3/18/13

Joslyn ate all of the mixed fruit except for the grapes and about half of her Kix cereal at breakfast. At lunch she had thirds on ham sandwich and seconds on both peas and mandarin oranges.

Joslyn didn't want to cuddle or do anything cooperative first thing this morning. She decided she wanted to go to the back room for a while rather than quit screaming. Wen she came back out a few mnutes later, she was much less testy. Kenzie managed to push her buttons a few times, but other than that the morning went well.

Joslyn loves having the purses out. She played with one or more of them often during out big room play time. Several times she had three at once.

Joslyn and Thomas were playing in, behind and around the igloo for awhile today. They were carrying all of the bunnies first behind the igloo then inside it then over to the corner of the rowdy side, then under the climber/balance beam...

Joslyn loved all of the little people house stuff out with this exchange and played very peacefully and engagedly.

3/15/13

Joslyn ate all of her rice and raisins at breakfast. At lunch she ate very little and then had a tantrum and didn't want to eat any more when Gary reminded her to use her spoon for her meatloaf, instead of shoving it in with her hand. We had meatloaf, French bread, carrots and dried apricots.

RaeAhanna looked up at me and said "mom, mom!" Joslyn wrapped her arms around my leg and said, "no, that's my Lauralea!" Kenzie heard her and said, "That kind of freaks me out too!" : )

Our furnace didn't turn on this morning and it was a little chilly after breakfast. We were all thankful when the furnace guy, Randy came over and got it going again. We put long sleeve shirts or jackets on everyone with short sleeves.

Joslyn and Kenzie (and sometimes Emily or Thomas) played together quite a bit this morning. They did some shopping at Costco (at Kenzie's prompting), fixed some chicken nuggets behind the climber/balance beam (counter), and were playing in the box with their babies mostly.

Joslyn and Kenzie were pretending that the bid interlocking block building was "Schroeder's house" because they had a "birthday cake for him". The 'cake' was make out of Duplo blocks and was Joslyn's idea. The name Schroeder came from Kenzie.

3/13/13 & 3/14/13

Joslyn at seconds on cinnamon toast and all of her grapes at breakfast. At lunch she ate everything -- chicken breast, dinner roll, cherries and potatoes.

Something wasn't quite right at breakfast wash time yesterday so Joslyn thought she would punish us by not eating. : )

I cracks me up how Joslyn knows basically all of her colors, but often mixes up black and white. She was insisting she had on black socks today, for an example.

Joslyn was a little out of sorts this morning (putting it mildly) and it kind of had a magnetic factor for Kenzie. It seemed like Kenzie was often right by or in front of her pestering her in some way, adding to the drama.

She asked to cuddle, lay on the couch or sat as close to me as possible much of the morning yesterday, but today she played great with Kenzie until right before lunch time, then she got pretty testy.

3/12/13

Joslyn ate seconds on blueberry waffles and all of her pears at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her tuna on saltine crackers and most f both her orange slices and her sweet potatoes.

Joslyn "I'm gonna put a French braid in it. Look that way for a minute. You have lots of hair." He let her mess with it for nearly 15 minutes.

Kenzie, Riley, Thomas, Joslyn, and Aaron were all squished into the little corner behind the igloo. Kenzie told them it was their car and they were going shopping at Costco.

Kenzie and Joslyn decided to "fix" Mia as she was lying on the floor taking a little rest. They were massaging her tummy, messing with her feet and other parts. Mia was actually letting them do it for a long time.

Kenzie and Joslyn were pretending the interlocking block creation was their order counter and were giving Aaron and Riley "chicken nuggets and fries". Aaron actually went along with it well, pretending he was eating then asking for more.

Joslyn played more today (and sat, observed, or wanted to cuddle less) than she has here for quite a while. It was nice to see her busy and engaged.

3/11/13

Joslyn ate a bite or two of her fruit salad and about half of her Chex cereal at breakfast. At lunch she ate all of her roast beef sandwich and seconds on both apple slices and tomato soup.

Joslyn bonked her head pretty hard on the corner of the couch arm. She just kind of dived into it, then needed lots of loves and cuddles, of course.

Christina and Matthew had an old mattress that they were getting rid of that was way more springy than our jumping mattress, so we traded and the kiddos are all having a lot of fun jumping higher than with the other one. Joslyn was probably the least thrilled with it, as the extra bounce kind of surprised her and she bumped lightly into the wall.

So far (10:15) with those two exceptions she has mostly either wanted to cuddle with me, sit right beside me or lay down on the couch. Maybe she decided it was safer after crashing twice.

Joslyn and Kenzie were both trying to put toys into the picnic table hole (where an umbrella can go). At first they took turns a couple times, then needed intervention because they started fighting over it,

Nora was trying to lick Gary's nose and Joslyn thought it was hilarious. She started cracking up when Nora succeeded.

3/7/13

Joslyn ate didn't want to eat breakfast this morning, said her stomach hurt and went to lay on the couch. Se was fine as soon as some of the kiddos were done eating and got up to play with them. At lunch she ate seconds on dried mangoes and all of her crescent roll, squash and slice f turkey.

Joslyn did a little fishing with the fishing poles again today, then decided she had a better idea. She was holding it like a bat and talking about baseball. I thought they had potential for danger as poles, but bats... Ugh! We discussed how baseball is an outside game and she did fine with that.

Joslyn really likes the animal suit dress-ups and has tried on all of them, but especially seems to like the frog suit.

Aaron and Joslyn were hanging out under the picnic table, examining the underneath with their binoculars. Kenzie and Riley saw what they were doing and went over to start peeking in the hold and sticking the play knives through it. All of them were having a great time!

Mia went over to Joslyn today with her arms out, wrapped them around Joslyn and held on in a great hug for several seconds. Mia then started kind of spinning until she pulled Joslyn down on top of her.

Today Kenzie, Emily and Joslyn played together with the Velcro fruits and vegetables, knives and cutting boards at the kitchen set. They played peacefully together for about 20 minutes. Usually three just doesn't last that long!

Joslyn was walking on the big block and both Aaron and Riley has to follow her. Joslyn told them she was "testing".

3/5/13

Joslyn ate only part of her bagel and dried apricots at breakfast. At lunch she ate seconds on pasta and peas with shredded cheese on it and all of her tilapia and her applesauce.

Kenzie announced "my friend, Jozzy is back!" Joslyn's face lit up and she said, "yeah, I am back". It was a really cute exchange.

Joslyn put one of the back packs on and wore it for a long time this morning as she took care of her babies and lined them up along the step.

Joslyn, Kenzie, Thomas and Emily all put on dress up animal suits and were jumping on the mattress. I told them they were my crazy little jungle animals and they thought that was funny. As they were jumping Kenzie started singing the "monkeys jumping on the bed" chant then they would all "fall" at the right time. It was pretty funny.

Joslyn has obviously either been fishing before or watched someone fish because she was doing the casting motion with the play fishing poles into the box "water". Kenzie was really watching her and trying to imitate her.

Joslyn was very tired by nap time--fragile and moody for the last half hour before lunch, then asleep almost immediately at nap time, which NEVER happens.