Joslyn had bites of breakfast: chex cereal and fruit salad.  For lunch she ate most of her roast beef sandwich, drank tomato soup, and ate apple slices.

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend.  The first thing Joslyn played with was the purses and dolls;  doing some shopping and being a mommy.  She was carrying the purse around her neck and in front of her.  Then she got mad because she wanted three of the purses.  Then Nora started howling because Joslyn was screaming.  Nora is kind of a sensitive soul and things like that upset her.  So Joslyn quieted down and she thought Nora should be quiet then too.  She said, "I stopped Nora!"  She wanted Nora to know that she was done howling.  :)  Now that's entertainment!

Joslyn also played with the food toys at the table with Thomas.  However she still had the purse around her neck and was filling it full of toys too.

She was pretty proud of herself for clipping a tie on the front of her shirt.  She said, "I did it Gary!"

Outside she played on the climbers, ran back and forth across the lawn, and was giving baby Riley rides in the wagon.

When I can't think of anything else to post, a picture of the kids peeking through the fence is always a nice option.  They're watching the neighbor's dog and learning some life skills all at the same time.  :)

Joslyn ate oatmeal and no dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate everything; hash brown casserole, biscuit, and mandarin oranges.

You saw Joslyn playing with the dolls before you left and she continued to do that for a long time after you left.  You saw her holding the doll by the ankles and later she had it all wrapped in a blanket and then she was sitting on it.  I told Lauralea that is where the term "baby sitter" comes from.  :)  Yes, I know, that was pretty lame.  But at least Lauralea laughed.

After Nora arrived Joslyn planted herself right in front of Nora and was giving her some food toys and piling them in front of her.  Joslyn likes those babies that are not yet mobile.  She tried to do that with Riley today, but Riley scampered off.  Nora got tired of the pile of toys and wanted rescued and Joslyn was just furious.  :)

Outside, after Nora had a nap, I put her in the wagon and then Joslyn was thrilled because she again had a captive audience.  She did pull the wagon and give Nora a ride.

Joslyn started copying Kenzie and Morgan outside.  They were running by Thomas trying to get him to chase them.  So Joslyn was running by him saying, "Tom Tom...."  He seemed amused by it all, but he wasn't quite sure what to do.  :)

When we call the children in for lunch we have them stop on the patio and take off their shoes.  Then one of the 'older' ones will help Thomas and Peyton.  Joslyn almost always is the one helping Thomas get his shoes off.  And she does a great job.

Joslyn ate whole wheat bagel and dried apricots for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of her fish (tilapia), ate noodles with peas and cheese, and ate applesauce.

Joslyn (and most everyone else) was thrilled to see Nora back today.  Joslyn sat in front of her, brought her toys, and interacted with her a lot.  She was also putting a blanket over Nora's head.

She was singing and doing motions during singing time.  She also sat and participated in sign language with Lauralea.

It's always fun to get out some toys that we haven't played with for awhile.  Everyone had fun with the lawnmowers.  You can see in the picture that Joslyn decided to drag her's around rather than pushing it.

In this second picture Joslyn seems to be a bit mesmerized by Thomas' "skill" twirling the ribbons.  They have round handles and the kids had fun running with them and twirling them.  (and of course stepping on them while they were trying to run.)

Joslyn ate half of her bran cereal and most of her dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she had 2nd's on pizza, ate steamed cauliflower, and tropical fruit.

Joslyn was so happy to be back at daycare and it was really cute.  She gave lots of loves to Lauralea and I and the babies.  She told Lauralea, "You're coming to my house and so is Gary!"

The first thing she did was play with the food toys and get the table all set to eat.  Then she called for Peyton, "Come eat, Peyton!"  Except Peyton ignored her.

Then she saw a legos tower that Emily had built and she abandoned the food toys and headed to play with the legos.  Later she started building in with the big bear.  (Picture below)    :)

She was listening to Kenzie talk at the breakfast table (she went to the Griz scrimmage with her dad last night) and she asked Kenzie, "You go to Griz game?  You got tattoo?"  It was very cute.

I use a support pillow for my back when I sit on the couch.  It always stays there and the kids are good about leaving it there.  Joslyn thought she needed to 'line out' Emily about the pillow; "Don't touch Gary's pillow, ok!?"  (I actually never tell them that)  They lean back against it like I do.

I had to take this picture because Joslyn found the perfect spot to play with her legos and get snuggled all at the same time.  She played right there for over half an hour.  I love how involved she can get with the toys.  She actually let Kenzie join her for awhile in there too.

Joslyn ate raisins and 2nd's on malt-o-meal cereal for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef with spaghetti sauce, and noodles, taste of banana-fruit salad, and ate grapes.

When Lauralea was combing Joslyn's hair she was checking her scalp and had the hair combed forward into Joslyn's face.  Joslyn said to Emily, "Look at me Emily!  I'm all messed up!"

Then at the breakfast table she needed her nose wiped and Emily was sitting right beside her examining Joslyn's nose.  Joslyn said, "don't touch it!"  From the look on Emily's face I really don't think the warning was necessary.  Emily had a pretty disgusted look on her face and didn't look inclined at all to touch it.  :)

The neighbors had a moving sale this morning and we went over and got a big stuffed bear.  Three or four can play on it at the same time and they had a blast with it.

Thomas sits across the table from Joslyn at meal times.  At lunch he kept putting his feet on her.  She said, "Don't put your feet on me!!  I don't like it!!"  That was so much better than her just yelling and us having to figure out what the problem is.

Here's a picture of Joslyn this morning in one of the little cars.  Didn't this one turn out nice?  I love it.

Joslyn had bites of raisin english muffin and ate blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken and crackers, most of her potato salad, and ate canned cherries.

Jadey was here visiting again today.  Joslyn didn't really pay any attention to her or play with her.  But she did walk up to Lauralea and say, "Jadey's here!"  Ok, thank you Joslyn for bringing that to our attention.  :)

She played with the legos for a long time and then with the building blocks too.  Then she moved on to the dolls and played with those for the rest of our inside time.  She had the doll on the floor, straddling it, wrapping it with a blanket, laying on it, sitting on it, etc.. We need to work on her caregiving techniques just a little bit.  :)  The baby got smothered and squished.

Outside she noticed (of course) that Jadey's sunscreen and Nora's sunscreen were the same.  "They match, they match!!"  Very exciting stuff.  :)

She did some running outside, playing on the climbers, and on the teeter totter.  She teeter tottered with Peyton and took her on a pretty wild ride.  Then she teeter tottered with Morgan, but she wasn't in control of that one.  So it wasn't nearly as much fun.  :)

Joslyn ate a biscuit and peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate everything: baked beans, dinner roll, steamed broccoli, and pineapple.

Joslyn spent lots and lots of time building with the legos.   I guess today was dinosaur day.  She said, "a big big dinosaur!"  And she also showed Lauraela her "cool dinosaur."

She was studying her family poster again and I asked her who she was looking at.  She just looks at me and grins.  Very cute.

She was angry at Thomas for coming in her space and taking one of the dolls.  However, she yelled at him instead of screaming. Good job Joslyn.  She said, "Don't bug me!!  I don't like that!"  ( of course he just moved closer and I intervened.)

She had two dolls, blankets, bottles and doll dress-up clothes.  She was trying to dress them and getting more frustrated by the minute.  So Lauralea helped her that time.

Outside she burned up lots of energy riding bikes, chasing frisbees, and playing this running game they like.  I do the "runners to your marks, get set,....." thing and Joslyn is the only runner at the starting blocks who is standing there sucking her thumb.   :)