11/16/12

Morgan ate all of her rice and raisins at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her meatloaf, French bread, cooked carrots and dried apricots.  She also had thirds on baked beans, which was what Thomas was having because of the eggs in the meatloaf! : )

I was supposed to be headed into the kitchen and instead started down the hall.  Morgan was watching me fix lunch and started chuckling when I remembered what I was doing and went into the kitchen where I was supposed to be.  She said, "You forgot what you were supposed to be doing!  That cracks me up!"  I'm glad SHE finds it humorous!  : )

Our giant bear got a two inch tear in the top of his chest (probably from the kiddos tugging and pulling on him so much).  We put him outside the gate for the last couple days so it didn't get worse, or the stuffing get pulled out of him.  Today I made a big production of having him come to the "doctor" to be fixed.  I first lay him on the picnic table (examination table) and let the kiddos examine him.  They used about every doctor's tool we have out, but especially the stethoscopes.  After that we gave him some medicine so it wouldn't hurt so bad when I put stitches in him.  I then took him over to the couch and they anxiously watched as I stitched him up.  They were giving him kisses and petting him the whole time I was working him "to make him feel better!"  It was very cute,  

I remembered to check with everyone's  (the bigger kiddos) mom or dad this morning so I could put on Griz tattoos and all of the kiddos loved it.  All of them watched while their friends got theirs on too, not just when I was doing theirs.  It was quite the production!

In the back room Kenzie and Morgan were stacking up big blocks and making a "camp sight".  Morgan started the idea, but Kenzie really went with it!  Morgan put a yellow one on top of several brown ones and said it was the "camp fire".  She is amazingly creative in so many different ways!  

11/15/12

Morgan ate seconds on cinnamon toast and all of her mixed fruit at breakfast.  At lunch Morgan ate most of her chicken and all of her roll mashed potatoes and canned cherries.

Morgan looked out the window after the fog rolled in and said, "ooo!  It's smokey out!"  You can tell you live in a forest fire area when that's more common than fog.  : )

Morgan was not wanting any of the younger kids close to her.  When I reminded her that she could play in the back room if she didn't want them bugging her, she lit up and immediately invited Emily to join her there.  They played there until breakfast (about 20 minutes).  

Morgan has taken it upon herself to keep Gary informed about the songs on the iPod.  The cutest was when the "do your ears hand low" song came on, she raced over to him and told him, "there's your favorite song!"  He has told the kiddos that he likes it when he reads the book by the same title.

Morgan has been pretending to be a baby and trying to get one of her "mommy"s to help her frequently the last couple weeks, probably because of all of the new baby talk.  She actually does a pretty realistic cry.  Several times I have thought she was really crying.   Sometimes she also pretends she can't get up and she recruits Kenzie and/or Emily to help pull her up.  That leads to them falling and cracking up, which also tends to lead to increased craziness until someone is crying.  

Morgan made a great Duplo owner in the back room today.  She tried to bring it over to show me and it toppled over.  Riley immediately picked up one of the broken pieces and handed it to her. Morgan told her "thank you, Riley" so cute.  Riley loved it, grinning all over.  When Morgan put it back together again, it was no longer a "tower", but a "walking stick".  

11/14/12

Morgan ate all of her mini bagel and peaches at breakfast.  At lunch Morgan ate seconds on macaroni and cheese and all of her ham, corn and salad with ranch.  

Morgan and Emily decided to work together to "be the gate" like I do when I sit on the floor to separate the two sides of the big room.  One sat on each side of the opening with their feet touching.  When someone wanted through, they moved their feet back.  It was pretty cute!

Morgan was jumping onto the mattress and saying it was the pool.  She kept talking about "'most dive in the water", and "make a big splash".  Kenzie, Emily and Thomas had to join and imitate her. 

Morgan and Kenzie were pretending it was bed time on the mattress.  They took turns telling each other, "Sorry Honey, but you have to go to sleep!"  I think Kenzie started it, but not sure.

When we went to the back room, I sat with them and we played with the race cars.  They are pretty good sized and roll really well on the hardwood floors.  After doing it with just one to get the hang of it. I added another one and it got a little crazy.  They were just cracking up, especially when the cars "accidentally" crashed into each other.  

11/13/12

Morgan ate all of her pears and thirds on blueberry waffles at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her sweet potatoes and her tuna on saltines, along kth a couple bites of her orange slices.  

Morgan, Noah and I (and later Kenzie, Riley and Emily) read and looked at about six books first thing this morning as we cuddled.  That is a great transition activity from home to here.  

Morgan and Kenzie vacillated from getting along to having enough of each other and one of them moving away.  When one of them moved away the other one rejoined them within couple minutes almost every time and they would be back to being buddies again.  It is interesting to observe!  

Morgan and Kenzie were visiting this morning and Morgan told her, "she's upside-down like a wombat" about how Kenzie was holding her doll.  She must have learned that at home, because I don't think we have ever even said the word "wombat" here.  

Kenzie, Emily and Morgan had a playful tug of war with the giant bear for several minutes.  They pulled him from side to side on the rowdy part of the room, off of and back on the mattress.  

Morgan was following Kenzie around and she suddenly said, "hey Kenzie, stop!  I just have one thing to tell ya!"  She says so many things that just crack me up every day! 

Morgan loves to do little things to get Gary to harass and play with her.  For example, today Gary was standing at the changing table taking some notes on the kiddos.  She gets an impish look on her face as she's laying in the mattress.  she then puts her feet up on his legs until he quits taking notes and gets down on the mattress with her, playing!  It's sweet!  

11/12/12

Morgan ate all of her Chex cereal and a bite of her fruit salad at breakfast.  At lunch she ate everything -- roast beef sandwich, tomato soup and apple slices.  

Morgan explored the new toy exchange stuff.  She especially looked at the new books, dolls and doctor stuff.  

Morgan was quite out of sorts off and on this morning.  She had an extended melt down during breakfast because something wasn't quite right and she wouldn't tell us what it was.  She, then, had another one about 45 minutes later when I moved her way from the friend she had slapped across the face.  

Morgan was very excited to play with the stuffed dogs and cats that we got out with this set.  Morgan was looking at them and finding the matching "twins".  When Kenzie heard Morgan say that, she chuckled, pointed to Riley and said "No, we're the twins!"  : ) She also told me they were "following each other and sniffing each other."  During this whole time she had them over by me and was playing independently.  

Morgan and Kenzie didn't play with one another much this morning.  they did spend some time playing on and around the black chair.  One was on the chair and the other one under it.  I am not sure what the game was, but Kenzie would either bark (woof-woof) or say meow and Morgan would peek over the edge of the chair and Kenzie would crack up.  Morgan loved making her laugh.

Morgan was asleep almost immediately at nap time so was obviously tired!