Svea's Journal

Svea ate French toast and ate three servings of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a large serving of Whole 30 Chili with meat, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, tomato sauce, and lots of spices.  She ate a bite of whole wheat dinner roll and ate tropical fruit.   This note is leftover from when we ate a meal that included elbow noodles and applesauce.  I always ask the big girls if they want their applesauce on top of their noodles.  Svea heard me doing that and said, "Ask me if I want applesauce on my noodles."  "Ok, Svea do you want applesauce on your noodles?"  She said (with a grin), "no."  Haha.   This morning Svea heard me tell Nora, "you're cute!!"  Svea said, "My cute too Gary, my cute too."  Yes you are Svea and the way you always say "my" instead of "me" or "I" is adorable!!   THEN  (just to prove me wrong about what I just said) this morning just randomly Svea said, "I'...

I've gotten a couple of questions about Program closure dates for the Holidays ahead.  So here's a reminder of those dates:          November 26 & 27     Thanksgiving      December 24 & 25.    Christmas Also , A reminder for closure dates in  January 2021.        January 1       January 4th - 8th. Svea ate two servings of whole wheat English muffin and ate grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate no pork roast, no whole wheat toast, ate beets, and ate applesauce.    We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this past weekend and Svea was enjoying everything new.  She came late yesterday and as soon as she was she here she said, "Why do you have all these different toys Gary?!?"  "I've never seen them!!"  And that is the primary reason we do a toy exchange!!  :) First picture:  So here's Svea with the doll blankets and bandannas and she ha...

Svea ate oatmeal and no dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate only applesauce.  No tilapia, whole wheat elbow noodles, or green beans.   Svea said to me; "Cal is NOT listening to my words!"  Oh really, what did you say to him?  "I don't want him pestering me!"  LOL  It's probably not real professional to laugh at what they say when they are SO serious, but sometimes they are so dang funny.  And that was funny.  Haha.  Ok, I'll remind him to listen to you Svea!!  First picture from yesterday afternoon.  Svea is on the right buried under a stack of pillows and whatever else was there and Nora is on the left.  You can basically just see Nora's blonde hair.  Svea said, "I'm cozy."  Nora said, "Yes, well I'm cozier."  Haha.  Goofy kids.   This next picture was also yesterday afternoon outside.  We weren't out very long because it was pretty cold and wet and no one had boots, but they ...

Svea ate two servings of blueberry bagel and ate peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of hamburger and sausage pizza, with whole wheat pizza crust, tomato sauce, peppers, pineapple, and olives.  She also ate half of her pineapple on the side.    These first two pictures are left over from yesterday afternoon.  Svea said, "I can do it without any hands." Second picture: Svea was on the igloo and initially she was trying to get Miles to grab her toes.  He didn't care about that and he was just touching her gently.  Next picture:  I'm impressed with how much time and detail Svea will put into her art.  I took this picture right after she was just getting started and she said to Nora; "Hey Nora look, I'm making outer space." Nora said, "It looks like a rock hit a spaceship."  Then later Nora was showing me how well Svea was drawing and wanted me to look at Svea's paper.  Nora said, "Svea builded this tree by herself."  :...

Svea ate half of whole wheat toast and half of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of pork roast, ate tortillas, bites of carrots, and ate fruit salad.   This first picture is left over from yesterday;  This doesn't really look like much, but actually I am very impressed with how Svea's large motor skills are developing!!  (I'll show this to you in "live mode" if you'd like to see that.)  She was standing on the mattress and jumped up and onto the blue balance beam and then bounced onto the floor.  She did it very quickly and easily.   Next picture:  The girls all wanted to do some art pictures before breakfast.  So I took this picture shortly after Avi and Svea arrived.  Svea was happy with her picture.  She said, "Hey guys.  My picture is so beautiful."  Following picture:  She was just hanging out on the mattress shortly before lunch and I got this cute picture of her.   Last picture;  Nora and ...

Svea ate bites of whole wheat English muffin and bites of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a couple bites of chicken with stir fry vegetables, all of her brown rice, and ate mandarin oranges.   Here's a couple of Svea quotes from this morning:  "Hey Gary!!  We're having fun at your house!!" "Hey Gary!!  Why did you leave me with Lauralea!?!"  LOL!! This first picture is leftover from yesterday afternoon when Nora and Svea were going over backwards onto the mattress over and over.  I had several pictures of Svea, but most of them were too blurry because she's obviously moving.  But she was keeping her body straight when she was "falling."  :) Here are some pictures from this morning.  Dancing in front of the mirror with Atley and Nora.  Atley has both feet off the floor in this picture.  They are all concentrating on the mirror.  :)  Following picture:  I was peeking around the corner at her and this ...

Svea ate cheerios and no banana for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, no whole wheat pita bread, ate olives, avocado, and half of mixed fruit.   Svea was the only one here until just about breakfast time and she was having fun darting back and forth across the room.  Then I was "hiding" from her and she was loving that as well.  I got several pictures of her, but most of them were blurry because she was constant movement.  :) Next two pictures;  Svea and Nora were building their "hideout" in the cozy corner this morning.  Nora started recruiting Cal to do all the heavy work for them before Cal was even out of his breakfast highchair. "Hey Cal, when you're done eating will you bring all the animals over to the cozy corner?"  Haha.  That made me laugh.  You can see in the next picture he's still at work packing blocks for them.  In the following picture Svea and Nora are laying in their corner and Svea is trying to give Nora ...

Svea ate brown rice and raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she had a bite of her meatloaf, bite of whole wheat dinner roll, ate riced cauliflower, and ate her mangoes.    Svea brought three or four really good books from home that we read during Story Time.  My definition of "good" books:  The primary thing I look for when I'm reading to children (up to 3 - 3.5 years of age) is the amount of words in the story.  Of course I also like a story that I think is quality and encouraging for the children as well.  But too many words quickly loses their attention.  Those are the books I put in the Preschool books.   Two Pictures;  Nora and Svea played for a LONG time on and under the blue balance beam.  With all the stuffed animals, pillows, dolls, and doll blankets.  Those two love this kind of game while Atley and Avi quickly grow tired of it.  First picture:  Svea had just fell off backwards.  ALL Svea said, "that hurt...

Svea ate a small piece of whole wheat English muffin and ate two servings of mandarin oranges for breakfast.  For lunch she ate salmon, no whole wheat elbow noodles, ate peas, and ate applesauce.   Svea was in a compliant mood this morning!!  Shortly after arrival she dropped a toy and I heard her say, "We have to be gentle with Gary's toys."  Yes, she's heard that a few times.  Good job Svea.  Later she said, "Gary is the boss."  And she's heard that a few (actually many) times as well.  My favorite thing she said this morning was when she was doing Art at the table she said, "People listen to Gary's words."  LOL. Well at least the kids do.  Only because I'm here 10 hours a day and I make sure they listen.  And I occasionally give them choices!!  But they are choices I can live with.  :)   This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon.  This is very much typical Svea.  She loves to pile up her to...

Svea ate French toast and three servings of watermelon for breakfast.  Svea loves this breakfast.  She had no idea how much watermelon was left (there was lots) when she said, "Hey Gary! Save the rest for me!!"  Haha.  When she was done she said, "That was yummy food."  For lunch she ate most of Hearty Paleo Stew with meat, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, and tomatoes.  She ate saltines, and ate tropical fruit.  A window picture:  Everyone was waving bye to "Daddy Andy" and Callahan was saying, "Dada, dada, dada."  Svea was saying, "My dad, my dad, my dad."  On and on and on.  I think they may have done it all morning, but I finally said, "Ok, that's enough."  Haha.  Following picture:  This was much later in the morning and Alexa was playing the sound track from "Frozen" and these two were bellowing (yes bellowing - as in loudly) out this one part.  Haha. Next picture: All the kids w...

Svea ate half of her waffle and half of her grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, no whole wheat tortillas, ate corn, and no baked cinnamon apples.     These first three pictures are left over from yesterday afternoon.  First picture:  Nora, Cal, and Svea were looking for bugs and said they spotted a "bee."  Notice how Nora is positioned - and that was as close as she wanted to get.  Second picture:  This was SO cute.  Nora and Svea were running back and forth across the yard and up and down the sidewalk.  They weren't running the same direction, but like you see in the picture they'd occasionally meet each other.  Zoom in on Svea's face.  She has a huge grin!  It was so much fun to watch them running and running.   Next picture:  If you look closely across the street you can see the back end of a boat and the motor.  The neighbor was winterizing his boat.  When I took the picture he was run...

Svea ate kix cereal and half of mixed fruit for breakfast.  For lunch she ate two servings of ground turkey, no whole wheat sandwich thins, ate half of tomatoes, ate avocado, and ate her cherries.  At breakfast Nora was telling Svea all about "stitches."  "You just gotta get stitches.".... "It's great, my Mom said it's great and she really likes it."  I finally realized she was talking about a song!!  Haha.  I asked Nora, "What's so good about that song?"  Nora said, "Because it gets gooder, and gooder, and gooder!!"  Haha.  Ok, that explains everything.   We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend and as usual the kids were super busy all morning. Atley and Avi are gone today and Nora played with Svea in the Daycare Room all morning.  In the first picture they are sorting through all the goodies.  In the second picture Svea couldn't get the door shut because there was a little person stuck in the doorway of th...

Svea ate oatmeal and no baked cinnamon apples.  For lunch she ate most of hamburger stew with meat, carrots, green beans, potatoes, and tomatoes.  She ate no whole wheat dinner roll and no apricots.   Firstt picture; Miles is making it up on the couch by himself and Avi was applauding his efforts.  Svea, on the other hand is not so happy!  If you look close at Svea's dress under Miles' butt you'll see why she was yelling.  :)  "He's on my dress!!"  "Get off Miles, get off!!"  :) This next picture is pretty cute too.  :)  Nora and Svea had all the soft animals, blankets, and pillows they could find and they were "sleeping."  Right before I took this picture:  Svea said to Nora, "Come give me a smooch!!"  Haha.  So Nora got up, went over and gave Svea a hug and a kiss.  It was so cute.  Following picture:  They were still playing on the couch, but the game had changed a bit.  Nora joined Svea at...

Svea ate three servings of French toast and two servings of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate bites of pulled pork, no whole wheat noodles, bites of peas, and ate strawberries.   I love this first picture of Nora and Svea!!  This epitomizes what they are all about; a perfect example!!  They were discussing their clothes and the latest fashions!  Haha.  Before I took this picture Nora had lifted her dress up high and was showing Svea all the flowers on her panties.  Haha.  Here they are talking about all the flowers on Svea's dress.  (Meanwhile, Avilene is having a wrestling match with Callahan.)  Ha. In the second picture it's basically more of the same except they have on a couple of animal suits and they're doing some dancing and watching themselves in the mirror.   Next picture;  I'm not sure what legos piece they're all interested in, but I'm pretty sure there are several more just like it in the legos drawer. ...