Svea's Journal

Svea ate most of oatmeal and ate bites of baked cinnamon apples for breakfast. For lunch she did not sample the hamburger stew with meat, potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, and carrots. She ate whole wheat dinner roll and fruit cocktail.  Here's a random question from Svea yesterday afternoon: "Hey Gary, remember when we decided (last Friday) to eat with Jackson?" Yes I remember that. "When can we do that again?" Hahaha. Do you think it's my decision when you can eat with Jackson? "Yes." Haha.  First picture: This is not a good picture, but hey!! Y'all try to sit on someone - without squishing them - and do a selfie too!! Haha. Svea was yelling, "Sit on me, sit on me, sit on me." :) I took this next picture while the girls were waiting for Sylvie to pick them up for Swim Lesson. Avi was still working hard on her paper and Svea was examining Avi's hair. Haha. Nobody else here could get away with doing this and not get a quick decisiv...

Svea ate French toast and no dried plums for Breakfast. For lunch she ate pulled pork, ate whole wheat toast, peas, and two servings of watermelon.   This first picture was immediately after arrival. Svea said, "Hey Gary! Guess what I have under me ?" Uhh, the floor!?! She looked at me like "what's wrong with you?" Haha. (The same look I get from all the kids.) She said, "Nooo, my swimsuit!!"  Next two pictures: I have to tell you the story behind these two pictures. Avi is very interested in the fact that I'm color blind. For the last two weeks she's been coming to me every day with two markers and asking, "Which one is the darkest or lightest?" Which is interesting to me because most people start quizzing me with identifying the actual colors. Haha. Today Nora and Atley (and then Svea and Avi when they arrived) asked me for the little pieces of paper you see in the picture in 5 different colors. Nora saw me struggling a bit with th...

I'm a bit slow getting these Blogs started because Tate - lawn mowing wizard - gave me a 2 minute warning that he was coming today. :) Text: "I'm on my way!" and he lives 2.0 minutes away and that's when he walks. Ha. I usually have everything moved and ready for him. Sometimes there are lots of Daycare equipment on the lawn. Anyhow it's all good. Svea ate whole wheat toast and two servings of mangoes for breakfast. For lunch she ate a couple bites of ground beef with marinara sauce on top of whole wheat spaghetti noodles. She ate cauliflower and ate a few bites of fruit salad. At breakfast Nora was talking to Svea about Swim Lessons; "I hope I have a girl teacher because I don't like boys." Svea was laughing and giggling with her.  Lauralea's sister was here yesterday for a few minutes and Svea was getting acquainted as fast as she possibly could. It was really cute. Cal, on the other hand is pretty wary of strangers and he was keeping his d...

Svea ate cream of wheat cereal and all her dried plums for breakfast. For lunch she ate chicken, no brown rice, bites of broccoli, and bites of pineapple.   Yesterday Svea told Cal to ask Miles something. I have no idea what the question was, but Cal followed instructions and asked Miles something. Miles just sat there and stared at Cal; never saying a word. Finally Cal looked at Svea and said, "He said no." Haha. Kids totally crack me up!!  As Parents, you already know this, but you frequently have to think of context to understand what your Child is really saying!! Here's a perfect example! For the last couple of days the kids have been on a "color coffee filter" craze!! The 3 older girls always ask for "coffee filters." Well yesterday Svea asked me; "Can I do a holder cup!?!" What!?!? A coffee cup filter of course. :) This first picture is leftover from yesterday. I just thought this was cute because it was the 3 youngest ones lined up on...

The reason for this note is to inform everyone there will be NO BLOGS tomorrow Thursday the 22nd. The State ChildCare Licensor will be here doing an in-home thorough inspection after lunch during the time I normally do the Blogs. Blogs will be back on Friday the 23rd. Svea ate French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast. For lunch she had no Whole 30 Chili with meat, peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and spices. She ate whole wheat dinner roll and tropical fruit. First picture from yesterday afternoon: Drama Queen Svea!! She was playing on and around the mattress with Miles and Cal; although Cal is momentarily out of the picture. Svea was doing lots of dialogue, but I caught a little piece of it when she said, "Ok Guys! Let's stay together cause they're gonna take our picture!!" Haha. I love this second picture!! Svea is the first one I've seen using this poster in this way: she started with the "A" and was "tracing" the lett...

Svea ate half of oatmeal and no dried cranberries for breakfast. For lunch she ate bites of tilapia, no whole  wheat elbow noodles, bites of green beans, and bites of applesauce.   We went outside for maybe 45 minutes this morning - the air quality is in the low unhealthy range. I had not been talking to them about air quality, but they obviously were discussing it among themselves. Before we went outside Nora said, "Gary, if you breathe smoke then you have to go to the hospital. And they put a thing on your finger, and then if your heart is not beating, then you have to die." Oh really? Atley said, "Yes, I told her that." Svea said, "If you get smoke in your nose you will die." Who told you that?!? "Atley." Geez, you guys really should run a fact check on some of your information. :) First picture - You can easily see Miles, but you gotta look a little harder to see Svea. :) She was "hiding" under the blue balance beam and Miles was pe...

Svea ate no blueberry bagel and ate half of her peaches for breakfast. For lunch she ate bites of hamburger & sausage pizza with meat, tomato sauce, pineapple, peppers, and olives. She ate bites of whole wheat pizza crust (we serve on the side) and no pineapple on the side.    I forgot to put this in Avi's Blog: Lauralea had to go to Plains today to help her family so there is no Science with Lauralea today. Svea and I spotted a centipede on entryway floor and Svea exclaimed: "Gary!! that's a creepy bug! That creepy bug I never saw!" (Translation: Creepiest bug I ever saw! Haha.) "I don't like creepy bugs! I don't like that creepy bug!" Ok, I get your point and I already took care of that sucker. She was too busy freaking out to notice what I was doing. Haha. Here are some pictures from Svea's morning. She worked on her Art picture with the scissors. I'm not sure how she managed to get so many tiny minuscule pieces of paper scattered arou...

Svea ate two servings of whole wheat toast and ate grapes for breakfast. For lunch she ate no pork roast, no one had whole wheat tortillas as I forgot them in plain sight on the counter - ha, she ate no potatoes, no carrots, and ate fruit salad.   First picture from yesterday afternoon. Svea always yells for someone to open this gate for her. So I showed her how she can easily do it herself and she was very happy about that and proud of herself. Look at her smiling face. :) She practiced over and over and couldn't wait to show Mom when Momma arrived. Next two pictures are also from yesterday. Nora and Svea put the cozy corner rug on the top of the legos table and were laying there nice and comfy. Cal decided they needed to be covered with pillows and stuffed animals and the girls were happy with that. He'd just tossed the yellow and black dress-up bumblebee jacket you see in the corner.  Next picture; Svea was working hard at this activity and I love how focused she gets on th...

Svea ate toasted whole wheat English muffin and a bite of dried plums for breakfast. For lunch she ate half of chicken, no brown rice, no broccoli, and ate mandarin oranges.   This first picture is actually left over from yesterday afternoon and I thought this was pretty cool and interesting what Svea did here. She pretty much followed most of the pattern - six squares closely resembling the original -  but in random places. Good work Svea.  Next picture: I got a kick out of watching where Svea set up her chair and paper to work on some art; snuggled up close to Nora's spot. Nora is totally fine with this and she frequently offers comments, advice, and basic observations of Svea's paper. :) Next picture; Svea moved away from the group for probably 15 - 20 minutes and spent time relaxing in this chair. I think it's cute and awesome how she'll do that when she feels the need for some alone time. Last picture was basically more of the same except she was totally into her o...

Svea ate cheerios and no banana for breakfast. For lunch she ate ground beef, whole wheat pita bread, olives, ate avocado, and two servings of watermelon.   We had a great vacation in southwestern Washington and we stayed in a very unique little "hidden house." Lots of little road trips exploring in and around Mount Rainier National Park and Mount St Helens. And lots of hiking trails. A good time of relaxing and rejuvenation.  First picture: The kids asked if they could color these little snack trays. And you can see in the picture that Svea is monitoring Cal's activity in general; and his coloring in particular!! Haha. Just the usual!! We went outside this morning before it gets too hot in the afternoon. Svea rode the bikes like she frequently does! And kicked the ball around the yard. She actually chased the ball around the yard kicking it for a long time! She asked if she could snuggle and you'll see a picture of she and Avi snuggling on Avi's Blog!!