As I was going through the pics to post, I realized I was a little biased toward pics of Sammy today with the tractors...sorry for the Flora fans out there! I will try to be more equal next time... :)

October 24, 2011

Name: Flora

Date: 10-24-11

Arrived: 7:10am

Breakfast: 7:15am, cereal and dried fruit with milk (didn’t want the yogurt)

Snack 1: 9:15am, cereal with dried fruit

Nap 1: ----

Lunch: 11:15am, all grapes, sweet potatoes, peas, and cheese, most of yogurt

Nap 2: 12:25-2:15

Snack 2: 2:50, crackers and raisins

BM: 10:30am

Special notes:

Name: Samuel

Date: 10-24-11

Arrived: 7:20am

Breakfast: 7:20am, eggs and bread

Snack 1: ----

Nap 1: ----

Lunch: 11:15am, some green beans (had to add PB, and even then he wouldn’t eat much), the rest of the bread from breakfast, wouldn’t eat potatoes, all yogurt, a couple bites of Jason’s lasagna

Nap 2: 12:20-2:25

Snack 2: 2:50, cheese and raisins

BM: 3:15pm

Special notes:

A few things we did today: went for a walk, went to the John Deere place on 27 to look at tractors and mowers, read books, went outside

General notes: The kids really enjoyed getting out and going to the John Deere store. When we were outside, Flora was more interested in picking up rocks, though, than in the big tractors. :) I wish we knew a farmer who would give the kids a ride in a combine as they start harvesting the corn this year…I have such good memories of riding with my grandpa. Maybe we’ll get acquainted with one sometime down the road…

Was checking the weather for this week, and tomorrow looks like the best day to get out (looks beautiful!), so I hope to get them out of the house and doing some things outside. Haven’t decided what yet, but I should have a good chunk of time in the morning if they are both on a one-nap schedule like they were today.

October 21, 2011

Name: Flora

Date: 10-21-11

Arrived: 7:10am

Breakfast: 7:15am, some cereal with dried fruit and milk

Snack 1: 9:10am, a little cereal, some crackers and raisins

Nap 1: 10:05-11:20

Lunch: 11:45am, all cheese, all broccoli, all sweet potato, a couple licks of apple

Nap 2: tried for a long time…she seemed tired, but never went to sleep. Sorry!! :/

Snack 2: 1:35pm, crackers and raisins

BM: none yet

Special notes: I tried the morning nap with Flora…she must have been tired, because she fell asleep in 5-10 minutes.

Name: Samuel

Date: 10-21-11

Arrived: 7:20am

Breakfast: 7:20am, a big chunk of bread and some oatmeal

Snack 1: ----

Nap 1: 10:05-11:15

Lunch: 11:45am, all cheese, all potato, all grapes, some broccoli, didn’t want banana, all yogurt

Nap 2: still trying, 3:40pm

Snack 2: 2:30pm, raisins

BM: none yet

Special notes:

A few things we did today: went to the grocery store (again!), went hiking on the Miami trails, went for a nice walk this afternoon, hung out in the middle room, practiced the alphabet

General notes: The kids really enjoyed getting out on the trail today. They both walked almost the entire time, minus a the last little bit when I picked up Sammy. Sammy, of course, was significantly slower than Flora (and he was also more distracted by things like sticks and dirt piles), so Flora was the leader the entire time. She would walk for a bit and then turn around and wait patiently for us to catch up a bit, and then she would take off again. I hated to hold her back, but there’s only so much we can do… :) She did really well, even slowing down to carefully step over tree roots. I hope we have a few more nice days so I can take the kids out again. There’s just something about being outside…for them, AND for me. :)

October 21, 2011 VIDEO

Hopefully this works. Video of the kids going through the alphabet. Not that exciting, but thought I'd post it anyway. They sure are cute. :)

October 20, 2011 PICS

Flora working on her fish face.


Flora had a lot of fun with this scarf today.



Flora kindly trying to put Samuel's sock on his foot.



Sammy had some crazy hair after I tried to hold his head still to wipe his nose. My hands were wet from something...washing dishes maybe? But his hair made me smile, so I took a picture.



Flora mixing the bread. She really enjoyed this process!


I am sad I could not get a good picture of them in front of the oven looking at the bread...they move too quickly! And don't worry, the oven door doesn't get hot on the outside. I checked. :)

October 20, 2011

Pics coming later!

Name: Flora

Date: 10-20-11

Arrived: 7:10am

Breakfast: 7:15am, cereal with a little milk

Snack 1: 9am, cereal with dried fruit

Nap 1: ----, she seemed tired, so I tried for a few minutes a couple times, but she didn’t go to sleep

Lunch: 10:50am, about half of the sweet potatoes, most of the broccoli, all of the cheese. By the way, I think because she has seen Samuel put PB on his veggies, she wanted PB on her veggies. It seemed to work to get her to eat them, though. I hope you don’t have anything against PB on veggies… :)

Nap 2: 12:40-1:35pm

Snack 2: 2:10, fruit bar

BM: late morning

Special notes: Flora really enjoyed mixing things today (we made bread). I helped her dump some of the ingredients in, and she helped mix. I’m excited about this because I love to bake, so I’m hoping we can do more of this together. The only problem today was that by the time the bread was ready to be kneaded, she was bored and wanted down, but I, of course, couldn’t just leave the bread, so she wasn’t very happy for the next 8 minutes or so while I kneaded. I will have to think ahead next time and figure something out for this time. I thought the measuring spoons would be interesting (they are magnetic!), but they didn’t hold her interest long enough. Learn as I go!! :)

She seemed pretty tired at times today, so I decided to try lunch just a little earlier and then put her down for a nap just a little bit later in hopes she may sleep a little longer.

Also, I wanted to note that Flora is trying to do somersaults on her own! She is getting closer…right now she puts her head down and then falls over to the side. I bet she’ll have it soon.

Name: Samuel

Date: 10-20-11

Arrived: 7:25am

Breakfast: already finished

Snack 1: ----

Nap 1: 10:05am-11:30

Lunch: 11:45, grapes (didn’t want banana), all pasta, all yogurt

Nap 2: 3:50-??

Snack 2: 2:10pm, cracker and raisins

BM: 12:15pm

Special notes: Sammy finally blew hard enough on that little noise maker that it made noise! I think he was pretty excited about that.

A few things we did today: No walk today, played inside all day as I did not have a car today, played musical instruments, went through the exercise songs, listened to music, blew bubbles, practiced the alphabet, played in Sammy’s room for a change of scenery, played in the kitchen and middle rooms, and Flora helped me mix bread!

General notes:

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.