Morgan ate all of her oatmeal and seconds on plums at breakfast. At lunch she ate no kiwi, bites of biscuit and all of her hashbrown and burger casserole.
Morgan was determined to get Jadey's book today. Jadey kept moving away from her and Morgan kept following her with her arms out in front of her -- it reminded me of a little zombie or something. I intervened several times and she started to tantrum, but turned it off quickly, which was awesome!
Morgan was really clapping and dancing to the CD we had on today. She is so cute when she does it because her whole face lights up. When she saw me watching her she got kind of shy and tucked her little head into her shoulder.
Morgan brought me a dress up vest and fire fighter hat today to help her put on. She strutted around with it on for quite a while. What was really cute was that she kept making trips over to the mirror to see how cute she was. : )
Morgan went outside with the big kiddos today and LOVED it. Gary said she actually did really well, even on the ice (which is about half of the yard). I know she was exhausted when she came back in, which is probably part of why she didn't eat the rest of her biscuit at lunch.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
3/10/2011
Morgan ate all of her french toast and cantaloup at breakfast. At lunch she ate a bite of her dried mangoes and all of her squash, roll and turkey.
Morgan is very friendly, even with those of up she sees all the time. Every time she is away from the whole group for even a little while, then rejoins them, she always greets everyone with a very energetic, "Hi!" and grin. This includes things like coming back into the big room after finishing eating, seeing everyone after nap, getting down off the changing table after diapering... It is really cute!
Morgan was following Jadey, Conner and sometimes Joslyn around and fussing, wanting whatever toy they had today. We had to remind her to find toys on the floor or shelf many times and even had to "help" her a couple times. Even then she didn't have any tantrums about it or anything else this morning! Hurray! : )
It cracks me up how many times Morgan is hanging out with the big kiddos rather than the ones her age and size. Especially when the four big boys are racing around on the mattress side of the room and just being crazy-rowdy, she wants to be right in the middle of it. What a kiddo! : )
Morgan is very friendly, even with those of up she sees all the time. Every time she is away from the whole group for even a little while, then rejoins them, she always greets everyone with a very energetic, "Hi!" and grin. This includes things like coming back into the big room after finishing eating, seeing everyone after nap, getting down off the changing table after diapering... It is really cute!
Morgan was following Jadey, Conner and sometimes Joslyn around and fussing, wanting whatever toy they had today. We had to remind her to find toys on the floor or shelf many times and even had to "help" her a couple times. Even then she didn't have any tantrums about it or anything else this morning! Hurray! : )
It cracks me up how many times Morgan is hanging out with the big kiddos rather than the ones her age and size. Especially when the four big boys are racing around on the mattress side of the room and just being crazy-rowdy, she wants to be right in the middle of it. What a kiddo! : )
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
3/9/2011
Morgan ate a couple of the blueberries out of her mixed berries and seconds on toast at breakfast. At lunch she ate a bite of ham and of mandarin oranges and all of her saltines and her bean soup.
Morgan went over to the dress up clothes deal and wanted the hats from the top down first thing. She said, "Help me!" pretty plainly, which was awesome. As soon as I got them down for her, she put one of the engineer hats right on. She continued to put one or another hat on at various times throughout the day.
Morgan loved it when Bode came in and immediately went over to her and have her a love and kissed the top of her head. He really likes Morgan! Bode's brother, Tate, also like Morgan and always tried to get her to come over to the gate and give him a hug when he is here! : )
Morgan has been doing quite a bit of pretending to eat. She will get a plate and a spoon and act like she is eating. She also likes to bring them over to me so I will 'feed' her and eat some bites myself. We were obviously making it look way to fun because pretty soon three other kiddos were by us wanting bites too. Since it was Morgan's play I asked her every time before I 'fed' another kiddo -- "Morgie, can I give Bode a bite?" and every time she would say "Yeah!" It was really cute!
Bode was on the couch today looking at a book. Morgan noticed, went over, crawled up onto the couch and sat right down close to him to listen to him read. When Bode saw it, it immediately started to "read" out loud, which was what she was wanting. It is so sweet!
Morgan went over to the dress up clothes deal and wanted the hats from the top down first thing. She said, "Help me!" pretty plainly, which was awesome. As soon as I got them down for her, she put one of the engineer hats right on. She continued to put one or another hat on at various times throughout the day.
Morgan loved it when Bode came in and immediately went over to her and have her a love and kissed the top of her head. He really likes Morgan! Bode's brother, Tate, also like Morgan and always tried to get her to come over to the gate and give him a hug when he is here! : )
Morgan has been doing quite a bit of pretending to eat. She will get a plate and a spoon and act like she is eating. She also likes to bring them over to me so I will 'feed' her and eat some bites myself. We were obviously making it look way to fun because pretty soon three other kiddos were by us wanting bites too. Since it was Morgan's play I asked her every time before I 'fed' another kiddo -- "Morgie, can I give Bode a bite?" and every time she would say "Yeah!" It was really cute!
Bode was on the couch today looking at a book. Morgan noticed, went over, crawled up onto the couch and sat right down close to him to listen to him read. When Bode saw it, it immediately started to "read" out loud, which was what she was wanting. It is so sweet!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
3/8/2011
Morgan ate all of her whole wheat bagel and her dried apricots at breakfast. At lunch she ate seconds on the pasta out of the pea and pasta salad, and all of her baked tilapia, applesauce and first serving of pea pasta salad.
Morgan was playing with the cash register when Cypress came. He came over and sat by her and was pushing buttons with her on the machine. I think he was as surprised as any of us when he announced, "Hey, we playing together!" Sure enough they were and there was no conflict!
Much of the rest of the morning Morgan's frustration level was high and her tolerance level low. She became angry when she couldn't get into the box easy enough, when a book would cooperate with her trying to bend it backward, when Joslyn would give up the toy she was playing with, when I would let her up on my lap when I was feeding Kenzie her bottle... For about 30 minutes it was one tantrum after another. I have noticed that her nose is runny more again and she sounds kind of hoarse so she must have gotten another cold on the tail end of the last one and probably is feeling miserable.
I finally put her in her crib for a while (about 10 minutes) while I was helping some of the other kiddos because it was starting to frustrate the other kiddos too. After that I took about 10 minutes and just held, visited and filled her little love tank. She really liked that and did better for a while until she started getting hungry and tired before lunch. At the end of out cuddle time Kenzie came over to us also with her hands up. Morgan bent down like she was trying to help her up so I asked Morgan if she wanted to hold Kenzie. Her face lit up and she reached for her again. I helped them get situated and Kenzie actually ended up sitting there for at least three minutes! Morgan LOVED it! : )
During the intensest part of the day, she and Jadey were playing alongside each other in too close of a space (obviously). I am not sure exactly what happened but Morgan was trying to take Jadey's toy and Morgan ended up with a bite mark on her hand so obviously Jadey bit her. She wasn't the only victim today either -- it was a very testy day for several of the kiddos, including Jadey! Ugh!!!
Morgan was playing with the cash register when Cypress came. He came over and sat by her and was pushing buttons with her on the machine. I think he was as surprised as any of us when he announced, "Hey, we playing together!" Sure enough they were and there was no conflict!
Much of the rest of the morning Morgan's frustration level was high and her tolerance level low. She became angry when she couldn't get into the box easy enough, when a book would cooperate with her trying to bend it backward, when Joslyn would give up the toy she was playing with, when I would let her up on my lap when I was feeding Kenzie her bottle... For about 30 minutes it was one tantrum after another. I have noticed that her nose is runny more again and she sounds kind of hoarse so she must have gotten another cold on the tail end of the last one and probably is feeling miserable.
I finally put her in her crib for a while (about 10 minutes) while I was helping some of the other kiddos because it was starting to frustrate the other kiddos too. After that I took about 10 minutes and just held, visited and filled her little love tank. She really liked that and did better for a while until she started getting hungry and tired before lunch. At the end of out cuddle time Kenzie came over to us also with her hands up. Morgan bent down like she was trying to help her up so I asked Morgan if she wanted to hold Kenzie. Her face lit up and she reached for her again. I helped them get situated and Kenzie actually ended up sitting there for at least three minutes! Morgan LOVED it! : )
During the intensest part of the day, she and Jadey were playing alongside each other in too close of a space (obviously). I am not sure exactly what happened but Morgan was trying to take Jadey's toy and Morgan ended up with a bite mark on her hand so obviously Jadey bit her. She wasn't the only victim today either -- it was a very testy day for several of the kiddos, including Jadey! Ugh!!!
As I said, several of the kiddos were a bit testy today so I took my kiddos back to the back room to play early. All of my 'big' boys (Cypress, Keenan and Bode) were excited to make trains with the mega train blocks. Morgan had to join in and found an engine also, but wasn't quite sure how to hook anything else on to it. I tried to show her, but she would have none of that, so I backed off and she just played with the engine.
Monday, March 7, 2011
3/7/2011
Morgan ate all of her craisins and seconds on cereal at breakfast. At lunch she ate most of her cheese pizza and all of her cauliflower and tropical fruit.
Morgan had a blast exploring the "new" toys today. She had to try out about everything -- echo phones, jingle toys, food stuff, fire fighter hat, doctor accessories... She brought me the doctor vest to help her put it on several times. A couple more times she brought it along with a dolly so I would her put it on her. : )
She has been getting both in and out of the "box" regularly with a fair amount of ease. She is also getting on and off of the couch at will too. One day last week when she was wearing a pair of jeans, she was really struggling to do it and I finally realized they aren't as stretchy so she didn't have the mobility to be able to do it as easily. She was persistent though, and still managed to make it! : )
Morgan had not melt downs this morning! Hurray! She did try to take toys from other kiddos a few times, but she listened when I told her to "let go and find a different one" and then went to help her do it. They were only brief conflicts. We are also teaching the other kiddos to hold on to what she is trying to take and tell her to let go then call us for help if she doesn't listen. I think it will help if she NEVER gets what she is trying to take from the others. We just have to watch more closely with the babies, because they don't understand not letting it go. : )
Morgan had a blast exploring the "new" toys today. She had to try out about everything -- echo phones, jingle toys, food stuff, fire fighter hat, doctor accessories... She brought me the doctor vest to help her put it on several times. A couple more times she brought it along with a dolly so I would her put it on her. : )
She has been getting both in and out of the "box" regularly with a fair amount of ease. She is also getting on and off of the couch at will too. One day last week when she was wearing a pair of jeans, she was really struggling to do it and I finally realized they aren't as stretchy so she didn't have the mobility to be able to do it as easily. She was persistent though, and still managed to make it! : )
Morgan had not melt downs this morning! Hurray! She did try to take toys from other kiddos a few times, but she listened when I told her to "let go and find a different one" and then went to help her do it. They were only brief conflicts. We are also teaching the other kiddos to hold on to what she is trying to take and tell her to let go then call us for help if she doesn't listen. I think it will help if she NEVER gets what she is trying to take from the others. We just have to watch more closely with the babies, because they don't understand not letting it go. : )
Friday, March 4, 2011
3/4/2011
Morgan ate seconds on both raisins and malt-o-meal at breakfast. At lunch she ate a bite of mixed fruit and all of her salad with ranch dressing and her spaghetti.
Morgan has been so full of random loves for both Gary and I lately! It is great. She just give her hugs then goes right back to playing. It isn't when there is anything bugging her or anything, just having love surges, I guess!
Another thing we have really been focusing on is helping Morgan listen when the other kiddos ask her to "Move back" or do the 'move back' sign. She is kind of an in-your-space kind of kiddo (which many of them are at this age and stage) which can lead to conflict. If she can learn to respond to the kiddos cues, it will make her life and the other kiddos easier!
I think it is so interesting what triggers her (and the other kiddos too) sometimes. Today Gary went out to the utility room to get something and came back in. He asked her to move back away from the gate (which she usually does immediately with no problem). Today she just melted down, threw herself to the floor, flopped backwards and started just howling. Goofy girl! It didn't last very long, but... ??
Several times the last couple days Gary has passed gas and Morgan has responded with a "whoop!" or "uh-oh!" and/or a chuckle. I don't remember having a kiddo respond quite this young! : ) Even if he can be a little stinker, she still really likes him. Every time Gary is on the floor or the step under the big window she comes over to him and either sits on his lap or by him, lounging against him. It is really cute.
Morgan has been so full of random loves for both Gary and I lately! It is great. She just give her hugs then goes right back to playing. It isn't when there is anything bugging her or anything, just having love surges, I guess!
Another thing we have really been focusing on is helping Morgan listen when the other kiddos ask her to "Move back" or do the 'move back' sign. She is kind of an in-your-space kind of kiddo (which many of them are at this age and stage) which can lead to conflict. If she can learn to respond to the kiddos cues, it will make her life and the other kiddos easier!
I think it is so interesting what triggers her (and the other kiddos too) sometimes. Today Gary went out to the utility room to get something and came back in. He asked her to move back away from the gate (which she usually does immediately with no problem). Today she just melted down, threw herself to the floor, flopped backwards and started just howling. Goofy girl! It didn't last very long, but... ??
Several times the last couple days Gary has passed gas and Morgan has responded with a "whoop!" or "uh-oh!" and/or a chuckle. I don't remember having a kiddo respond quite this young! : ) Even if he can be a little stinker, she still really likes him. Every time Gary is on the floor or the step under the big window she comes over to him and either sits on his lap or by him, lounging against him. It is really cute.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
3/3/2011
Morgan ate all of her blueberries and raisin english muffins at breakfast. At lunch she ate a bite of her potato salad, a couple bites of canned cherries and all of her chicken on crackers.
Morgan didn't have any melt downs today! I think it is so interesting when the kiddos have such a hard time one day and then next it be great. Not that I am complaining, or anything! : )
I put together all of the velcro fruits and vegetables first thing this morning and Morgan found one of the play knives and was working hard to "cut" them apart. She got a couple by herself, but brought many of them over to me to "help" her with. I would just hold the fruit or vegetable and she would stick the knife in the crack and "cut" it apart. She just had a difficult time keeping the fruit or vegetable from running away while she was trying to cut it.
I put on one of the dance CDs today for the toddlers while the bigger kiddos were outside getting soaked and muddy. One of the songs on it was Cotton Eyed Joe and you should have seen Morgan dancing to it! It was great! She danced to some of the other ones too, but that one was classic! : )
Morgan didn't have any melt downs today! I think it is so interesting when the kiddos have such a hard time one day and then next it be great. Not that I am complaining, or anything! : )
I put together all of the velcro fruits and vegetables first thing this morning and Morgan found one of the play knives and was working hard to "cut" them apart. She got a couple by herself, but brought many of them over to me to "help" her with. I would just hold the fruit or vegetable and she would stick the knife in the crack and "cut" it apart. She just had a difficult time keeping the fruit or vegetable from running away while she was trying to cut it.
I put on one of the dance CDs today for the toddlers while the bigger kiddos were outside getting soaked and muddy. One of the songs on it was Cotton Eyed Joe and you should have seen Morgan dancing to it! It was great! She danced to some of the other ones too, but that one was classic! : )
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