6/20/13

Kenzie only ate a bite of both whole wheat English muffin and blueberries at breakfast.  At lunch she ate seconds on plain saltines and all of her canned chicken on salines, cherries and sweet potatoes.  

Kenzie was playing with Emily and she did something to her Emily didn't like.  Emily told her, "I don't like that!"  Kenzie looked at her like she was crazy and said, "WHAT are you talking about?!"

Aaron and Thomas were following Emily and Kenzie around bugging them so I let them go play in the back room to get away from them.  They played great with the keyboards and zoo creatures until breakfast, happy to be free from those male menaces.  : )

Kenzie was having a blast bossing Riley and Aaron around for a while this morning.  Nora was on the same side with them, but she wasn't nearly as cooperative, so Kenzie kind of just worked around her. They were "loading the car" (behind the igloo) with all of the stuffed animals.  

Thomas told Gary that he had to go potty and actual went.  I was telling him he was getting big like Kenzie and Emily and Avery (his sister) and Morgan.  Kenzie immediately piped up I with "and Alayna and Jadey.  Don't forget about them!"  

6/19/13

Kenzie ate all of her peaches and about half of her biscuit at breakfast.  At lunch she ate seconds on peas and all of her baked beans, dinner roll me pineapple.  

Kenzie and Riley did puzzles for about 15 minutes before breakfast today.  When Riley even hesitates in getting a piece in, Kenzie is right there to help her, whether she needs or wants it or not!  

Kenzie and Aaron played on the rowdy side quite a bit this morning, with Riley joining them off and on.  Kenzie accidentally tipped over as they were playing and bonked her head on the floor, which made Aaron crack up.  The then took turns tipping over on purpose, bonking their heads and laughing.  

When they got tired of that game, Kenzie then decided they should use each other as drums.  I had to keep reminding them to drum gently, but they were having a blast with it!

Several times today when Kenzie loved and hugged on Gary, she bought my attention to it -- "Hey, Lauralea!  Look!  I'm hugging on Gary!"  It was very sweet and so cute! 

I love how focused Kenzie get on the story when we are reading to the kiddos, either in a group or individually.  She is always the one who chimes in first when she knows what comes next, makes the animal sounds, or answers the questions we ask.

6/18/13

Kenzie ate seconds on waffles and all of her hashbrowns at breakfast.  At  lunch she ate all of her shrimp and oranges, about half of her rice and a couple bites of fresh peppers.  

Kenzie was so excited when I brought out big bear.  I had Micala sew up the latest tear in it, so we were able to play with him again.  She wasn't the only one glad to see the old friend!  They were cuddling, laying and jumping on him like crazy the first hour or so.  They then started fighting over him and being aggressive with each other, so he took a break so he didn't get ripped again.  

Kenzie was teeter-tottering with Aaron, but Aaron weighs so much more than Kenzie that he would just sit down on the ground and she was stuck in the air, yelling "let me down!" which he thought was hilarious!  

Kenzie has been giving both Gary and I extra loves yesterday and today. She has been just wrapping her arms around our necks and cuddling like crazy.  I'm sure she is feeling the upcoming changes!  

Today Kenzie was mauling Gary so Gary started tickling her arm pit.  When she caught her breath she looked him straight  in the eye and said,  "You rat!"  : ) Gary loved that!  

6/14/13

Kenzie ate about half of both her dried cranberries and her oatmeal at breakfast.  At lunch she ate seconds on peas and pasta with cheese and all of her applesauce and lean ground beef.  

Kenzie and Emily played house with their babies and some food for a long time.  They were dressing (mostly undressing actually), wrapping and unwrapping and feeding dollies, pretending to sleep, waking up to go to work...

Kenzie has been very interested in my watch and the clocks in all of the rooms lately.  She frequently asks me what time it is or how long until whatever she thinks is next.  I thought it was cute that she came with a watch today.  She is obviously interested in it at home too, at least a little. 

For a few minutes it was just your three kiddos on the rowdy side.  It was fun to watch the three of them interact.  You can tell both Cooper and Riley are used to Kenzie just mauling them because they not just let her do it, but fed off of it and seemed to like it and want more.  Cooper should be exceptionally tough and tolerant!  : )

Emily and Kenzie were pretending to fix each others hair this morning in front of the mirror.  They were asking each other if they wanted "a whale spout or braid".  

When we went to the back room Kenzie built a creation with the big interlocking blocks that had a hole in it for her to put some Duplos in.  She then closed up I the opening, calling it her "hide-a-way" and saying it was to "keep Noah from getting my stuff". 

6/13/13

Kenzie ate a bite of her blueberries and about half of her cinnamon raisin English muffins at breakfast.  At lunch she ate seconds on turkey sandwich and all of her fresh pineapple (the kiwi were still too hard) and green beans.  

Kenzie saw that it was raining out and immediately wanted to switch the weather wheel from cloudy to rainy.  She also announce to all of the kiddos that we "won't be able to go outside because it's raining.  

Kenzie was in "help her friends" mode, which was very sweet.  Riley was wanting the toys that she was playing with so she went over to the toy shelf and found the exact toys and gave her them.  She also helped Nora when she was trying to get Rae's toys, as well as several others.  It was like she was in problem solving mode.  Another thing she did great was be a good example for several of the other kiddos on how to play with Cooper without getting nose to nose with him.  Granted, she doesn't always do that well, but today she really was.  

Kenzie and Emily were talking to each other about "graduating" while they were playing today.  Emily told Kenzie she "can't go to my house when I graduate".  Kenzie then told her "I'm not going to graduate for a while!" to which Emily disagreed with emphatically, leading to quite the argument (but only verbal bantering).  

She and Emily were sitting in the big yellowish chair and Kenzie announced that they were "riding in my vehicle".  It just cracked me up that it wasn't a 'car' or 'truck'.

When we switched to the back room, Kenzie immediately asked me to help her build an airplane.  Here is what we came up with.  It wasn't real representative, but it was good enough to appease her and that was all that mattered!  

6/12/13

Kenzie ate thirds on mangoes and all of her jelly toast at breakfast.  A lunch she ate seconds on beef and bean burrito and all of her tropical fruit and her sweet potatoes.  

I love how Kenzie calls Riley "Rooey".  It is so cute and sweet.  She also has been trying to lift her up frequently, which we have vetoed for safety issues.  

I read her a story about a farm cow having a cold and sneezing everywhere, which Kenzie really liked then reenacted using one of the stuffed animal cows with Emily in the igloo.  They were cracking up!  

I read/sang a bunch of farm themed books today and Kenzie sang all of the songs ones with me (old McDonald, farmer in the dell...).  

Gary got smart today when we went outside.  He took the garbage can over to the fence by the apple tree for them to throw the baby apples in.  I don't know why it is dropping them like that.  She literally had handfuls today!  

Kenzie's pony tail fell out shortly after breakfast and she wanted two partial ponies like Emily was wearing.  With her ex braid, it made them frizzy, which actually looked really cute!  

6/11/13

Kenzie ate all of her cinnamon roll and second on prunes (Riley's) ate breakfast.  At lunch she ate only her tasting bite or two of everything -- waffles, eggs, hashbrowns and cantaloup.  She did empty her milk though, so she was obviously mainly thirsty.  

Kenzie was so excited that Emily was back and immediately wanted to play on the back room because Emily was back there.  Even after I was done cooking, they wanted to stay back until breakfast.

Kenzie was using the pans to stack today.  She had all six of them, plus a lid stacked up.  She then kept trying to carry the whole stack around the room, which obviously ended with them toppling and having to start all over!  : )

She, Riley and Emily played on the rowdy side of the room for a while after breakfast.  Kenzie likes to talk about the "shadow getting us" when they are playing in and around the igloo.  It really isn't even a shadow, it is the the little ray of light that shines through a hole in the base of the igloo.  

When we went outside, Kenzie immediately went over to the fence to start searching for "pineapples" (baby apples) off of the neighbors tree.  It must be losing them pretty regularly because they found more today, even though they had found all there were to be found yesterday.