Kenzie's attention and told her it was "sing time". Morgan started leading her in several different songs and Kenzie was participating very cooperatively, singing right along. One of the songs was a made-up one about a "doganhead" (which is one of Gary's words for goof-ball). Then they started singing "Baa, baa black sheep" which evolved into "baa, baa Aaron" someway! : )
Outside this morning All of the kiddos really had fun trying to make a basket after I got the hoop back out and the balls that will fit in it. Morgan worked and worked at it and did make a couple baskets. Each time she was very excited and announced, "I did it!" to anyone who was listening! : )
Alayna and Morgan were sitting on the climber balance beam together. Morgan was in front of Alayna and kept pushing her back against her. Alayna moved around so she was beside and and told her "I don't like that! Don't push me!" Morgan then yelled, "No!" at her and Alayna just bent over and bit her on the cheek. Obviously Alayna had to take a break, but I gave Morgan a pretty good lecture on why it happened too, after giving her loves and putting a cold cloth on it for about 5 minutes.
Morgan cracked me up this morning when she sat down on the floor with one of the stuffed rabbits in front of her and started sinning 'Row, row, row your boat'. She was holding onto the bunny's paws and doing the motions we use. It was so cute!
Kenzie and Morgan bonked heads (well, noses actually) while they were playing and for some reason they decided it was funny rather than an owie. They then started giving 'Eskimo kisses' (at least that is what we called rubbing noses like that when I was a kiddo) over and over, laughing each time.
Morgan got Kenzie's attention and told her it was "sing time". Morgan started leading her in several different songs and Kenzie was participating very cooperatively, singing right along. One of the songs was a made-up one about a "doganhead" (which is one of Gary's words for goof-ball). Then they started singing "Baa, baa black sheep" which evolved into "baa, baa Aaron" someway! : )
Outside this morning All of the kiddos really had fun trying to make a basket after I got the hoop back out and the balls that will fit in it. Morgan worked and worked at it and did make a couple baskets. Each time she was very excited and announced, "I did it!" to anyone who was listening! : )
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
5/15/12
Morgan ate thirds on dried apricots and all of her whole wheat bagel at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her pea and pasta dish, most of her applesauce and bites of her tilapia.
Morgan was very excited that we had the bubbly fish tank deal out today. She, Kenzie, Jadey and Emily watched it for quite a while, talking about the different colored fish, the colors the bubbles changed and how the fish were swimming. It was fun to listen to.
Morgan put on a pair of sleeper PJs today and wore them for about an hour or so. For part of it she also asked Gary to put one of the head-bands around her head so she looked like a cute little "hippy" in PJs. : )
Morgan was also using the headband to "tape" things. I think what she was actually trying to say was "measure" because she was going around to all different things and holding it out straight by them and saying how big or little it was. Either way it was very cute!
Morgan put the clown suit on by herself today. She had one leg in a leg hole as typical and the other one was in an arm hole. She then couldn't get it up to the upper part of her body as usual, so she was just wearing it around her waist. She looked behind her and started cracking up when she saw the unused leg of the suit dragging behind her. She announced as she laughed, "I got a tail!" : )
Morgan was very excited that we had the bubbly fish tank deal out today. She, Kenzie, Jadey and Emily watched it for quite a while, talking about the different colored fish, the colors the bubbles changed and how the fish were swimming. It was fun to listen to.
Morgan put on a pair of sleeper PJs today and wore them for about an hour or so. For part of it she also asked Gary to put one of the head-bands around her head so she looked like a cute little "hippy" in PJs. : )
Morgan was also using the headband to "tape" things. I think what she was actually trying to say was "measure" because she was going around to all different things and holding it out straight by them and saying how big or little it was. Either way it was very cute!
Morgan put the clown suit on by herself today. She had one leg in a leg hole as typical and the other one was in an arm hole. She then couldn't get it up to the upper part of her body as usual, so she was just wearing it around her waist. She looked behind her and started cracking up when she saw the unused leg of the suit dragging behind her. She announced as she laughed, "I got a tail!" : )
Monday, May 14, 2012
5/14/12
We had a very busy and kind of crazy morning so personal notes will
be limited today (as I didn't have much time to closely observe and take
notes).
The morning started out with me not setting my alarm close correctly, so I didn't get up in time to put away the old toy exchange and make sure the new one was totally in place. I hate that feeling when I wake up and have slept in. It is not the tone I like to set for the day. : ( I did rush around and get things moved OUT of the big room, but just piled, not put away and I didn't have time to ensure everything was out that needed to be and in its right spots. Missy brings out the new stuff, but doesn't always know where everything goes and frequently doesn't do the stuffed animals and dolls.
We had a surprise monitoring visit from our food program sponsor, which isn't a big deal, but I have to say I was a little flustered just because I didn't have things as tidy looking as I like and so forth. It also means that I have to find the paperwork they need to make sure is up to date and show them where the fridge and freezer thermometers are so they can check for appropriate temperatures...
In addition to those extras we were trying to begin the new round of intensive potty training! We have the two who are already 100% trained and the four we are working with now... I'm glad Morgan already has that under her belt. We are doing a sticker chart for her (and Jadey) anyway just because it didn't feel fair not to.
The kiddos really enjoyed putting stickers on their papers for art today and worked hard to get some all over their papers.
So we survived the morning -- late start, unplanned visitor, extra trips to the bathroom, one peeing accident on the floor, one whole bowl of spilled cereal on the floor, quite a bit of Monday transition tears and frustrations, several other minor mishaps and all! : )
The morning started out with me not setting my alarm close correctly, so I didn't get up in time to put away the old toy exchange and make sure the new one was totally in place. I hate that feeling when I wake up and have slept in. It is not the tone I like to set for the day. : ( I did rush around and get things moved OUT of the big room, but just piled, not put away and I didn't have time to ensure everything was out that needed to be and in its right spots. Missy brings out the new stuff, but doesn't always know where everything goes and frequently doesn't do the stuffed animals and dolls.
We had a surprise monitoring visit from our food program sponsor, which isn't a big deal, but I have to say I was a little flustered just because I didn't have things as tidy looking as I like and so forth. It also means that I have to find the paperwork they need to make sure is up to date and show them where the fridge and freezer thermometers are so they can check for appropriate temperatures...
In addition to those extras we were trying to begin the new round of intensive potty training! We have the two who are already 100% trained and the four we are working with now... I'm glad Morgan already has that under her belt. We are doing a sticker chart for her (and Jadey) anyway just because it didn't feel fair not to.
The kiddos really enjoyed putting stickers on their papers for art today and worked hard to get some all over their papers.
So we survived the morning -- late start, unplanned visitor, extra trips to the bathroom, one peeing accident on the floor, one whole bowl of spilled cereal on the floor, quite a bit of Monday transition tears and frustrations, several other minor mishaps and all! : )
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