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Svea - 08/23/2022

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Svea ate two servings of toasted whole wheat English muffin and ate her dried plums for breakfast. For lunch she ate most of her chicken, bites of whole wheat elbow noodles, a few green beans, and ate her mandarin oranges. These first two pictures are left over from yesterday afternoon. I was getting a kick out of Nora and Svea playing, laughing, wrestling, and seemingly having a great time!! It was very fun and adorable. Second picture - We did some painting and the kids laid out their art on the front lawn for the sun to dry. And we forgot to retrieve it before they all left. Svea was fetching one of Avi's pieces from across the lawn. Next picture; Svea was still eating/finishing her breakfast when Miles brought over an activity from this toy exchange. He likes the battery-powered drill and knows how to put the bolts in and reverse them out. Svea was keeping a close eye on him and asking him questions. In the following picture Svea was doing a beading activity. Last picture; Goin...
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Svea - 08/22/2022

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As y'all know Svea arrived late - about 10:00, but they still wanted something to eat. Well it's only 1.5 hours until Lunch so you can have a bowl of kix cereal and that's what she did. For lunch she ate most of her ground meat topped with avocado, ate whole wheat pita bread, olives, and strawberries. She had to put all the olives on her fingers and I took a picture for her. Svea was telling me a story about an animal, but couldn't remember the name of the animal. She said, "The guy that puts a ball on his nose." Haha. Cracked me up. However, it was obviously a good clue. "I'll bet that's a seal!" :) Nora arrived from Whitefish in time for Lunch and Svea is having fun playing with her now. Miles went home with his Parents so it's just the 3 girls here today. Svea spent most of the 1.5 hours until Lunch working on coloring the paper you see in the next two pictures. Actually these are two different pictures, but you get the idea.
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Svea - 08/18/2022

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Svea ate toasted whole wheat English muffin and three servings of mandarin oranges for breakfast. For lunch she ate half of her ground beef, no whole wheat elbow noodles, no peas, and ate bites of applesauce. First picture: Svea is just getting started on coloring this picture, but she was actually too busy watching Nora color and studying Nora's picture. Then, just as I was taking the picture, Svea's marker rolled off the table and Svea managed to catch it before it hit the floor. She's explaining to Nora how such an amazing feat is even possible!! Haha! Nice catch Svea. Next picture: The girls are watching a "Chicken Dance" video and dancing/singing along with it. The boys, meanwhile, are marching to their own drum and Miles is chanting, "I fart, Pee Yew! I fart, Pee Yew! I fart, Pee Yew!!" And that's pretty much how classy us males are - speaking generally of course!! Except for Me and the Daycare Dads!! Haha. Last picture: More dancing!! This tim...
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Svea - 08/17/2022

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Svea ate French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast. For lunch she ate most of her Hearty Paleo Stew with meat, carrots, tomatoes, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, and sweet potatoes. She ate two servings of saltines, and ate mangoes. (Without the pineapple added.) First THREE pictures: Well as ya'll know by now the kids have been going nuts with the Art Projects lately. BUT they LOVE doing the Art so much and it's all fine with me. Keeps them super busy and happy. However, it makes it more challenging to find some variety for the Blogs!! Ha. I like how in the first and third pictures Svea is really piling on the glue. You can never get too much glue!! haha. Middle picture: The older kids have been doing LOTS of art lately and subsequently Miles has showed a renewed interest in more art as well and that's been fun for him too. Next picture; Svea asked for a string to fly her kite. Cal had a string/"leash" for his dog and they wanted to...
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Svea - 08/16/2022

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Svea ate waffle and two large servings of grapes - LOVE those Candy Snaps - for breakfast. For lunch she ate chicken, two servings of whole wheat tortillas, ate corn, and ate her apple pieces.  This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon and Svea had a leash leading Atley around. So I naturally assumed Atley was her puppy. "Is she your puppy?" Svea answered, "No, she's actually a lizard." Haha. (That wasn't my second guess either!! Ha!) Wow, we got all 6 kids here today!! That's been kind of a rarity this summer. But it's been a fun morning and everyone has done well with minimal outbursts. Haha. Next picture: Cal and Atley looking at some of Svea's goodies that she brought. They've all enjoyed Svea's goodie bags!! Following picture: Kids busy at Art Table before breakfast. I intentionally took the picture to include all 6 kids, but I'll let you find them. :) More from Svea's morning. In the next picture she and Nora ...
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Svea - 08/15/2022

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Svea ate two servings of kix cereal and no fruit cocktail for breakfast. For lunch she ate ground turkey topped with avocado, bites of whole wheat hamburger bun, ate tomatoes, and two servings of cherries. First picture: The other kids were doing art and Svea was still working on her second serving of kix cereal. She's frequently the last one eating, but she started late this morning too. The others were doing art making flowers and Svea held up her spoon and said, "I got a flower." Yes you do and I like your flower. Next picture: She complained briefly about not feeling well and laid on the couch for just a few minutes. So I had to take a picture of the little cutie. Following picture - She did some coloring and was pretty proud of the beautiful butterfly she colored.  Next picture: Svea had just started her Art picture and asked me; "Do you know what I'm making?" "Uhhhhmmmm...no." And the second picture is the answer. She said, "It's get...
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Svea - 08/12/2022

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Svea ate half of her cream of wheat cereal and ate half of her grapes for breakfast. For lunch she again ate half of everything! Which I thought was awesome becasue she rarely eats any kind of stew. Hamburger stew with meat, potatoes, carrots, green beans, and tomatoes. Whole wheat dinner roll, and fruit cocktail. As you already know - haha - we've been doing lots of making paper airplanes and following lots of origami videos for kids on YouTube. Today Avi and Atley each made an airplane and they actually flew quite well. I'm not sure how the chanting started, but the first thing I heard was Cal and Svea chanting; "Atley's is better! Atley's is better!" Over and over and over. As you probably assume that caused an uproar from Avi and led to general pandemonium. Haha. First picture: Svea and I were watching Cal doing aggressive "face-plants" onto the mattress and they were cracking us up. Then he got on the blue balance beam and started going face-fir...
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