Atley's Journal

Atley ate blueberry bagel and grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of chicken salad with meat, peppers, mushrooms, shredded carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, sliced almonds, hard boiled egg, avocado, and lettuce.   She ate whole wheat tortillas, and ate raspberries.    First picture: Atley went to the Preschool books first and she was asking very good questions and telling me her perspective as well.  :)  This book is about insects and she was also reading one about storms and wind.  She told me why we don't have as much wind as Nana and Papa get.  :) Next picture:  Nora and Atley were playing with the big car ramp when Cal and Miles kind of moved in on them.  The girls were pretty patient with the little ones and let them hang around as long as they didn't block the roadways!!  :)  Following picture; Well I've mentioned it MANY MANY times, but Atley still has that ability to make Nora laugh.  Nora was kind of...

Atley ate two large servings of whole wheat cream of wheat cereal and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, brown rice, bite of broccoli, and bites of pineapple.    Atley requested more Christmas songs from Alexa again this morning.  She and Nora were playing at the Doll house (and other games; see pictures below) and Atley came sprinting into the Day Care room when she heard the song;  "Here comes Santa Claus Here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus lane". Atley said, "I love this song!!"  And she was trying to sing along.   First picture playing the game; "Throw the dog a bone!"  Ok girls you're basically shooting from "point-blank range."  Haha.  In the second picture Nora joined Avi and Atley building some of the same "bird houses" they were doing yesterday.  Except Avilene let me know this was a "Bird Park!!"  Not just bird houses!!  :) The kids had fun outside and ran off lots of energy. ...

Atley ate two servings of waffle and two servings of fruit salad for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground turkey, most of whole wheat tortillas, bite of sweet potatoes, and half of cherries.  At Lunch Atley made this proclamation; "There are NO fancy boys and NO fancy girls at this Preschool!!"  LOL. I have no idea what that means to her, but it sure made me laugh.  I wasn't sure if I should be proud or offended.  :)  After all (as I keep reminding my Program families) I am from Sanders County!!  :)  First picture; This is from yesterday afternoon.  I don't often get pictures with all 6 Little Treasures in the same picture!!!  So cute.  And this assembly was very peaceful for at least 5 - 8 minutes.  :)  Second picture: Story behind the picture: Atley said, "Alexa!! Play Christmas music."  Nora said, "Oh boy!!  Let's build a Christmas Tree!!"  So they grab blocks - which by the way - they were pulling these ...

Hey Everyone: Just letting you know there is no Blog today.  Lauralea is covering for me while I visit the doctor and get another injection.  This is a last minute arrangement and I'm thankful to be able to get in this quickly.  It was a rough night last night!!  Blog should be up and going tomorrow!!  Thank you.

Atley ate two servings of whole wheat English muffin and two servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pork roast, whole wheat toast, ate beets, and two servings of applesauce. Nora was talking to  Svea  and said, "When you come to my house you can try on my sparkly coat."  Before Svea could answer, Atley (looking down and not aware of Svea even being there) said, "Ok and if it fits me you can buy me one."  LOL!!  Atley, I seriously doubt if you'll ever be able to wear anything that fits Nora.  This first picture is leftover from yesterday.  Lauralea was doing some of her exercises from Physical Therapy and of course Nora and Atley joined her.  However, look at Nora's form!!  She's nailing it and looks almost exactly the same as what Lauralea is doing.  :)  Arms fully extended and head back.  Atley has the "tip your head back" part down perfect, but she's a little close to the door!!  Lauralea was focused o...

Atley ate whole wheat Chex cereal and peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, whole wheat hamburger bun, no tomato, no avocado, and ate mandarin oranges.    This first picture is left over from Friday afternoon and here's the story behind the picture:  Miles sleeps in this bedroom and I use these 2 baskets of baby toys if he wakes up before the "big" girls wake up.  (Because they are sleeping in the daycare room.)  So before we went outside Friday afternoon I said, "Atley and Nora I have a job for you guys.  Please pick up the baby toys for me.  If you want to DINK around with these toys for a few minutes I'm fine with that."  I could them discussing how to proceed and they were saying things like; "Shall we DINK around for awhile!?"  They apparently agreed to that idea because Nora yelled; "Gary, we're gonna DINK around for awhile."  Haha.  (I feel so proud.) Next picture; We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange...

Atley ate oatmeal and most of dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate tilapia, whole wheat elbow noodles, green beans, and applesauce.  She and Nora were SO silly all the way through Lunch!  They usually have fun and enjoy each other, but today the silliness was nuts.  Part of the reason: They were the only two at the table (Avi and Svea left at 11:00 for Seely Lake) and Another part: Nora's relentless giggles only served to inspire Atley to greater levels of nuttiness.  :)    First picture; This is left over from yesterday, but I just wanted to show you an activity/puzzle that Atley and Avi were having fun with.  There are several different patterns for them to follow while matching the shapes and colors.  Good work girls.  Next picture: Atley and Nora setting up their meal table.  Look at Nora giving Cal the "skunk-eye" for trying to help himself to their groceries.  Haha.  However, I noticed she was more len...