12/21/12
Morgan ate most of her oatmeal and craisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate thirds on macaroni with peas and cheese on it and all of her applesauce and set ground beef.
After breakfast both Kenzie and Morgan said they were done and asked to wash at the same time. I chose to have Kenzie wash first and Morgan started making little irritated sounds to let me know she wasn't happy with my choice. Kenzie looked at me and said, "Morgan's not being fun right now! She needs to be fun, so I will play with her!" We have been talking about behaviors that are fun and those that aren't so fun some lately. She is obviously getting it (for others, at least).
There was some beautiful bell Christmas music playing on the iPod this morning and I commented on it. Morgan said, "yeah, but where's the music?"
Kenzie, Emily and Morgan decided it was a great day for Halloween play. They were talking about dressing up in their costumes and going trick-or-treating. Kenzie was chanting "Trick or treat, smell my feet". Morgan spun around in front of Kenzie and told her, "I have on my Halloween dress!" Hmm... And all this time I thought it was Christmas time!
Morgan and Emily decided that they wanted to play the bury each other under the bears in the chair game this morning. Morgan told her, "We can take turns. I'll go first." Well, some one DOES have to be first, you know! : )
In the back room Morgan and KenIe wanted to play with the same exact toy at the same time, so I told Morgan that they could take turns and I would watch the clock. We have a digital clock/CD player combo on a shelf back there. Morgan looked all around the room then asked me, "where's the clock?" She was obviously looking for the round kind like in the bathroom and big room. I pointed to it and told her it was a different kind, but also showed her my watch and told her I could use that. A few minutes later they were again trying to play with the same toy and Morgan came up to me and asked if I could "watch the clock on my arm". : )
The first ting that Morgan and Kenzie did when they got to the back room was find all of the Duplo flowers. Morgan asked Kenzie, "Shall we play the flower game?" I expected that to mean spinning them like they did yesterday, but instead, they proceeded to pick out the different colors then race over to me to verbally label and show them to me.
Friday, December 21, 2012
12/20/12
Thank you for the new books. We had to look at them multiple times this morning. The children all enjoyed them. Of course, we also had to read several others in addition to the new ones.
All four of my "big kiddos" (that's stretching it for Riley) got in on the burying and being buried under the stuffed animal bears this morning. They all really enjoy both being buried and piling them on whoever is at the bottom.
The scarves have also been a big hit this week, and especially today. They were using them for towels after playing in the "water park", as Morgan labeled the blue carpet. They were also using them for peek a boo tools, hats, aprons, skirts, and coats. We love it when we find an item that the children just naturally use creatively for multiple things.
All of the children were having a blast taking turns jumping on, stepping off onto and flopping on mattress. It is such a great large muscle builder and strengthener, as well as being a wonderful alternative to going outside, as far as burning off energy, and getting the rowdies out.
Of course, with play cake, cookies, and brownies out there has to be pretend cooking and eating going on.
I took a picture of one of the kiddos today and that got all of them wanting to look at the new and old pictures on my iPad. I showed them for a few minutes and also deleted a couple that I didn't want to save. Morgan was watching me, obviously realized what I was doing and said, "Delete, delete". Again, it is a brand new age...
When we switched to the back room KenIe and Morgan asked me to build them a car. I did help them build one and they played in it for most of the time we spent in that room. They even let Aaron and Riley join them, much to their delight.
All four of my "big kiddos" (that's stretching it for Riley) got in on the burying and being buried under the stuffed animal bears this morning. They all really enjoy both being buried and piling them on whoever is at the bottom.
The scarves have also been a big hit this week, and especially today. They were using them for towels after playing in the "water park", as Morgan labeled the blue carpet. They were also using them for peek a boo tools, hats, aprons, skirts, and coats. We love it when we find an item that the children just naturally use creatively for multiple things.
All of the children were having a blast taking turns jumping on, stepping off onto and flopping on mattress. It is such a great large muscle builder and strengthener, as well as being a wonderful alternative to going outside, as far as burning off energy, and getting the rowdies out.
Of course, with play cake, cookies, and brownies out there has to be pretend cooking and eating going on.
I took a picture of one of the kiddos today and that got all of them wanting to look at the new and old pictures on my iPad. I showed them for a few minutes and also deleted a couple that I didn't want to save. Morgan was watching me, obviously realized what I was doing and said, "Delete, delete". Again, it is a brand new age...
When we switched to the back room KenIe and Morgan asked me to build them a car. I did help them build one and they played in it for most of the time we spent in that room. They even let Aaron and Riley join them, much to their delight.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
12/19/12
Morgan ate all of her jelly toast and seconds on dried mangos at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her beef and bean burrito and her tropical fruit along with a bite of sweet potatoes.
Morgan was out of sorts for about 20 minutes this morning, but only melted down for about 5 right after you left. She had a couple other moments, but none were very intense.
Morgan cracked me up today when she announced, "I can't slow down!" as she raced around the climber, mattress and floor and back up to the climber over and over and faster and faster.
Morgan, Joslyn and Kenzie were taking turns sitting in the chair and being buried with the teddy bears. It's hard to tell if she likes being buried or doing the burying best.
Morgan and Kenzie discovered that the Duplo flower pieces can spin when they are on their tops and twisted just right. They worked and worked to do it repeated.
Morgan was putting together three pieces of white Duplo fence. Kenzie watched her for a while then asked, "Do you need help with the directions?
Morgan was out of sorts for about 20 minutes this morning, but only melted down for about 5 right after you left. She had a couple other moments, but none were very intense.
Morgan cracked me up today when she announced, "I can't slow down!" as she raced around the climber, mattress and floor and back up to the climber over and over and faster and faster.
Morgan, Joslyn and Kenzie were taking turns sitting in the chair and being buried with the teddy bears. It's hard to tell if she likes being buried or doing the burying best.
Morgan and Kenzie discovered that the Duplo flower pieces can spin when they are on their tops and twisted just right. They worked and worked to do it repeated.
Morgan was putting together three pieces of white Duplo fence. Kenzie watched her for a while then asked, "Do you need help with the directions?
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
12/18/12
Morgan ate thirds on cinnamon rolls and all of her prunes at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her cantaloupe and waffles, a bite of scrambled eggs and about half of her has browns.
Morgan, Kenzie and Joslyn were using the big yellow chair as their car. They each had a purse and were going "shopping". Morgan told me they were going to get "some more apples". Sets of three seldom work, but for some reason, with this specific thing it worked well for 20 minutes before someone did something she didn't like.
Morgan was playing with the stuffed animals and had made a circle with all of the bears. Someone asked her if she was going to tell them all a story. She said "No, I don't know any bear stories." I decided to help her out and began to tell the story of the three bears. Instead of it being Goldilocks, I said the little girl's name was Morgan. Morgan loved t and was just enthralled the entire way through. Literally the moment I was done she was already asking me to "read it again". : )
Morgan was enjoying wearing the dress-ups again today, especially the tie and red tutu.
Morgan, Kenzie and Joslyn were using the big yellow chair as their car. They each had a purse and were going "shopping". Morgan told me they were going to get "some more apples". Sets of three seldom work, but for some reason, with this specific thing it worked well for 20 minutes before someone did something she didn't like.
Morgan was playing with the stuffed animals and had made a circle with all of the bears. Someone asked her if she was going to tell them all a story. She said "No, I don't know any bear stories." I decided to help her out and began to tell the story of the three bears. Instead of it being Goldilocks, I said the little girl's name was Morgan. Morgan loved t and was just enthralled the entire way through. Literally the moment I was done she was already asking me to "read it again". : )
Morgan was enjoying wearing the dress-ups again today, especially the tie and red tutu.
Monday, December 17, 2012
12/17/12
Morgan ate all of her Kix cereal and a bite of her mixed fruit at breakfast. Morgan ate all of her cooked peas and mandarin oranges and seconds on ham sandwich.
Morgan was quite excited to examine the toy exchange to see what was in it. She tried on several of the dress ups, including a couple tutus and an apron. She asked Emily to help her tie it, which Emily declined saying it was "too hard" so I helped her.
Morgan immediately noticed that I hadn't gotten out the new stuffed animals and reminded me. When I went and got them, she was excited and immediately started looking through them to find her favorite. She then got all of the kiddos putting them all on the black chair by the couch in the big room. They kept piling until it just overflowed and no more would stay on top. That was when they thought it was Really fun!
Morgan kept talking about "going to play hockey" after she was "done" with whatever she was currently doing. She said she was going to be "just like mommy".
Morgan and several of the other kiddos were excited with both jingle bells and frosty came on the iPod. They liked and really listened to several of the other songs also, but those two were definitely the favorites. Morgan and Kenzie were dancing to the Christmas music with their teddy bears and flopping on the mattress with them, just cracking up.
When we went to the back room, Kenzie stacked all of the Duplo flowers together and was chanting, "Jacob - Marley, Jacob - Marley". Morgan picked up on it and was chanting it too, just in case she does it at home... It wasn't from us! : )
Morgan was quite excited to examine the toy exchange to see what was in it. She tried on several of the dress ups, including a couple tutus and an apron. She asked Emily to help her tie it, which Emily declined saying it was "too hard" so I helped her.
Morgan immediately noticed that I hadn't gotten out the new stuffed animals and reminded me. When I went and got them, she was excited and immediately started looking through them to find her favorite. She then got all of the kiddos putting them all on the black chair by the couch in the big room. They kept piling until it just overflowed and no more would stay on top. That was when they thought it was Really fun!
Morgan kept talking about "going to play hockey" after she was "done" with whatever she was currently doing. She said she was going to be "just like mommy".
Morgan and several of the other kiddos were excited with both jingle bells and frosty came on the iPod. They liked and really listened to several of the other songs also, but those two were definitely the favorites. Morgan and Kenzie were dancing to the Christmas music with their teddy bears and flopping on the mattress with them, just cracking up.
When we went to the back room, Kenzie stacked all of the Duplo flowers together and was chanting, "Jacob - Marley, Jacob - Marley". Morgan picked up on it and was chanting it too, just in case she does it at home... It wasn't from us! : )
12/14/12
Kenzie was very interested and a little anxious acting about Morgan going to "big girl school". Kenzie must have asked about her at least 15 times before she got there. After she came she was quizzing her -- "did you like it?", "what did you see there?" and "Are you going to visit again?" It was very cute actually. Morgan answered some of the questions and ignored others.
Morgan commented that there weren't any babies at "my new school" a couple times when one of then was doing or about to do something she didn't care for. She also talked about seeing Bode the without me even asking her (or Kenzie either).
Morgan was very lovey several times, which we have found often happens when they begin the transition. She also had one melt-down she. She and Kenzie had conflict over something and I moved Kenzie away from her. It wasn't too intense or long though.
Morgan commented that there weren't any babies at "my new school" a couple times when one of then was doing or about to do something she didn't care for. She also talked about seeing Bode the without me even asking her (or Kenzie either).
Morgan was very lovey several times, which we have found often happens when they begin the transition. She also had one melt-down she. She and Kenzie had conflict over something and I moved Kenzie away from her. It wasn't too intense or long though.
12/13/12
Morgan ate all of her grapes and seconds on cinnamon toast at breakfast. At lunch she ate a bite of her chili (substituted toedaybecause we had some left over from last night) and all of her canned cherries, dinner roll and potatoes.
Morgan and Emily were laying on the floor and said they were making snow angels. They were laughing and having a great time like they were ate ally doing it!
Morgan kept pushing on Emily not long after she came this morning. Emily kept using her words asking her to "move back" and "be gentle" and "don't push me", but Morgan just repeatedly ignored her words and actually pushed or squished against her more. I gave her the choice of moving back on her own or me helping her. I thought she was going to do it on her own and was just about to applaud her when she screamed "NO!" at me and hitting at Emily. I intervened and moved her back a couple steps, but she just stepped right back forward and started hitting at her again. Bottom line, a very intense, half-hour melt-down followed.
Morgan has put on the wolf mask that goes along with 'Little Red Riding Hood' mask set many time since Missy got them out with this toy exchange. Today she put it on and announced in a very sweet voice, "hello everybody! I am a big bad wolf!" She then looked at Nora, who really wasn't even paying attention to her and said, "it's okay. You don't have to be afraid. It's just a mask."
I had mentioned that the heel of my foot was hurting and Morgan said, "I know why your foot is hurting. Because you play with us lots, and lots, and lots, and lots! What a cutie!
Morgan and Emily were laying on the floor and said they were making snow angels. They were laughing and having a great time like they were ate ally doing it!
Morgan kept pushing on Emily not long after she came this morning. Emily kept using her words asking her to "move back" and "be gentle" and "don't push me", but Morgan just repeatedly ignored her words and actually pushed or squished against her more. I gave her the choice of moving back on her own or me helping her. I thought she was going to do it on her own and was just about to applaud her when she screamed "NO!" at me and hitting at Emily. I intervened and moved her back a couple steps, but she just stepped right back forward and started hitting at her again. Bottom line, a very intense, half-hour melt-down followed.
Morgan has put on the wolf mask that goes along with 'Little Red Riding Hood' mask set many time since Missy got them out with this toy exchange. Today she put it on and announced in a very sweet voice, "hello everybody! I am a big bad wolf!" She then looked at Nora, who really wasn't even paying attention to her and said, "it's okay. You don't have to be afraid. It's just a mask."
I had mentioned that the heel of my foot was hurting and Morgan said, "I know why your foot is hurting. Because you play with us lots, and lots, and lots, and lots! What a cutie!
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