12/6/11

Morgan ate all of her prunes and seconds on cinnamon roll at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her melon, bites of scrambled eggs and about half of her waffles and hashbrowns.  She may have eaten more, but Jadey kind of gagged and vomited, which ruined her appetite, I think.  She had been eating right along until then.  When that happened she looked at Jadey's plate and said, "I'n done!"  I didn't blame her!

We hadn't gotten out the work benches until this morning and Morgan was thrilled! She literally spent over 40 minutes playing with and around it.  She came over to see what Jadey was doing on hers a couple times, but went right back over to work at hers.


Morgan brought me one of the dolls today and the pair of jeans that were supposed to be on him.  She held them up and said, "Help fix it.  He fall out!"  I thought that was a great way to state it!  : )  Also with the doll she was carrying it around, feeding it with a bottle, singing to it and covering it.  I love the way she lays it down, covers it and sings, "Nah-Night Baby!"  It is so sweet!

Today Emily found one of the play rag/napkin/potholder deals and was pretending that she had an owie and it was her "cold cloth".  Morgan thought that was a wonderful idea and had to find one and imitate the action!

In all the times I have taken Morgan potty she hasn't actually went yet, so I am backing off somewhat until she shows more readiness, interest and success.

12/5/11

Morgan ate all of her Kix cereal and mixed fruit at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her sweet potatoes and ham sandwich and a couple bites of mandarin oranges.  

Morgan was very interested in exploring all of the new toy exchange stuff.  She especially liked the "new" stuffed animals, the flip phones, and the dolls in this set. 

With the stuffed animals she was carrying them around, dancing with them, and then spent quite a bit of time lining them up.  I was sitting on the floor and she kept lining them up in all different ways beside me.  She also was piling them up on me and when I acted like I had accidentally dumped them on the floor she would crack up! 

When she was playing with the flip phone, part of the time she was just walking around with it up to her ear talking and jabbering.  The thing that she was doing that I thought was hilarious was when she was holding it up to the middle of her face so that it was actually touching her nose and forehead, then looking around the room with an eye partially showing on either side.  She did that and laughed over and over.  I don't know if it reflected funny or was just an interesting illusion for her, but she was entertained by it. 

12/2/11

Morgan ate most of her rice and all of her raisins at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her meatloaf and dried apricots, most of her french bread and a couple bites of cooked carrots. 

Morgan was laying on the couch by Gary and he was calling his hand the "Morgan getter" and having it attack her tummy, arm pits and under her chin.  Every time he paused, she would tell him, "Let's do it again!"  It was really funny. 

Doctor Morgan was pretty busy today.  She had a patient in Jadey (was taking her temperature by putting one of the doctor tools across her forehead, while carefully holding her hair back away from her forehead!).  She was also working on one of the dolls by Gary and they were conversing about what she was doing and how the doll was feeling, which she loved. 

Morgan was very sweet today when Thomas pulled her hair.  She didn't cry or even fuss.  She just came over and asked "Fix pony" to me, with a semi-frustrated frown on her face.  He had a pretty good handful of hair, too, so I was pretty surprised. 

12/1/11

Morgan ate all of her grapes and seconds on cinnamon toast at breakfast.  At lunch she ate a bite of her dinner roll, all of her mashed potatoes and about half of her canned cherries and her turkey (substituted for chicken strips). 

Morgan immediately noticed the new picture on the calendar in the big room (for December).  She looked at it and said, "Ohhhh! They kissin'" with the sweetest look on her face.  Later on in the day she was playing with two off the stuffed animal puppies and she put their noses together and pointed up at the calendar picture then said, "They kissin' like them".  : )

Morgan has been calling Jadey, "Jadey bear" several times today. Not sure where she got that.  I don't think I have every called her that.  maybe it is an extension of Monte Bear.  ??  She and Jadey vacillated between playing great together and being feisty with each other.  Most of the time when they were being feisty it was over space disagreement.  It seemed like wherever one of them wanted to be the other also wanted to be there. 

Today I was doing some videoing of the kiddos dancing to CD music.  Morgan danced for a couple minutes than had to stop and race over saying, "Me see, me see".  I always think that is so funny when they think they can see themselves when they are behind the camera instead of in front of it.  : ) 

11/30/11

Morgan ate all of her peaches and seconds on whole wheat bagel at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her macaroni and cheese, and corn, a bite of ham. 

As you already know, we had a kind of crazy morning with the car thief and fugitive loose in our neighborhood and police officers all around.  Here are a couple pictures.  Between them and the street sweepers, there was lots of watching out the window (by us as well as the kiddos!). 

Morgan didn't have anything in her hair when she came today and she came over to me and said, "I need pony (pointing to her hair).  It wild!"  I just cracked up! 

Morgan likes to jump off the balance beam climber deal and onto the mattress, doing a somersault when she lands.  She always calls it a "back flip".  One of the times today she kind of flopped on her belly instead of doing a somersault and I asked if that was a 'back flip'.  She chuckled, stuck out her belly and said, "No!"  It was pretty cute! 

I don't know how many times a week, but pretty often, Morgan will walk around (or look at a book) and sing "Everywhere that Gary went" instead of "Mary went" to the Mary had a little lamb song.  Gary loves it!

11/29/11

Morgan ate about half of both her pears and her blueberry muffin at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her sweet potatoes, most of her tuna on saltines and a bite or two of her sliced fresh oranges. 

Morgan spent some time reading books to herself this morning.  She didn't want to have anyone reading with her and when they came over by her to see what she was doing she moved away to a new spot.  She did this three different times. Usually she likes to "read" to the others so I am not sure why the switch today. 

After breakfast Morgan came over to me and asked to "cuddle with you and write notes".  During that free play time is when I can do more focused observations for my journal notes.  I am sure she has asked me what I was doing before and I told her "taking notes", but I know it hasn't happened lately, so she has a pretty good little memory. 

Several of the kiddos were a little feisty this morning and there were actually five different incidents of biting (only one was Morgan).  They really weren't being obnoxious just extra sensitive and quick triggered.  Maybe it was the holiday festivities catching up with them.  : )  We were pretty much constantly on guard, redirecting or intervening.

Morgan held out her hand for me to take the "food" she was offering.  When I did she asked, "It taste good?" 

Just so you know, she woke up early (1:45) coughing so she only took a little over an hour nap today. 

11/28/11

Morgan ate all of her Chex cereal and bites of her fruit salad at breakfast.  At lunch she ate bites of her roast beef sandwich and all of her tomato soup and apple slices. 

Morgan really likes Kate (which is also reciprocated)!  Almost every morning when Kate leaves to go to work she races over to wave "bye" at her.  I think she must have missed seeing her over the long weekend also because she had extra exuberance as she told her "Hi" when she saw her and then when she was waving at her out the window.  Kate just loves it! 

Morgan vocalized that she wanted to go potty after breakfast this morning.  She didn't go, but she tried valiantly.  She was also poopy within just 10 minutes or so, so maybe I should see if she wants to just stay in there for a while next time she tells me.  Maybe she doesn't like having an audience -- I know I wouldn't!  : ) 

I often sniff the kiddos because they have good smelling fabric softener, shampoo, lotion or something.  I really don't do it consciously most of the time.  Today I must have been sniffing Morgan because she leaned over and started sniffing me back.  I cracked up.  We did it back and forth several times and she thought that was great!  She verbalized, "I 'niff you!" which I thought was also funny!  : )