Morgan ate all of her whole wheat bagel and dried apricots at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- baked fish, applesauce and pea pasta salad.
Morgan was building really big towers with the big interlocking blocks today. One of the times that it was way over her head, she accidentally knocked it over onto Kenzie. She did a nice job of giving her a hug and seeing if she was "okay". After that she was very careful to look where the block were going to go to make sure it wasn't going to hit anyone.
Morgan has really been into confessing when she does something wrong,
especially when it involved hurting one of the kiddos. If we haven't
seen what happened or only saw the end, we will usually ask the 'victim'
"What happened? Often they won't say anything, but Morgan has came up
several times over the last week and confessed , "bite Joslyn", "hit
Thomas", "push Kenzie"... Although that doesn't make it better we do
thank her for telling us, then still have her give them a love and ask
if they are alright (and take a break, depending on the offense).
Morgan is so cute when she sings while she is reading, playing, walking around or whatever. She sings a lot of different songs that we sing all the time and a couple that I don't know, but can hear a word here or there. She has pretty good note pitch so I can usually tell what she is singing if it is one I know by the tune even if I can't hear the words.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
11/21/11
Morgan ate all of her bran flakes and craisins at breakfast. At lunch sh ate all of her green beans with bacon bits (substituted for cauliflower), her cheese pizza and her tropical fruit.
Morgan was dancing and then falling down, saying "Fow down!". I think she got it from a song we have on CD and also sing where we do different motions (stomp, hop, kick), "then we all fall down!" They love it and we always have to do it multiple times.
Morgan asked me for the "balloon song" several times today also, but I still haven't been able to figure out what it is. I really don't think we have a song about a balloon, so it must be a different word that sounds like it, but I can't figure it out!
Kenzie was holding hands and dancing with Jadey and Morgan. Usually when they do that it ends up just being a fall down party, with one of them always trying to pull the other ones down on top of them. Today they actually danced quite a bit and the falling down was accidental for the first 10 or so minutes.
The kiddos all really enjoyed watching the city crew scooping up leaves with the front end loaders and dumping them into the dump trucks. Sadly there weren't many leaves where they would watch out the big window so it didn't take very long, but they were enthralled while it lasted!
Morgan was dancing and then falling down, saying "Fow down!". I think she got it from a song we have on CD and also sing where we do different motions (stomp, hop, kick), "then we all fall down!" They love it and we always have to do it multiple times.
Morgan asked me for the "balloon song" several times today also, but I still haven't been able to figure out what it is. I really don't think we have a song about a balloon, so it must be a different word that sounds like it, but I can't figure it out!
Kenzie was holding hands and dancing with Jadey and Morgan. Usually when they do that it ends up just being a fall down party, with one of them always trying to pull the other ones down on top of them. Today they actually danced quite a bit and the falling down was accidental for the first 10 or so minutes.
The kiddos all really enjoyed watching the city crew scooping up leaves with the front end loaders and dumping them into the dump trucks. Sadly there weren't many leaves where they would watch out the big window so it didn't take very long, but they were enthralled while it lasted!
11/18/11
Morgan ate all of her malt-o-meal and raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her salad with ranch dressing, all of her spaghetti and most of her mixed fruit.
Morgan pays attention so well when we ask her to help us with something. Her ears are really programmed for that kind of stuff. Even if we ask someone else to do it instead of her, she is right there and ready just in case they don't do it and she can instead. Sometimes we even have to remind her that we asked whoever it was this time because she tries to do it anyway. Now if we could just get her hearing to work that great in all the other arenas. : ) No, really she had been listening pretty well lately! : )
Morgan was playing in the "box" today with Jadey and Kenzie. They were cheering and chanting and Morgan said, "Go Griz!" multiple times. She then lit up and said, "Go Griz! Go Niners!" Gary and I cracked up!
Morgan was playing great with all of the kiddos and having no conflicts or other problems. Out of the blue, she walked over to the couch, climbed up and sat in the corner of it and said, "I take a break!" I guess she must have either been tired or a little overstimulated even though it looked like she was doing great! : )
Morgan pays attention so well when we ask her to help us with something. Her ears are really programmed for that kind of stuff. Even if we ask someone else to do it instead of her, she is right there and ready just in case they don't do it and she can instead. Sometimes we even have to remind her that we asked whoever it was this time because she tries to do it anyway. Now if we could just get her hearing to work that great in all the other arenas. : ) No, really she had been listening pretty well lately! : )
Morgan was playing in the "box" today with Jadey and Kenzie. They were cheering and chanting and Morgan said, "Go Griz!" multiple times. She then lit up and said, "Go Griz! Go Niners!" Gary and I cracked up!
Morgan was playing great with all of the kiddos and having no conflicts or other problems. Out of the blue, she walked over to the couch, climbed up and sat in the corner of it and said, "I take a break!" I guess she must have either been tired or a little overstimulated even though it looked like she was doing great! : )
11/17/11
Morgan ate all of her blueberries and about half of her cinnamon raisin English muffin at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her canned chicken on saltines, potato salad and a couple bites of canned cherries.
Morgan carried around the "owie baby" (the one with the eye we put the band-aid on) a lot today and kept bringing her over to me and asking, "What happened?" None of the stories I could come up with seemed to appease her, so I finally just told it, I didn't know but it was broke. She was fine after that!
Morgan asked for "baby Luga" (Baby Beluga) on the CD today and was so excited when it came on. As soon as it was over she asked for it again. We played it three times straight before letting the CD go on. : )
Morgan was first sitting on a set of blocks then started pushing them around making a motor sound. She volunteered that it was "My cool (school) bus". As soon as she said that, three of the other kiddos were right there wanting to ride on the "cool" bus too, which she let them do, but couldn't push it then.
Morgan carried around the "owie baby" (the one with the eye we put the band-aid on) a lot today and kept bringing her over to me and asking, "What happened?" None of the stories I could come up with seemed to appease her, so I finally just told it, I didn't know but it was broke. She was fine after that!
Morgan asked for "baby Luga" (Baby Beluga) on the CD today and was so excited when it came on. As soon as it was over she asked for it again. We played it three times straight before letting the CD go on. : )
Morgan was first sitting on a set of blocks then started pushing them around making a motor sound. She volunteered that it was "My cool (school) bus". As soon as she said that, three of the other kiddos were right there wanting to ride on the "cool" bus too, which she let them do, but couldn't push it then.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
11/16/11
Morgan ate seconds on biscuit and all of her peaches at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her steamed broccoli and baked beans, most of her pineapple and bites of her dinner roll.
I decided to try seeing if any of the "big" kiddos are interested in using the bathroom this morning. I was just going to take the older four (who are all two, or almost). Kenzie was determined that she needed to come too, so I took her also. They all tried valiantly, but only Jadey and Alayna were able to go either time. I will keep trying all of them for a couple weeks (as long as they want to), then will focus on those who are being successful after that. If you want me to work with her please make sure she has easy on and off clothes for those self-help skills. Most of Morgan's clothes are actually pretty good. I just took off the tutu the second time.
I had given an award to the two who pooped in the potty this morning and let them put a sticker on it. Of course, all of the other kiddos wanted a "ticker" too, so I decided we would do stickers for art time today. That sufficed them.
Morgan had a great day today -- listened very well, was engaged in play, gentle and loving to the kiddos (and us) and no defiance or melt-down moments.
I decided to try seeing if any of the "big" kiddos are interested in using the bathroom this morning. I was just going to take the older four (who are all two, or almost). Kenzie was determined that she needed to come too, so I took her also. They all tried valiantly, but only Jadey and Alayna were able to go either time. I will keep trying all of them for a couple weeks (as long as they want to), then will focus on those who are being successful after that. If you want me to work with her please make sure she has easy on and off clothes for those self-help skills. Most of Morgan's clothes are actually pretty good. I just took off the tutu the second time.
I had given an award to the two who pooped in the potty this morning and let them put a sticker on it. Of course, all of the other kiddos wanted a "ticker" too, so I decided we would do stickers for art time today. That sufficed them.
Morgan had a great day today -- listened very well, was engaged in play, gentle and loving to the kiddos (and us) and no defiance or melt-down moments.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
11/15/11
Morgan ate all of her waffles and about half of her hashbrowns at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her shrimp and rice, about half of her red pepper and a bite of orange slices.
Morgan spent quite a bit of time loving on Gary this morning. He was sitting on the floor and she just went over to him, backed up and sat down on his lap. They visited and snuggled for quite a while.
Jadey decided she wanted to hold Morgan today and invited her to sit on her lap. Morgan went right over and plopped down and both of them were grinning from ear to ear. It was pretty cute.
Morgan did puzzles right outside the gate where the babies couldn't get to her or the puzzles for quite a while today. There really aren't any puzzles that we have had in the last three sets that she can't do now. At first she struggled with the ones that didn't have the pictures under the pieces, but now she does them excellent also.
Morgan loved it when I sang "How much is that Doggy in the Window?" while holding one of the stuffed puppies out in the back room. She especially liked it when I wagged his tail when it got to that stop. She was really laughing.
Morgan spent quite a bit of time loving on Gary this morning. He was sitting on the floor and she just went over to him, backed up and sat down on his lap. They visited and snuggled for quite a while.
Jadey decided she wanted to hold Morgan today and invited her to sit on her lap. Morgan went right over and plopped down and both of them were grinning from ear to ear. It was pretty cute.
Morgan did puzzles right outside the gate where the babies couldn't get to her or the puzzles for quite a while today. There really aren't any puzzles that we have had in the last three sets that she can't do now. At first she struggled with the ones that didn't have the pictures under the pieces, but now she does them excellent also.
Morgan loved it when I sang "How much is that Doggy in the Window?" while holding one of the stuffed puppies out in the back room. She especially liked it when I wagged his tail when it got to that stop. She was really laughing.
11/14/11
Morgan ate all of her cheerios and about half of her banana at breakfast. At lunch she drank about half of her tomato soup and ate all of her apple slices and her grilled cheese sandwich.
Morgan and Kenzie were waving the shakers above their heads and chanting "Go Griz!" over and over this morning. When Gary and I started talking about it, they really got into doing it to show off. It was super cute!
Morgan was talking into both one of the echophone and into the transmitter end of the stethoscope. The echophones look like plastic microphones, but vibrate inside of them when you talk into them and it makes them echo.
Gary's razor batter was dead when he tried to shave first thing this morning so he had to charge it first. When it was charged he started to shave. The kiddos don't usually get to seem him do that and they were mesmerized, especially Morgan.
Morgan and Kenzie were waving the shakers above their heads and chanting "Go Griz!" over and over this morning. When Gary and I started talking about it, they really got into doing it to show off. It was super cute!
Morgan was talking into both one of the echophone and into the transmitter end of the stethoscope. The echophones look like plastic microphones, but vibrate inside of them when you talk into them and it makes them echo.
Gary's razor batter was dead when he tried to shave first thing this morning so he had to charge it first. When it was charged he started to shave. The kiddos don't usually get to seem him do that and they were mesmerized, especially Morgan.
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