Morgan ate all of her peaches and a bite of her whole wheat bagel at breakfast. At lunch she ate second on home-made macaroni and cheese and all of her salad with ranch and her corn.
Morgan had a very good day today -- no melt-downs or even close to it! : ) She spent the first half-hour or more in direct interaction with me. We "visited" about her night last night and her day today a little, but mostly she just wanted to cuddle/wrestle mildly with me, look at books with me and just hang out. It was fun!
The street sweeper was a hit for all of the kiddos this morning. Either the sprayer or the actual sweeper came by at least 4 times this morning and the loved that. They were all plastered to the window. The actual street sweeper looked up and saw them as he creeped along the sidewalk, waved and smiled so big! He obviously thought it was as cute as we did! : )
Kenzie and Morgan played together most of the morning very peacefully. Jadey was home celebrating turning three with her mom today so there wasn't the three way dynamic. It is amazing how different it is when any of the three are absent. That third person just makes it challenging to keep it peaceful -- takes way more problem solving skills and is pretty much past their developmental level for the most part.
Morgan was using the curler mic again today to sing with. She was singing about "tomatoes" first of all and then started singing "Okee-dokee", which may have really been the "hokey pokey", but I'm not sure. : )
Kenzie and Morgan were wearing the bath robes for quite a while this morning, calling them their "bath towel" and pretending to be bathing. They would go over to one of the corners and say, "shower, shower, shower..." then go over to the mirror, presumably to see if they were clean. : )
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
5/22/12
Morgan ate all of her pears and about half of her blueberry muffin at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her sweet potatoes, about half of her tuna on saltines and her taste of oranges. She was wanting to be done after she ate that (which was just fine, except I was still feeding Riley her baby cereal and she thought she was starving). I told Morgan I would be happy to wash her right after I had finished feeding Riley and that started a 20+ minute meltdown. Since the kiddos weren't finished eating yet, we actually had to move her out of the room and that really amped it up. She hadn't even had any close calls before that incident.
After breakfast this morning Morgan and Joslyn somehow decided that one of the play over easy eggs would make a great eye patch. They took turns putting the "patch" on each other's eye and laughing about it.
The 6 oldest kiddos plus Thomas were really moving in packs today. They ALL were reading stories on the couch and chair then they all transferred to the other side of the room and found curlers to use as their microphones. After singing at the top of their lungs for a while, they then abandoned that and raced over to dance to the music, then they went to the table to have "breakfast", then back to the couch and chair to read again. It literally was like that until we split into our small groups! Crazy kiddos!
Morgan and Kenzie decided "we play hide-and-seek" then commenced to play something more like "peek-a-boo" around the back of the big yellow chair. Whatever game it was, they were having a blast!
All of the kiddos really enjoyed drawing with the magna doodles today. They were talking with each other what they made. One of the kiddos asked Morgan what she was making and Morgan answered "a butterfly" with no hesitation.
After breakfast this morning Morgan and Joslyn somehow decided that one of the play over easy eggs would make a great eye patch. They took turns putting the "patch" on each other's eye and laughing about it.
The 6 oldest kiddos plus Thomas were really moving in packs today. They ALL were reading stories on the couch and chair then they all transferred to the other side of the room and found curlers to use as their microphones. After singing at the top of their lungs for a while, they then abandoned that and raced over to dance to the music, then they went to the table to have "breakfast", then back to the couch and chair to read again. It literally was like that until we split into our small groups! Crazy kiddos!
Morgan and Kenzie decided "we play hide-and-seek" then commenced to play something more like "peek-a-boo" around the back of the big yellow chair. Whatever game it was, they were having a blast!
All of the kiddos really enjoyed drawing with the magna doodles today. They were talking with each other what they made. One of the kiddos asked Morgan what she was making and Morgan answered "a butterfly" with no hesitation.
5/21/12
Morgan told me she put cream on her nose at home to "make it feel better". That was after she had been examining it in the mirror.
All of the kiddos were kind of clinging and after breakfast they all wanted to "cuddle" me at once. To help them be able to all be close to me at once and still have minimal conflict I started singing them songs. We started with some of the old favorites and then I moved on to ones we don't sing as often and then a couple that I don't think we have every sang with this specific group. One of them was the "Chin up" song from Charlotte's Web. They loved it and requested it over and over again. Morgan also really liked the "More we get together" song and was singing it independently off and on the rest of the morning.
We held, hugged and had Tucker the Turtle give us a reminder lesson about how to "Think like a turtle". That reminded me that I still need to make copies of that information for you. I will try to do that in the next day or so.
All of the kiddos were kind of clinging and after breakfast they all wanted to "cuddle" me at once. To help them be able to all be close to me at once and still have minimal conflict I started singing them songs. We started with some of the old favorites and then I moved on to ones we don't sing as often and then a couple that I don't think we have every sang with this specific group. One of them was the "Chin up" song from Charlotte's Web. They loved it and requested it over and over again. Morgan also really liked the "More we get together" song and was singing it independently off and on the rest of the morning.
We held, hugged and had Tucker the Turtle give us a reminder lesson about how to "Think like a turtle". That reminded me that I still need to make copies of that information for you. I will try to do that in the next day or so.
Friday, May 18, 2012
5/18/12
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! : )
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! : )
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!" : )
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