October 19, 2011

No Pics Today, though I wish I had taken my camera to Goggin with Sammy...his face was awesome! :)

Name: Flora

Date: 10-19-11

Arrived: 7:10am

Breakfast: 7:15am, grapes. Flora didn’t seem hungry at all, and she doesn’t seem to like the bananas/PB/pancake combo too much.

Snack 1: 9:30, cereal and dried fruit

Nap 1: ----

Lunch: 11am, a couple bites from breakfast, a little yogurt, most of broccoli, all of sweet potato, all of cheese

Nap 2: 12pm-1:05pm

Snack 2: left with Grandma

BM: none yet

Special notes: I can’t figure out why Flora is getting so upset at lunch now. She must have cried for 5 minutes straight. The only think I could figure today was that we heard a train, and I know she seemed like maybe she was afraid of trains before. She seemed to stop crying a couple minutes after the train was gone…? Any ideas? She also seems to be getting picky with her food and not eating as much. Again, this could just be her cold affecting her. I get a kick out of this: Sammy has a toy in his room that simply plays the tune to “If You’re Happy and You Know It” without words, and whenever Sammy starts it up, Flora recognizes the tune and starts clapping. :) We also worked on “teeth” today.

Name: Samuel

Date: 10-19-11

Arrived: 7:25am

Breakfast: already ate

Snack 1: 9:30, a little potato and some of Milo’s Cheerios

Nap 1: ----

Lunch: 11am, most of broccoli (with PB), a few bites of banana, about half of the rice mixture

Nap 2: 12pm-1:35pm

Snack 2: 3:30, smoothie

BM: 1:35pm

Special notes: Sammy also seems to be getting pickier about his food…not sure where that line is of letting them eat what they want and making sure they eat the “good” stuff. So, I am figuring that out I suppose. He is walking more and more and having better balance all the time. We did the smoothie thing this afternoon, and he downed it in no time! He started crying for more, so we had to make another one! Each one consisted of about half a container of yogurt, about 2 grapes, a chunk or two of cantaloupe, a few pieces of pineapple, and about 2 pieces of orange.

A few things we did today: went for a walk, played with Milo, went through a few exercise songs, played “drums” on empty milk cartons and an oatmeal container, After Flora left, Samuel and I went exploring. We checked out the new outdoor store in Oxford, then we went to Goggin Ice Arena and watched the hockey players shoot. We even saw the Zamboni! He LOVED it! I don’t think he wanted to leave. We also made a smoothie together.

General notes: I knew we would probably be stuck inside most of the day, so I took advantage of a small gap in the rain on the doplar this morning right after breakfast and bundled them up and went for a short walk. We stayed close, so when the rain picked up, we were right next to the house and came inside. The kids really enjoyed the “tunnel” we made today, and of course enjoyed time with Milo. They still don’t really play “together,” but I’m sure that will take some time before they are old enough to understand the benefit of playing with each other rather than beside each other. :) Flora also practiced the alphabet with me and watched Kermit’s alphabet in the swamp clip twice with me.