Joslyn ate hash browns and 2nd's on waffles for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of her shrimp, brown rice, and green beans, and a bite of oranges.

Jadey and Coral were both here so the group was a little larger and more lively this morning.  Jadey's mom said that a week ago Jadey had a scratch on her back and she asked Jadey how it happened.  Jadey's response was, "Joslyn did it!"  :)

Joslyn was pretty impressed this morning because she noticed that her and Nora's bib are the same color.  "I match Nora!!"  :)

We were doing singing time and I heard Joslyn do a 'Gary version' of "Down by the Station."  "Down by the stinking station..."  :)  It was a proud moment.

They were playing their food and cooking game in the climbers outside.  Joslyn asked Thomas, "You wanna frozen ice cream?"

We were playing with bath foam at art time and as you can see in the picture I think Joslyn was enjoying herself.

Joslyn ate most of her breakfast: cheerios and banana.  For lunch she ate toasted cheese sandwich, drank tomato soup, and ate apple slices.

Here's something from last Friday: At snack time Lauralea laid her head on the table and Joslyn said, "No, don't sleep on the table; sleep in your chair!!"  :)

We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange and Joslyn played with lots and lots of things.  Especially the food toys, shakers, books, keys, lots of legos, and the tools.  She was using some pliers to pick up some food toys.

At the breakfast table she was talking about who sits where, and where each of them sleep too.  She said, "I'm sleeping in the old Jadey's spot!"  :)  Love that phrasing!

Her nose ran pretty steady this morning; along with several others.  I was getting prepared to wipe her's and she said, "I'm trying to ask Morgan a question!"

Outside they all played a toddler version of 'chase' and 'follow the leader.'  And usually Morgan was the leader, but each of them would frequently do their own thing too of course.

Joslyn ate oatmeal and dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of her ground beef, ate noodles with peas and cheese, and ate most of applesauce.

Emily and Joslyn were playing together and Emily started crying.  I didn't see what happened so I asked Joslyn, "what happened?"  Her answer, "I made her cry!"  Oh, that was real helpful.  That was already my first assumption.  :)

She was watching the lava lamp and she called it the "loova lamp."  (with a 'long o' sound)  They have lots of variations of saying it; "lova lamp"  (like love, with an 'a' at the end).  Or "luva amp" (with a "u" sound; and notice no 'L' on lamp.)  And many more...The entertainment never ends.  :)

Joslyn and Kenzie were having some kind of conflict and Joslyn yells, "You're not in charge!!"  (She's heard that phrase around here a few times.)  :)

Here are a couple pictures of Joslyn having fun with the blocks.  Lauralea had helped them build the box and they played in it for a long time.  Did you see Thomas in the box too?  :)

And here Thomas is joining Joslyn and Kenzie in the box.

Joslyn ate blueberry bread pudding and blueberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate turkey burger, green beans, and mandarin oranges.

For some reason (I do not know) Morgan was calling Joslyn "Mickey Mouse" before breakfast today.  Joslyn did not like that and said (very emphatically I might add), "I'm Joslyn!! Not Mickey Mouse!!"  :)

Several of them were playing with doctor toys and Emily asked, "Can I doctor Joslyn?"  The question was directed at me.  (again, I do not know - this is a common theme today)  Joslyn answered her anyhow, "maybe not!"  Funny answer.  So Emily goes over and holds the stethoscope up to the dragonfly on the insect poster while asking, "Can I doctor the dragonfly?"  That was a much 'safer' choice I thought.  :)

Here are a couple of pictures I thought were cute.  The first one is Joslyn pretending to nap.  Notice the legs of her doll hanging out of the blanket.  Morgan had covered up Joslyn and then just started reading a book.  :)

I thought the engineer's hat was very cute on Joslyn.  She also had a vest and a glass of milk and was reading her book.

Joslyn ate jelly toast and thirds on dried mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate beef and bean burrito, a bite of sweet potatoes, and bite of tropical fruit.

Joslyn started talking to Lauralea about "her truck."  She said, "Do you like my new truck?  Dad got it for me to pick me up in!"  :)  The world always revolves around them.  You got that truck just for her.

Sometimes when I bring Nora out from her nap Joslyn will say hi to her like this; "Hi Nora Nora, open the dora!"  Those are basically some of the words to the song we have about "Nora."  :)  In the song the little girl is in her room with the door shut and will not come out or open her door.  So he's singing all these wonderful things to get her to come out.

Joslyn was on the couch with baby Riley and was sucking her thumb and feeling all snuggly.  So she tried to use Riley as someone or something to snuggle with.  Pretty soon she had her head laying on Riley's lap.  Riley was looking at her like, "what the heck?!?"

She had the doctor toys and was giving Lauralea a shot and then she had the stethoscope and was 'listening to Lauralea's shoulder."  :)  Then she asked Lauralea, "are you better?"  :)

The big entertainment outside was chasing bubbles and watching the water truck and street sweeper going by.  The kids were all lined up at the fence and watching the equipment at work just a few feet away.

Joslyn ate dried plums and 2nd's on cinnamon rolls for breakfast.  For lunch she ate scrambled eggs, bite of waffle, bite of hash browns, and ate most of cantaloupe.

One of the first things Joslyn said to Lauralea this morning was, "I'm going to eat at your house today!"  Like it was an unusual occurrence.  :)  Then she told me that too at least twice before breakfast.

I sneezed loud and Lauralea said something; although I'm not sure what.  Joslyn said, "scared me too!!"

She was looking at Riley's little feet and said, "I like those feetsees!"   :)

Here's two pictures of Joslyn playing with the food toys.  In this first picture they are all at the table and Kenzie is being the server.  Joslyn has lots of goodies on her plate.

In this picture she has a 'kabob'.  She was calling it her "popsicle!"  :)

 

Joslyn ate kix cereal and a bite of mixed fruit for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of her ham sandwich, ate steamed broccoli, and a bite of kiwi.

Everyone was playing with the building blocks and Joslyn was making a "motor boat" again.  (Just like last week.)  After breakfast she was right back doing the same thing.  Riley was swiping some of Joslyn's blocks, but she's the only one (well the other babies too) who could get away with that without incurring Joslyn's wrath.

Lauralea was wrapping up a couple of books for mailing (on the changing table) and Joslyn stacked up some blocks to stand on to see what Lauralea was doing.

She was running back-n-forth across the lawn and I was sure she was doing it to watch her shadow.  And I was right; she came up and said, "my whale spout was running!"  She was watching her whale spout bob up and down in her shadow.

Riley took off her shoes outside and Joslyn was immediately right there to help her.  Little miss mommy was all concerned and mumbling all the time she was working on Riley's shoe.

Then she was playing with Nora on the baby blanket outside too.  Nora was grabbing some grass and Joslyn was mumbling about that too and trying to get the grass out of Nora's hand and Nora was working hard to grab as much as she could.  It was kind of like watching a puppy chase his tail.  Lots of action, but not much being accomplished.  :)