March 28, 2012 PICS

These kids are so stinkin' adorable! :)

OK, so I know this picture makes it look like Sammy was attacking Flora, but really...he was giving her a wonderful little back scratch. Poor photography... :)


Drew will definitely appreciate this series of pictures. Here is Flora peering into her snack trap, looking for something specific... (and no, I did not mention it to her. She saw it on her own.) :)


And looking even harder...


Found it! The prized Reeses!


The kids were enjoying their snack on the porch today.


Enjoying life... :)


OK, ok...so this one was prompted, but I couldn't help myself!! hehe They do it on their own throughout the day (and it's so cute!), but I'm never quick enough with the camera, of course.

March 28, 2012

I have a few pics...will try to post later...

Name: Flora
Date: 3-28-12
Arrived: 7:15am
Breakfast: 7:15am, most of oatmeal
Snack 1: 10:10am, mix
Nap 1:----
Lunch: 12:30pm, most crackers and hummus, rest of oatmeal, some veggies
Nap 2: 1:20-2:40ish (may have been sooner because I thought maybe I heard her a bit earlier banging her foot in the crib)
Snack 2: 3:00, mix, then a cookie around 3:30
BM: 8am
Special notes: It’s funny to watch Flora when we are around people we don’t know very well. She always just stares so intently at them, and usually the person will end up making a comment about how adorable she is. :) I don’t know how she can be so quiet and shy like that and then come home and run around like a crazy woman. :) It’s interesting, though, because when we were in the store today, the checkout lady said she had seen Flora with her grandma the other day and Flora was all bubbly and everything. Maybe it’s just me, then…? Ha

Flora has a lot of leftovers because I think she was testing out the word “no.” :)

Name: Samuel
Date: 3-28-12
Arrived: 7:30am
Breakfast: ate before
Snack: 10:10am, pretzels
Nap 1: ----
Lunch: 12:30pm, yogurt, PB and carrots, PB and apples, the rest of potato with cheese
Nap 2: 1:15-3:15ish
Snack 2: 3:30, 2 cookies
BM: not yet
Special notes:

A few things we did today: Went for a walk, went to the grocery store, went to the park

General notes: It was a lovely morning! We went for a 40 minute walk, but then Flora and Sammy wanted to keep walking, so we went around for another 20 minutes or so. Then we packed up and went to the store (the people there know us pretty well now. Sherry especially gets really excited to see us.), and then we headed out to the Community Park. We were playing on the smaller playground when Milo showed up! He was with Don (his babysitter) and his other little friend, whose name is escaping me right now…starts with an “N”…anyway… It was fun having a little bit of time with them, and the weather was just amazing. The kids had a great time. They were also funny on the way in to the park (we have to walk a little ways); they found grass clippings and were tossing them in the air. Sammy especially thought this was just hilarious.

March 27, 2012

Took one pic today of Samuel giving Flora a back scratch, but I'll probably wait to post it until I have other pics.

Name: Flora
Date: 3-27-12
Arrived: 7:15am
Breakfast: 7:20am, over half of English muffin with PB
Snack 1: 10:00, crackers
Nap 1:----
Lunch: 12:20, a few veggies and edamame, some sweet potato, the rest of muffin, a little hummus
Nap 2: 1:30-3:10
Snack 2: 3:20, bar
BM: 11:20am
Special notes:

Name: Samuel
Date: 3-27-12
Arrived: 7:30am
Breakfast: already ate
Snack 1: 10am, cookies
Nap 1: ----
Lunch: 12:25pm, most sweet potato (with PB), all of cauliflower (with PB), some apples (with PB)…PB is the only way I can get him to eat a lot of this stuff!
Nap 2: 1:20-2:55
Snack 2: 3:20, cheese
BM: not yet
Special notes:

A few things we did today: Our outings consisted of the Tri, a grocery store visit, and a walk

General notes:

March 26, 2012

Sorry for the late post!!!! :/

No Pics Today.

Name: Flora
Date: 3-26-12
Arrived: 7:15am
Breakfast: 7:15am, less than half of muffin (toasted with honey)
Snack 1: 10:10, crackers and a little cereal
Nap 1:----
Lunch: 12:15, most yogurt and granola, all broccoli (with PB), rest of muffin (with PB added), and I think that was it…she didn’t eat a ton, but enough I think.
Nap 2: 1:20-3:25 (Drew woke her up)
Snack 2: 3:30, snack bar
BM: not yet
Special notes: OK, so I hate admitting this to the entire world wide web (which probably equals about 6 total readers), but Flora fell over while she was in the backpack today and got a bloody lip (which didn’t bleed much or long at all). When I set the backpack down, I don’t think the back metal support was out all the way. She is fine, but I felt I needed to let you know in case she has a little bump on her lip or something. Sorry! :/

Name: Samuel
Date: 3-26-12
Arrived: 7:30
Breakfast: already ate
Snack 1: 10:10, pretzels
Nap 1: ----
Lunch: 12:15, all carrots (with PB), all apples (with PB), all cheese, all cauliflower (with PB)…I think I see a theme here… :)
Nap 2: 1:15-3:45
Snack 2: 4pm, cookie
BM: not yet
Special notes:

A few things we did today: A walk this morning, then Millet.

General notes: We took a little different walking route this morning, and I think the kids enjoyed the change of scenery. Our Millet trip turned out a bit differently ,too. We were only inside of a couple minutes when the kids decided they wanted to go out, so we went outside and walked around for a bit. The kids really enjoyed watching the Miami buses pull in and out. The drivers seemed to enjoy it, too, as several of them smiled, waved, and honked! :) One driver even got out and came over to say hi to us…he seemed very, very sweet. His name was Tim.

March 22, 2012

No Pics Today.

Name: Flora
Date: 3-22-12
Arrived: 7:15am
Breakfast: 7:15am, some oatmeal
Snack 1: 10am, mix and Triscuits
Nap 1:----
Lunch: 12:05pm, most edamame, all grapes, a little hummus, some of Sammy’s sweet potato, and I just realized I forgot to give her the mixed veggies! Oops…
Nap 2: 1:10-2:55
Snack 2: 3:05, banana
BM: 12:45pm
Special notes:

Name: Samuel
Date: 3-22-12
Arrived: 7:30am
Breakfast: ate beforehand
Snack 1: 10am, mix
Nap 1: ----
Lunch: 12:05, PB and bread, banana, a little sweet potato (I thought the pasta smelled a bit sour, so I decided better safe than sorry and gave him the PB and bread instead).
Nap 2: 1:00-3:05pm
Snack 2: 3:30pm, little bit of orange
BM: 3:50pm
Special notes:

A few things we did today: Our biggest adventure today was visiting the Miami airport.

General notes: The kids were very well-behaved today. As we were out for a walk, the kids were once again picking out the noises of the airplanes overhead, and so I thought they might enjoy a trip to the airport. I called, and the manager said it was fine, so after a stop at Wal-Mart on the way, we went out to the airport. It was kind of funny because the man kept staring at us like we were aliens (I don’t think he gets a lot of visitors out there), but he was very kind, and the kids seemed to semi-enjoy the trip. It was a bit humorous, though; here we were with several cool airplanes surrounding us, and all Sammy could say was “Tractor! Tractor!” and kept going over to the large John Deere mower. Go figure…:) Flora seemed mildly intrigued. Too bad we couldn’t see one take off or land!

March 21, 2012

Name: Flora
Date: 3-21-12
Arrived: 7:15am
Breakfast: 7:15am, most of oatmeal
Snack 1: 10am, mix
Nap 1:----
Lunch: 12:15pm, most edamame, most grapes, all veggies, 1/2 banana, something else but I can’t remember…?
Nap 2: 1:10-2:45
Snack 2: 3pm, crackers and mix
BM: 12:45pm
Special notes: Flora really loved the water today! I think she would have enjoyed it more, though, if I had her water shoes. I thought I left them at home, but then when I came back to the van after we were all done, there they were in my bag! Oops. She still had a great time, though.

Name: Samuel
Date: 3-21-12
Arrived: 7:30am
Breakfast: finished beforehand
Snack 1: 10am, Cheerio’s
Nap 1: ----
Lunch: 12:15, some pasta, a little sweet potato, all banana, all yogurt
Nap 2: 1:00-3:55
Snack 2: 4:00, mix
BM: not yet
Special notes: So, I think the fan worked today! Dang. He slept almost 3 hours. I know he was tired, though, but I definitely think the fan helped. I’ll keep trying it and see how he does the rest of the week.

A few things we did today: Went for a walk, went Krogering (we didn’t do the usual trip yesterday, so we went today), and went “creeking.”

General notes: The kids both enjoyed the creek. Both were a little apprehensive at first, I think mostly because they were shoeless. They both loved sitting on a rock and dangling their feet in, and they enjoyed throwing rocks into the creek and watching them splash. Flora was a bit more adventurous and wandered out into the creek with me a little bit.

March 21, 2012 PICS

"Creeking"

The kids mostly kept to our little rock spot, but they seemed to really enjoy themselves today at the creek! We hit up the little park off of 732 south of Oxford. Good times! :)