6/10/13

Kenzie ate all of her fruit and most of her Kix cereal at breakfast.  At lunch Kenzie ate seconds on ham sandwich and all of her peas and mandarin oranges.  

Kenzie spotted a bunny in the neighbor's yard across the road and said "maybe it's one of my bunnies from the farm!"  That would be a long trip on little bunny legs!  

Emily didn't show up today and Kenzie must have asked where she was at least 12 times.  Thomas also didn't come today -- mom doesn't work most Mondays.  The consequences of that were her harassing Riley even more than usual.  

Kenzie was just wandering, trying to wrestle or pester, so I asked her to cook me some food to get her engaged in some type of play.  She bit on it and soon she and all of the other walking children were coking and feeding me faster than I could "eat" it.  I finally told them all I was stuffed full and they needed to cook for each other.  They did that until it was time to go outside,  

Outside, Kenzie spotted a tiny apple that had fallen off of the neighbors tree into our yard.  Of course, then she and Riley were scouring the fence line for more apples.  They ended up finding quite a few of them.  

6/7/13

Kenzie ate about half of her rice and raisins at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her dried apricots, and only bites of her meatloaf, French bread and cooked carrots.  

When we were playing outside, Kenzie, Emily and Riley were in one of the little houses.  Aaron started to go by on his bike and Kenzie stuck her arm through the window and said, "Here, have a beer!"  

I don't know how many times today Kenzie was talking to Emily and she wasn't listening very well so Kenzie called out, "Emily!  Emily Fritch!"  It just cracked me up and made me wonder how many times she has heard  "Kenzie!  Kenzie Cline!"  : )

Kenzie was putting stuffed animals in her shirt and saying she was "protecting them", or that they were her "baby" or "booby".  She never misses a thing and just says what she thinks!  

I was hugging Kenzie this morning after I did her hair and told her "I love you so much". She hugged me back tight and asked, "and did you miss me what I was at the farm?"  I thought that was so cute and sweet!  

Kenzie was being a little too rowdy when she and Riley were playing and she accidentally ran right into the changing table and bounced the right side of her head off of it, knocking her down so she literally bounced the left side of her head off of floor.  It obviously hurt pretty bad because she just howled!  

About 10 minutes later she bonked it on the changing table again, but much lighter.  Gary told her "don't dent our changing table", which made her keep bonking her head on it on purpose and saying, "I'm denting your changing table!"

Kenzie was thrilled when I told her we were going to do parachute play today.  She was lining everyone out with what to do, where to stand, how to do big and little waves, lift it up an go under it, use it as a blanket, sit on it for an impromptu circle, and anything else she could think of.  She also love it when I draped it over one of the pieces of play equipment like a tent.  

6/6/13

Kenzie ate thirds on cinnamon toast and seconds on grapes at breakfast.  At lunch she ate a couple bites of her chicken, about half of her hashbrowns, and all of her biscuit and her canned cherries.  

Kenzie has been asking to help lay out nap mats the last couple days.  She actually does a great job of it as long as she remembers the direction the mat lays.  She has done some of them perpendicular to how they are supposed to be, but always in the correct spot.  

She and Riley wanted to do puzzles this morning.  She did a couple on her own, but really preferred watching and helping Riley.  I was working with her on waiting until Riley asked for (or at least looked like she wanted) help.  

Kenzie struggled some with both listening and being good friends today. We had to insist on her stopping what she was doing to look at us and respond several times.  Usually she is pretty good about that, but it was like her impulsiveness was getting the better of her today.  

We got down the Geo Climber (or Geo Mountain, as Kenzie named it) today.  All of the kiddos gravitated to it like it was a magnet for about 15 minutes then began to scatter somewhat.  

6/5/13

Kenzie ate all of her peaches and a bite of her bagel at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of salad and ham, most of her corn and about half of her macaroni and cheese.  

Kenzie was so sweet this morning.  Emily had put the majority of the toys into the box so I told her she needed to move a bunch of them back out. As soon as I said it, Kenzie said, I will help her!

Kenzie, Aaron and Emily were all taking turns playing peek on and under the black chair.  They actually regulated the turn taking among themselves and doing it in a predictable sequence.  All of them were really enjoying it, but Aaron was really cracking up.  

Kenzie got all of the kiddos to sit down on the edge of the mattress, then was having them practice some sign language.  It was so cute.  Everyone, except Nora, was cooperating with what she told them to do.  Nora had her own ideas, which stretched her teaching skills to the point of snapping at her student!  

Kenzie put the smallest cow outfit on inside out.  It was really cute because the legs of it were about 4 inches too short.  Emily saw what she did and found the other bigger one to put one also.  

All of the kiddos have been thrilled that warmer weather is here (as are we).  One of the things it means is that sand table play and bubble are back.  They had so much fun with the sand table from Mia to Kenzie!

6/4/13

Kenzie ate all of her pears and most of her waffles at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her sweet potatoes, fresh oranges and tuna and thirds on saltines. 

Kenzie piled up alI the animals in the middle of the rowdy side and told her friends, "it's a fire.  I'm gonna light it so we can cook some marshmallows."

Kenzie tries to play with Emily a lot, but she is often a little too enthusiastic and hands-on for her.  Emily either gets teary or upset with her or just moves away to do her own thing". 

Kenzie, Riley, Emily and Thomas were all doing puzzles this morning.  Kenzie was so busy helping Thomas and Riley that she couldn't get her own put together.  Emily pretty much just stayed focused on her own, neither needing help nor helping the others.  

Kenzie is always creating very interesting Duplo things.  Even if she only has a few pieces they are interesting.  I love the creativity, spacial awareness and problem solving skills she shows in this area also.  

6/3/13

Kenzie ate all of her fruit salad and about half of her Chex cereal at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her tomato soup and her apple slices, along with about half of her roast beef sandwich.  

Kenzie wanted two braids this morning and she looked so cute in them when they were done.  I have a picture, but it isn't wanting to upload today for some reason!  Ugh!! 

Kenzie was being the "dad" and the "grandma" during her and Emily's house play today.  They were in the box "bedrooms" with their baby dolls, blankets and food.  Kenzie was also telling Riley to "go sit on the pot and I'll be right back" during their play.  Riley dutifully went over to the corner and squatted down!  

Mia bit Kenzie's pointer finger really hard today when they were playing on the climber/ balance beam.  I didn't see what precipitated it.  I immediately put a cold cloth on it and we cuddled for several minutes.  I don't think it will bruise, but it was bad.  She was quite traumatized by it and mentioned that Mia should not have bitten her multiple times throughout the morning.  

Kenzie played with Emily mostly this morning during large group time, with Riley joining several times also. When we switched to our small groups Kenzie mostly played with Aaron.  They worked together to build a very long "sidewalk/stage" and played on it.  In the other room they each had a barn that they were playing with and Aaron kept looking at Kenzie and trying to imitate exactly what she was doing.  

5/31/13

Kenzie ate about half of her oatmeal and all of her prunes at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her biscuit and mandarin oranges and about half of her hashbrown casserole.  

When Joslyn came today, Kenzie was out watching me fix the oatmeal.  She asked very sweetly, "Can I go tell Joslyn, Happy Graduation?"  It was so cute.  She went right out and did exactly that.

Joslyn went to her preschool for a few minutes before she came this morning and was excitedly telling the other kiddos about it and having "stuff just my size".  Kenzie was really listening to every word she said and even asking her questions about friends there and specific toys.  It was cute!  

Kenzie and Joslyn were chasing and "getting" Riley which she LOVED for a while until she got tired of it!  I the had to intervene because they were still having fun with it, regardless of Riley's change of heart!  : )

Kenzie got very engaged in looking at books independently.  She didn't want to read to anyone, or have anyone by her -- just needed some down time, I think.  She spent over 15 minutes doing it.

Kenzie made another wonderful creation with the Duplos today and called it her boat.  She wanted to pose for a picture with it and pose she did.  I loved it!  

When the "flying trapeze" song came on today Kenzie got super excited, squealing and chuckling.  She then announced to everyone, "It's the circus!"