Kenzie ate all of her peaches and seconds on whole wheat bagel at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her chopped salad with ranch dressing and ham, about half of her homemade macaroni and cheese and a taste of corn (in and out).
We had a pretty exciting view from our big room window this morning. First the street sweepers were going by and the kiddos love that. One of them saw the kiddos watching at the window and waved at them, which made the kiddos happy.
Not long after the first sweepers went by our neighborhood was surrounded by cop cars and they started canvassing house by house. Three hour event made short, a guy had stolen a car and was hiding out in our neighborhood. They found him about 11:30 and it started about 8:30, so it took a while. We watched a team of 6-8 officers go through the properties on the opposite side of the street searching for him. The officer that Gary talked to said the guy had also broken into at least three houses after ditching the car. Crazy!
Kenzie loves to play with the engineer hats. She puts them on about every direction, but seems to be more likely to put it on with the bill in the back, which looks pretty cute on her! : )
We have been practicing some Christmas/Winter songs this week and the kiddos especially like the ones that we just the jingle bells with.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
11/29/11
Kenzie ate all of her pears and a bite of blueberry muffin at breakfast today. At lunch she ate all of her orange slices, about half of her sweet potatoes and all of her tuna on saltines (with thirds on must saltines).
Kenzie has been talking about doing "homework" a lot here lately when playing or wanting to play with the pretend mail envelopes. Jadey is actually the one who started it and Kenzie picked right up on it. I am sure Jadey got it from her big sisters. : )
Kenzie went over to the big thermometer mounted beside the dress up clothes deal and leaned against it with her back. I am sure she was doing it like she was measuring herself. That is sure what it looked like anyway. Do you guys have a measuring chart at home?
We were talking about needing to put ointment on one of the kiddos and Kenzie was obviously listening as she was playing. Within a minute after we had said it, she came over to me and asked, "Butt sore?" She is a smart little whippersnapper! : )
Just an aside -- I put Riley in her little infant chair for both naps today because she was having a little struggle with being stuffy and kind of rattly.
Kenzie has been talking about doing "homework" a lot here lately when playing or wanting to play with the pretend mail envelopes. Jadey is actually the one who started it and Kenzie picked right up on it. I am sure Jadey got it from her big sisters. : )
Kenzie went over to the big thermometer mounted beside the dress up clothes deal and leaned against it with her back. I am sure she was doing it like she was measuring herself. That is sure what it looked like anyway. Do you guys have a measuring chart at home?
We were talking about needing to put ointment on one of the kiddos and Kenzie was obviously listening as she was playing. Within a minute after we had said it, she came over to me and asked, "Butt sore?" She is a smart little whippersnapper! : )
Just an aside -- I put Riley in her little infant chair for both naps today because she was having a little struggle with being stuffy and kind of rattly.
Monday, November 28, 2011
11/28/11
Kenzie ate most of her Chex cereal and seconds on fruit salad at breakfast. At lunch she ate about a third of her tomato soup and all of her roast beef sandwich and apple slices.
Kenzie had somewhat of a 'back to Lauralea and Gary-sharing adjustment' today. She was determined that every toy was "mine!", as was very spot to sit and every book to look at and so forth. We just kept reminding her and after breakfast she did much better again! : ) It is just that process of getting back on track with the program rules and processes.
Kenzie initiated a great hug with Thomas and he loved it. The only problem was that he got a little over-exuberant and toppled on forward right on top of her. Kenzie kept saying, "Thomas push me". It is hard when that happens because they don't understand.
Kenzie loved examining all of the changes in the three play rooms today. She was noticing and pointing out several different things. It is fun to see what they see and what they done.
She had a very difficult time pooping this morning (only getting out one little marble at first then more later). She was crying and saying it hurt, which she hasn't done here for a long time.
Kenzie had somewhat of a 'back to Lauralea and Gary-sharing adjustment' today. She was determined that every toy was "mine!", as was very spot to sit and every book to look at and so forth. We just kept reminding her and after breakfast she did much better again! : ) It is just that process of getting back on track with the program rules and processes.
Kenzie initiated a great hug with Thomas and he loved it. The only problem was that he got a little over-exuberant and toppled on forward right on top of her. Kenzie kept saying, "Thomas push me". It is hard when that happens because they don't understand.
Kenzie loved examining all of the changes in the three play rooms today. She was noticing and pointing out several different things. It is fun to see what they see and what they done.
She had a very difficult time pooping this morning (only getting out one little marble at first then more later). She was crying and saying it hurt, which she hasn't done here for a long time.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
11/23/11
Kenzie ate about half of her whole wheat toast and a bite of mixed berries (a blueberry) at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her biscuit, about half of her kiwi and a couple bites of the hashbrown casserole.
Morgan played with Kenzie a lot today. It didn't really matter what they were doing, they were basically together the whole time. If Morgan moved away without Kenzie noticing, she would come over to me and ask "Where Morgie go?" It was pretty cute and Morgan liked having her for a playmate.
All of the bigger kiddos were using the "sidewalk" that Gary had made for a 'stage' to sing and dance on. Kenzie and Morgan are balanced enough that they did pretty good. The others fell off frequently, but thought it was great anyway.
Kenzie did play with Emily with the mega Legos for a little while, but Morgan was by the Lego table also. She and Emily were building and laughing if they tipped over or anything else even slightly amusing happened. I love how much Kenzie loves to laugh and have fun!
Morgan played with Kenzie a lot today. It didn't really matter what they were doing, they were basically together the whole time. If Morgan moved away without Kenzie noticing, she would come over to me and ask "Where Morgie go?" It was pretty cute and Morgan liked having her for a playmate.
All of the bigger kiddos were using the "sidewalk" that Gary had made for a 'stage' to sing and dance on. Kenzie and Morgan are balanced enough that they did pretty good. The others fell off frequently, but thought it was great anyway.
Kenzie did play with Emily with the mega Legos for a little while, but Morgan was by the Lego table also. She and Emily were building and laughing if they tipped over or anything else even slightly amusing happened. I love how much Kenzie loves to laugh and have fun!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
11/22/11
Kenzie ate all of her dried apricots and whole wheat bagel at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her applesauce, most of her baked fish and about half of her pea and pasta salad.
Kenzie and Jadey were playing together and Jadey told her "Bye, Kenzie" then turned around and started walking away. Kenzie got a very forlorn look on her face and asked, "Where going?" like she was really going to leave.
Kenzie played with the big interlocking blocks for a while then went over to Gary with those big adorable eyes and asked him to "build sidewalk". Of course, he couldn't resist that and she helped bring him blocks to make a sidewalk from block shelf to big window step.
Kenzie knows basically all of our 'Kindness Pledge' now and says it very well (when she wants to). She misses a word here and there, but really can do it all by herself. It is so cute. Now if we could just get them to practice what it says! : )
Kenzie and Jadey were playing together and Jadey told her "Bye, Kenzie" then turned around and started walking away. Kenzie got a very forlorn look on her face and asked, "Where going?" like she was really going to leave.
Kenzie played with the big interlocking blocks for a while then went over to Gary with those big adorable eyes and asked him to "build sidewalk". Of course, he couldn't resist that and she helped bring him blocks to make a sidewalk from block shelf to big window step.
Kenzie knows basically all of our 'Kindness Pledge' now and says it very well (when she wants to). She misses a word here and there, but really can do it all by herself. It is so cute. Now if we could just get them to practice what it says! : )
11/21/11
Kenzie ate most of her bran flakes cereal and about half of her craisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of ehr cheese pizza, tropical fruit and then carefully picked the bacon bits out of the green beans and ate them (subbed for cauliflower).
Kenzie was holding hands and dancing with Jadey and Morgan. Usually when they do that it ends up just being a fall down party, with one of them always trying to pull the other ones down on top of them. Today they actually danced quite a bit and the falling down was accidental for the first 10 or so minutes.
Kenzie was playing peek-a-boo over, around and and behind the yellow chair. It really didn't matter to her who would play with her (Alayna, Morgan, Jadey, Joslyn) she was just cracking up no matter who it was.
Her poor little nose was running like crazy, often blowing big bubbles out of it. She blew one huge one out as she was laughing at Emily and I cracked up. She was kind of looking at it cross-eyed in a shocked manner. It was pretty funny! I also think it is so cute and cool how she will pop her binky out and put her little head up when we tell her we need to wipe her nose. We let her keep her binky in until breakfast, then put it away.
The kiddos all really enjoyed watching the city crew scooping up leaves with the front end loaders and dumping them into the dump trucks. Sadly there weren't many leaves where they would watch out the big window so it didn't take very long, but they were enthralled while it lasted!
Kenzie was holding hands and dancing with Jadey and Morgan. Usually when they do that it ends up just being a fall down party, with one of them always trying to pull the other ones down on top of them. Today they actually danced quite a bit and the falling down was accidental for the first 10 or so minutes.
Kenzie was playing peek-a-boo over, around and and behind the yellow chair. It really didn't matter to her who would play with her (Alayna, Morgan, Jadey, Joslyn) she was just cracking up no matter who it was.
Her poor little nose was running like crazy, often blowing big bubbles out of it. She blew one huge one out as she was laughing at Emily and I cracked up. She was kind of looking at it cross-eyed in a shocked manner. It was pretty funny! I also think it is so cute and cool how she will pop her binky out and put her little head up when we tell her we need to wipe her nose. We let her keep her binky in until breakfast, then put it away.
The kiddos all really enjoyed watching the city crew scooping up leaves with the front end loaders and dumping them into the dump trucks. Sadly there weren't many leaves where they would watch out the big window so it didn't take very long, but they were enthralled while it lasted!
11/18/11
Kenzie ate about half of her malt-o-meal and most of her raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her salad with ranch, mixed fruit and most of her spaghetti.
Kenzie was randomly telling the kiddos to "Shhh... Riley sleeping". Some of the time that meant baby sister Riley and others it meant the doll she was playing with. The kiddos all listened and cooperated with her pretty well. She must have sounded like she meant business. : )
Kenzie has been enjoying going in to try to "go potty" with the bigger kiddos. So far she hasn't had any product yet, but she loves being included with the bigger kiddos. I am going to continue taken all of them several times a day for a couple weeks, then evaluate who is having successes and focus mostly on those ones.
Alayna always pretends that one of the dolls here is "baby Riley". She has also decided that one of the fire hats is her "car seat". Kenzie decided that it was a good idea and has been putting her "baby Riley" doll into one of the fire hats also and calling it a car seat.
Kenzie was randomly telling the kiddos to "Shhh... Riley sleeping". Some of the time that meant baby sister Riley and others it meant the doll she was playing with. The kiddos all listened and cooperated with her pretty well. She must have sounded like she meant business. : )
Kenzie has been enjoying going in to try to "go potty" with the bigger kiddos. So far she hasn't had any product yet, but she loves being included with the bigger kiddos. I am going to continue taken all of them several times a day for a couple weeks, then evaluate who is having successes and focus mostly on those ones.
Alayna always pretends that one of the dolls here is "baby Riley". She has also decided that one of the fire hats is her "car seat". Kenzie decided that it was a good idea and has been putting her "baby Riley" doll into one of the fire hats also and calling it a car seat.
Monday, November 21, 2011
11/17/11
Kenzie ate bites of her cinnamon raisin English muffin and her blueberries at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her canned chicken on saltines, her cherries and bites of her potato salad.
Kenzie was prancing around with one of the dolls in her arms and announced, "I dance baby!" It was really cute and she had the biggest grin on her face!
Kenzie kept building big tall towers with the big blocks, knocking them over and laughing. She was also really watching Emily's face and reaction. When Emily laughed, Kenzie laughed even harder (bending over and covering her mouth).
There were a bunch of crows outside the big window today and they were all lined up watching them. They were across the street which is far enough away that they didn't fly when the kiddos banged on the window to try to scare them. They hung out for about 15 minutes and most of the kiddos stayed the entire time.
Kenzie was prancing around with one of the dolls in her arms and announced, "I dance baby!" It was really cute and she had the biggest grin on her face!
Kenzie kept building big tall towers with the big blocks, knocking them over and laughing. She was also really watching Emily's face and reaction. When Emily laughed, Kenzie laughed even harder (bending over and covering her mouth).
There were a bunch of crows outside the big window today and they were all lined up watching them. They were across the street which is far enough away that they didn't fly when the kiddos banged on the window to try to scare them. They hung out for about 15 minutes and most of the kiddos stayed the entire time.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
11/16/11
Kenzie ate all of her peaches and about half of her biscuit at breakfast. At lunch she ate bites of both her dinner roll and her broccoli, seconds on pineapple tidbits and thirds on baked beans. She has been a little eating machine the last couple days! : )
I decided to try seeing if any of the "big" kiddos are interested in using the bathroom this morning. I was just going to take the older four (who are all two, or almost). Kenzie was determined that she needed to come too, so I took her also. They all tried valiantly, but only Jadey and Alayna were able to go either time. I will keep trying all of them for a couple weeks (as long as they want to), then will focus on those who are being successful after that.
I had given an award to the two who pooped in the potty this morning and let them put a sticker on it. Of course, all of the other kiddos wanted a "ticker" too, so I decided we would do stickers for art time today. That sufficed them.
Yesterday afternoon was the first time Kenzie tried to be possessive of Riley. I had Riley sitting up in the corner of the couch with me right by her. Of course, all of the kiddos gathered around to talk to her and try to give her toys. I fielded the toys so they didn't overwhelm her, but Kenzie wasn't impressed. She started trying to push the kiddos away. I just told her "At Gary and Lauralea's we need to share Riley Roo with all of the kiddos, but Gary and Lauralea will take good care of her and make sure she's safe." She did very well after that. I think it just freaked her out a little to see them all clustered around her like that.
I decided to try seeing if any of the "big" kiddos are interested in using the bathroom this morning. I was just going to take the older four (who are all two, or almost). Kenzie was determined that she needed to come too, so I took her also. They all tried valiantly, but only Jadey and Alayna were able to go either time. I will keep trying all of them for a couple weeks (as long as they want to), then will focus on those who are being successful after that.
I had given an award to the two who pooped in the potty this morning and let them put a sticker on it. Of course, all of the other kiddos wanted a "ticker" too, so I decided we would do stickers for art time today. That sufficed them.
Yesterday afternoon was the first time Kenzie tried to be possessive of Riley. I had Riley sitting up in the corner of the couch with me right by her. Of course, all of the kiddos gathered around to talk to her and try to give her toys. I fielded the toys so they didn't overwhelm her, but Kenzie wasn't impressed. She started trying to push the kiddos away. I just told her "At Gary and Lauralea's we need to share Riley Roo with all of the kiddos, but Gary and Lauralea will take good care of her and make sure she's safe." She did very well after that. I think it just freaked her out a little to see them all clustered around her like that.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
11/15/11
Kenzie ate all of her waffle and a taste of hashbrowns at breakfast. At lunch she ate a taste of red pepper, all of her shrimp, second on orange bits and thirds on brown rice. We were shocked! : )
I came up with the term "feistily sensitive" to describe Kenzie this morning. I don't know if it was because of sensing that Daddy was leaving or if she didn't sleep well last night or what, but she was in a mode. She was determined to harass the other kiddos, but didn't want them anywhere close to her. She tried to take many toys they had, but didn't want them to even look at a toy she had played with and put down 10 minutes ago. I couldn't help but think of the "Toddler's Creed" multiple times when observing today. : )
Kenzie loved it when I sang "How much is that Doggy in the Window?" while holding one of the stuffed puppies out in the back room. She especially liked it when I wagged his tail when it got to that stop. She was really laughing.
Kenzie did a couple "pussles" (puzzles) today and loved that!
I came up with the term "feistily sensitive" to describe Kenzie this morning. I don't know if it was because of sensing that Daddy was leaving or if she didn't sleep well last night or what, but she was in a mode. She was determined to harass the other kiddos, but didn't want them anywhere close to her. She tried to take many toys they had, but didn't want them to even look at a toy she had played with and put down 10 minutes ago. I couldn't help but think of the "Toddler's Creed" multiple times when observing today. : )
Kenzie loved it when I sang "How much is that Doggy in the Window?" while holding one of the stuffed puppies out in the back room. She especially liked it when I wagged his tail when it got to that stop. She was really laughing.
Kenzie did a couple "pussles" (puzzles) today and loved that!
11/14/11
Kenzie ate a bite of her banana and all of her cheerios at breakfast. At lunch she drank all of her tomato soup, ate most of her apple bits and picked the cheese off of her grilled cheese sandwich.
Morgan and Kenzie were waving the shakers above their heads and chanting "Go Griz!" over and over this morning. When Gary and I started talking about it, they really got into doing it to show off. It was super cute!
Gary's razor batter was dead when he tried to shave first thing this morning so he had to charge it first. When it was charged he started to shave. The kiddos don't usually get to seem him do that and they were mesmerized, especially Kenzie.
She was wearing one of the dress-up shoes today and it was a little big so she kept walking out of it. That, in itself, was cute, but then kept putting it back on when it fell off by herself, which was awesome.
Kenzie was being goofy after breakfast and Gary told her she was a "clown". For about 20 minutes after that she was chanting, "Class clown!" over and over and over. She has obviously heard us say that about her!
Morgan and Kenzie were waving the shakers above their heads and chanting "Go Griz!" over and over this morning. When Gary and I started talking about it, they really got into doing it to show off. It was super cute!
Gary's razor batter was dead when he tried to shave first thing this morning so he had to charge it first. When it was charged he started to shave. The kiddos don't usually get to seem him do that and they were mesmerized, especially Kenzie.
She was wearing one of the dress-up shoes today and it was a little big so she kept walking out of it. That, in itself, was cute, but then kept putting it back on when it fell off by herself, which was awesome.
Kenzie was being goofy after breakfast and Gary told her she was a "clown". For about 20 minutes after that she was chanting, "Class clown!" over and over and over. She has obviously heard us say that about her!
Friday, November 11, 2011
11/11/11
Kenzie ate about half of her oatmeal and bites of her craisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her applesauce and at least half of both her ground burger and her pasta pea dish.
Kenzie was playing with the duplo toys again a lot this morning. It usually takes us about half an hour to convince her that they are NOT all "Mine!" and then a few reminders after that. It is one of those things that is actually quite humorous when you look at the repetition of it (not just with her, but with all of the kiddos). It always makes me wonder if they honestly expect to be able to get away with it someday! : )
She was standing and sitting duplo people on top of some plain pieces then singing either to or with them. I couldn't quite determine which. Either way, it was adorable.
Kenzie loved snuggling up to Gary during story time today. I love how equally she is attached to both of us. It makes it so nice when one of us is busy when she needs a snuggle! We have about three of the kiddos that respond pretty equally right now.
Kenzie was playing with the duplo toys again a lot this morning. It usually takes us about half an hour to convince her that they are NOT all "Mine!" and then a few reminders after that. It is one of those things that is actually quite humorous when you look at the repetition of it (not just with her, but with all of the kiddos). It always makes me wonder if they honestly expect to be able to get away with it someday! : )
She was standing and sitting duplo people on top of some plain pieces then singing either to or with them. I couldn't quite determine which. Either way, it was adorable.
Kenzie loved snuggling up to Gary during story time today. I love how equally she is attached to both of us. It makes it so nice when one of us is busy when she needs a snuggle! We have about three of the kiddos that respond pretty equally right now.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
11/10/11
Kenzie ate a couple bites of her blueberry bread pudding and a bite of blueberry that came right back out again at breakfast. At lunch she ate most of her kiwi, a bite of her turkey burger and a couple bites of green beans.
Kenzie was playing with the masks again today. This time we really got a kick out of it when she started putting them on every-which-way (frontwards, backwards, sideways, like a necklace, like a hat...). At one time she had on 9 masks. Gary counted them as he helped get them off of her.
You know how Kenzie asks us (as adults), "What doing?" frequently, well now she is asking the kiddos the same question. It was really cute because she she squatted down in front of them, looked them in the eye and asked very seriously, "What doing?" When she did it to Joslyn, she didn't answer, but Kenzie was persistent and asked until Joslyn told her (playing with toys).
Kenzie and Emily were sitting side by side today trying to get their slippers on their feet. Kenzie worked at it for a little white then said, "I need help!" to Emily, handing her her shoe. Gary asked her if he could help her and she vigorously shook her head. "No! Emmy help!" Gary did end up helping, but not until Emily gave up and walked away. : )
Kenzie was playing with the masks again today. This time we really got a kick out of it when she started putting them on every-which-way (frontwards, backwards, sideways, like a necklace, like a hat...). At one time she had on 9 masks. Gary counted them as he helped get them off of her.
You know how Kenzie asks us (as adults), "What doing?" frequently, well now she is asking the kiddos the same question. It was really cute because she she squatted down in front of them, looked them in the eye and asked very seriously, "What doing?" When she did it to Joslyn, she didn't answer, but Kenzie was persistent and asked until Joslyn told her (playing with toys).
Kenzie and Emily were sitting side by side today trying to get their slippers on their feet. Kenzie worked at it for a little white then said, "I need help!" to Emily, handing her her shoe. Gary asked her if he could help her and she vigorously shook her head. "No! Emmy help!" Gary did end up helping, but not until Emily gave up and walked away. : )
11/9/11
Kenzie ate all of her whole wheat toast with jelly on it and seconds on dried mango bits at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her tropical fruit, several bites of her beef and bean burrito (mostly tortilla) and a taste of her sweet potatoes.
Kenzie has taken to doing what Gary calls "customizing" the big block motorcycles we make for them. She will come up ans ask one of us to "help me" make a "motorcycle". We will do the usual basic one we make and she will make it have taller handle bars sometimes or a deal on the back like a booster seat. She now has all of the other "customizing" theirs also. It is pretty funny!
Kenzie was draping makes over her arm like a purse today. She had at least 10 of them hanging off of her arm. Emily was copying her and had the rest of them draped over her arm. We get such a kick out of how much this group of kiddos imitate what the others are doing.
Kenzie was walking around talking into one of the phones today saying, "Hi Christmas!" over and over again. Gary had mentioned something to me about Christmas and Kenzie was obviously listening and decided it sounded like a great word to say.
Kenzie has taken to doing what Gary calls "customizing" the big block motorcycles we make for them. She will come up ans ask one of us to "help me" make a "motorcycle". We will do the usual basic one we make and she will make it have taller handle bars sometimes or a deal on the back like a booster seat. She now has all of the other "customizing" theirs also. It is pretty funny!
Kenzie was draping makes over her arm like a purse today. She had at least 10 of them hanging off of her arm. Emily was copying her and had the rest of them draped over her arm. We get such a kick out of how much this group of kiddos imitate what the others are doing.
Kenzie was walking around talking into one of the phones today saying, "Hi Christmas!" over and over again. Gary had mentioned something to me about Christmas and Kenzie was obviously listening and decided it sounded like a great word to say.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
11/8/11
Kenzie ate most of her prunes and cinnamon roll at breakfast. At lunch she ate most of her waffles and maybe a bite of her scrambled eggs, waffles, and melon.
Kenzie has developed a new favorite phrase over the past week or so. It is "No Peyton!" Gary brought to my attention that it probably won't be long until it will be "No Riley Roo" as quickly as Roo is developing and getting strong. : )
Kenzie is always wearing one of the masks. She often doesn't wear them as an actual mask, but rather as a hat. She will walk around like that for several minutes at a time.
Kenzie was walking around singing both 'Old MacDonald' and later "Twinka star, up you are..." It was so very cute.
Kenzie has developed a new favorite phrase over the past week or so. It is "No Peyton!" Gary brought to my attention that it probably won't be long until it will be "No Riley Roo" as quickly as Roo is developing and getting strong. : )
Kenzie is always wearing one of the masks. She often doesn't wear them as an actual mask, but rather as a hat. She will walk around like that for several minutes at a time.
Kenzie was walking around singing both 'Old MacDonald' and later "Twinka star, up you are..." It was so very cute.
11/7/11
Kenzie ate all of her mixed fruit and over half of her Kix cereal at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her mandarin oranges and bites of both ham sandwich and steamed broccoli.
Kenzie started off the day by making Jadey and several of the others laugh. Once she gets someone who rewards her for being silly, she gets into showboat mode! It is really funny! She just tips her head back and laughs at herself as much as the others do.
Kenzie loved how crazy loud it was when she started stirring the Velcro fruits and vegetables in the stainless steel sink bowl in the kitchen sink. She was really stirring like crazy -- stirred a couple of the veggies right out of the sink!
Kenzie has appointed herself the coffee server at our house. Anything the kiddos are sitting at the table in the big room or standing in front of the climber deal in the back room (better used as the 'coffee counter') she always asks them "Want coffee?" and starts "fixing" and serving them. It is really cute.
Kenzie and Jadey have been pretty good buddies the last week or so. It is funny. They like to build, read, dance and especially laugh together. Then, once in a while a switch will flip and they well be at each others throats momentarily before going back to being buddies again.
Kenzie started off the day by making Jadey and several of the others laugh. Once she gets someone who rewards her for being silly, she gets into showboat mode! It is really funny! She just tips her head back and laughs at herself as much as the others do.
Kenzie loved how crazy loud it was when she started stirring the Velcro fruits and vegetables in the stainless steel sink bowl in the kitchen sink. She was really stirring like crazy -- stirred a couple of the veggies right out of the sink!
Kenzie has appointed herself the coffee server at our house. Anything the kiddos are sitting at the table in the big room or standing in front of the climber deal in the back room (better used as the 'coffee counter') she always asks them "Want coffee?" and starts "fixing" and serving them. It is really cute.
Kenzie and Jadey have been pretty good buddies the last week or so. It is funny. They like to build, read, dance and especially laugh together. Then, once in a while a switch will flip and they well be at each others throats momentarily before going back to being buddies again.
Friday, November 4, 2011
11/4/11
Kenzie ate about half of her brown rice and raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her dried apricots, most of her french bread and a bite of both meatloaf and cooked carrots.
We have officially deemed Kenzie "the class clown" in addition to "the master of distraction". The last couple days she had been determined to make the kiddos (and us laugh) multiple times throughout the day. The time when she really shines is mealtimes. We can tell when she is done because she starts goofing off and watching everyone to see who will laugh at her. When someone does, she picks it up a few notches and really gets going. It is pretty hilarious, I have to admit! : )
Kenzie was stacking the duplo blocks again (for a change) today. What was super cute about it was that when the "tower" broke, she took it to Alayna and had her help her. Alayna loved helping and after that, every time it broke she's say "'Layna help", look around to find her and head over to have her help fix it.
Kenzie and Emily were playing on the block side of the big room today. Kenzie then moved over to the dramatic play side, looked around and asked, "Where Emily go?" I am not sure if she thought Emily would just automatically follow her over or if that was her way of trying to invite Emily to come play with her. Either way, it was really cute!
We have officially deemed Kenzie "the class clown" in addition to "the master of distraction". The last couple days she had been determined to make the kiddos (and us laugh) multiple times throughout the day. The time when she really shines is mealtimes. We can tell when she is done because she starts goofing off and watching everyone to see who will laugh at her. When someone does, she picks it up a few notches and really gets going. It is pretty hilarious, I have to admit! : )
Kenzie was stacking the duplo blocks again (for a change) today. What was super cute about it was that when the "tower" broke, she took it to Alayna and had her help her. Alayna loved helping and after that, every time it broke she's say "'Layna help", look around to find her and head over to have her help fix it.
Kenzie and Emily were playing on the block side of the big room today. Kenzie then moved over to the dramatic play side, looked around and asked, "Where Emily go?" I am not sure if she thought Emily would just automatically follow her over or if that was her way of trying to invite Emily to come play with her. Either way, it was really cute!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
11/3/11
Kenzie ate very little at breakfast today -- a bite of cinnamon toast and a couple bites of grapes. At lunch she ate all of her home made chicken strips and dinner roll, a couple bites of cherries and no mashed potatoes.
Kenzie was having fun playing the drums today. She was copying whatever Joslyn (and later Gary) did with them for quite a while. first they were all standing at the table, then Joslyn took hers and went over and sat on the step under the big window, then over to sit on the big blocks... It was pretty cute. I love how she really gets into it. (Look at her face in the picture!)
Gary frequently says "Now that's comedy" if he things something is funny. Today I saw Kenzie start laughing, cover her little face like she does, then say, "That comtee!" I'm sure she was trying to say "comedy". : )
Kenzie was really into the dress up wild animal masks today. She was putting them on one right after another. She didn't really care much if she had them on the "right" way, upside down, or inside out as long as it was on her face. She did a very good job of moving it around until she got it so the eyes were in the right spot regardless, though. : )
Gary frequently says "Now that's comedy" if he things something is funny. Today I saw Kenzie start laughing, cover her little face like she does, then say, "That comtee!" I'm sure she was trying to say "comedy". : )
Kenzie was really into the dress up wild animal masks today. She was putting them on one right after another. She didn't really care much if she had them on the "right" way, upside down, or inside out as long as it was on her face. She did a very good job of moving it around until she got it so the eyes were in the right spot regardless, though. : )
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
11/2/11
Kenzie ate all of her whole wheat bagel and peaches at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her salad with ranch dressing and her ham, several bites of her home made macaroni and cheese and a couple kernels of corn.
Kenzie was very interested in "cutting" the Velcro veggies and fruit today with the play knife. She always takes them over to kitchen set by the sink so that when she "cuts" them apart the loose piece drops into the sink, making a loud sound. She then laughs.
Speaking of laughing, she was in such a fun and silly mood after she came this morning. She was making Peyton and Joslyn laugh at the breakfast table, then was harassing Gary while he was washing her up and just being so goofy. It didn't really matter what anyone did, she laughed at them. She also was showing off over and over. One of the times she was running on the big block "sidewalk" that Gary made and crashed right onto the step under the big window. We put a cold cloth on it and it doesn't look like it will bruise, but that's what happened in case it does.
Kenzie watched Morgan put one of the little Duplo guys inside of the duplo tree today and thought it looked like fun. Instead of using one of the little guys, she used the Pooh she likes so much. He is a lot bigger, so he kept "falling" out. The first time he fell, I made a crying sound (whah...whah...). Kenzie thought that was just hilarious and kept tipping him out so I would "cry" again. When I stopped, she started making the "whah, whah...) sounds herself. She is so cute!
Kenzie was very interested in "cutting" the Velcro veggies and fruit today with the play knife. She always takes them over to kitchen set by the sink so that when she "cuts" them apart the loose piece drops into the sink, making a loud sound. She then laughs.
Speaking of laughing, she was in such a fun and silly mood after she came this morning. She was making Peyton and Joslyn laugh at the breakfast table, then was harassing Gary while he was washing her up and just being so goofy. It didn't really matter what anyone did, she laughed at them. She also was showing off over and over. One of the times she was running on the big block "sidewalk" that Gary made and crashed right onto the step under the big window. We put a cold cloth on it and it doesn't look like it will bruise, but that's what happened in case it does.
Kenzie watched Morgan put one of the little Duplo guys inside of the duplo tree today and thought it looked like fun. Instead of using one of the little guys, she used the Pooh she likes so much. He is a lot bigger, so he kept "falling" out. The first time he fell, I made a crying sound (whah...whah...). Kenzie thought that was just hilarious and kept tipping him out so I would "cry" again. When I stopped, she started making the "whah, whah...) sounds herself. She is so cute!
11/1/11
Kenzie ate a bite of her blueberry muffin and all of her pears at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her tuna on cracker and orange slices, plus a bite of sweet potatoes or two.
Kenzie loves the flip cell phones. They aren't toy ones, but ones I got on-line that don't work any more. There are five of them that are exactly alike, which works well. If they are even slightly different they fight over them... Kenzie had two -- one up to each ear and was just jabbering like crazy. When she paused by me, I asked her who she was talking to and she told me, "Mommy-daddy". It makes perfect sense that way -- one for talking to mom and one for talking to dad! : )
Kenzie was really into looking at the books today also. She got three to five books out and took them to the big yellow chair, climbed up and read the "tories" for a while until she decided she was done, got down (dumping those books on the floor, went to the rack and got several more and repeated the process. It is so cute!
Kenzie is doing such a good job saying our "Kindness Pledge" with us. At first she would just sit and grin all the way through, but she is saying so many of the words with us now and will finish the last word(s) of lines all on her own.
Kenzie loves the flip cell phones. They aren't toy ones, but ones I got on-line that don't work any more. There are five of them that are exactly alike, which works well. If they are even slightly different they fight over them... Kenzie had two -- one up to each ear and was just jabbering like crazy. When she paused by me, I asked her who she was talking to and she told me, "Mommy-daddy". It makes perfect sense that way -- one for talking to mom and one for talking to dad! : )
Kenzie was really into looking at the books today also. She got three to five books out and took them to the big yellow chair, climbed up and read the "tories" for a while until she decided she was done, got down (dumping those books on the floor, went to the rack and got several more and repeated the process. It is so cute!
Kenzie is doing such a good job saying our "Kindness Pledge" with us. At first she would just sit and grin all the way through, but she is saying so many of the words with us now and will finish the last word(s) of lines all on her own.
10/31/11
Kenzie ate all of her Chex cereal and thirds on fruit salad at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her apple bits a couple bites of her roast beef sandwich and a sip of tomato soup. Usually she loves the tomato soup, so that was kind of interesting.
Kenzie asks for her binky usually a couple times each day, but as soon as I tell her "Mommy says 'only in bed and in the car'" she says "OK" and does fine without it. She hasn't had it except for nap since you mentioned it here.
Kenzie was excited to explore all of the "new" toys from this toy exchange. She really likes the Winnie the Pooh duplo characters and carried them around a lot. She also liked the drums, but only played with them as an actual drum briefly. The rest of the time she was stacking them on top of each other into a bit "tower". : )
Kenzie bit two times (different kiddos). Gary and I thought that was pretty ironic since we had just talked about it (spelled it, actually) at our meeting. It amazes us how many times we will talk about something like that and within a week the behavior reoccurs. How can that be?!
One thing that kind of goes along with the biting is toy taking. She usually bites over trying to take a toy from someone and them not giving it up. So we have been more watchful of when she tries to take toys and intervening early by helping her find a toy that no one is usuing.
Kenzie asks for her binky usually a couple times each day, but as soon as I tell her "Mommy says 'only in bed and in the car'" she says "OK" and does fine without it. She hasn't had it except for nap since you mentioned it here.
Kenzie was excited to explore all of the "new" toys from this toy exchange. She really likes the Winnie the Pooh duplo characters and carried them around a lot. She also liked the drums, but only played with them as an actual drum briefly. The rest of the time she was stacking them on top of each other into a bit "tower". : )
Kenzie bit two times (different kiddos). Gary and I thought that was pretty ironic since we had just talked about it (spelled it, actually) at our meeting. It amazes us how many times we will talk about something like that and within a week the behavior reoccurs. How can that be?!
One thing that kind of goes along with the biting is toy taking. She usually bites over trying to take a toy from someone and them not giving it up. So we have been more watchful of when she tries to take toys and intervening early by helping her find a toy that no one is usuing.
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