Reid - 6/15/2017

Reid ate toasted whole wheat english muffin and lots of oranges for breakfast.  He was devouring oranges as fast as I could load them on his plate and he asked, "You got another can of these?!?"  LOL!!  (No, but I went and fetched more out of the sack!!)  For lunch he ate ground beef, lots of whole wheat elbow noodles, ate most of peas, and lots of applesauce.  And he asked the same question at lunch about the noodles;  "You got another can of these?!?"  Haha!  After Lunch he asked, "Gary, can I turn on the hounds?"  All I could think of was "who turned the dogs loose!?!"  Then I realized he wanted to turn on the ocean sounds that we use for nap time.  Ha!!

There will not be any Blogs tomorrow, June 16th.  Little Treasures is closing for the afternoon so Lauralea and I can attend a Memorial service for the precious daughter of some dear friends of ours.  Thank you so much to all my Daycare Families for making it possible for us to attend the funeral and support this family.

Daddy Ryan got to see Reid making Nora laugh this morning and it was SO cute and FUNNY!!  I never get tired of watching little ones enjoy each other!!  In the first picture he had Nora hold the stuffed animal and then he'd knock it out of her hand.  She was cracking up!!  Which was ALL the encouragement Reid needed to continue!!  I think Reid missed his Nora buddy and she was pretty tickled to see him as well.

I asked Reid about his favorite part of your vacation this week and he said, "We found a place that sells ice cream and hot chocolate.".....  "and coffee."  Nice!!  Then he asked me, "Do you know why we don't want Chief to be in flood?"  No.  Why?  "Cause he'll turn dark blue!!  Huh!?  Haha!  I noticed Reid looking at Atley and I asked him if he liked Atley.  He said, "No.  I told you I like Nora better than anybody."  Here are a couple more pictures from this morning's activities.

Reid - 6/9/2017

Reid ate oatmeal and lots of baked apples with cinnamon for breakfast.  For lunch he ate dinner roll and apricots.  No hamburger stew with carrots, green beans, potatoes, and brussel sprouts.

Reid was running across the room chanting; "I believe I can fly" and then flopping on the mattress.  Ha!  In the 2nd picture he was pretty exhausted from all the flying!  However, the 3rd picture actually looked much more like flying!!  Ha!  But the landing was not nearly as soft!  I always tell him it makes my knees hurt to just watch him do that!  Which he finds highly amusing!!

Reid was putting his blanket on "Nor Nor" (as he calls her) as she's crawling and pestering her as much as she'd put up with!!  Then he was running across the room, flopping on the mattress, and tossing his blanket on Nora.  She was giggling about it all - most of the time.  Ha!  And I had to include the last picture as we had a surprise visitor at the gate this morning.  The kids were happy when Bode stopped by to say "hi" and answer Hudson's questions about "what's that? what's that? what's that?"  Bode is such a sweet and gentle boy and the little kids love him.

Reid - 6/8/2017

Reid ate toasted rye bread and dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch he ate pulled pork sandwich, peas, and lots of cantaloupe.  At breakfast Reid was requesting a different color plate for Lunch time;  "Can you remember at Lunch Time cause all my life I like blue; and get Sophie green plate."  Haha!  Sophie said, "I don't like green, I like purple."  Which Reid already knows!  (And I have purple plates so everybody is a happy camper!!)  Silly Reid!  At lunch time Atley was playing with her spoon and Avi had just kind of gagged with her own spoon - too far down her throat!!  Geez!  Reid (directing his comment at both of them) said, "You're supposed to eat it with your spoon, NOT eat your spoon (or "poon" as Reid pronounces it)!!"  Haha!  Thank you Reid!  One more note from Lunch:  I was cutting up more cantaloupe for Reid and I asked, "Are these pieces too big?"  He said, "No!"  (Then he opened his mouth wide)  "Look how big my mouth is!!  Huge!!"  LOL!  Ok.  I literally see your point!

Reid was giving his customary loves to Baby Nora this morning.  As you can see from the picture Avi was nearby and Reid immediately pointed at her and said, "She's poopy!!"  Ha!  I love it when their sense of smell comes into sharp focus!  It's actually very helpful!

Here are some more pictures from this morning.  Reid joined Avi in getting Atley's shoes off.  Avi had been chasing her around, but she finally sat down and mission accomplished!!  Ha.  We played outside and Reid was riding the scooters again and then practicing his surfing skills.  (The All American blonde headed surfer dude!)  He was also telling me a story about doing the "dead lift" and I was glad TJ had posted that on Facebook because I don't think I'd have figured out what the story was about without that visual!!  :)  He said, "It kinda hard!!"

Reid - 6/2/2017

Reid ate bites of malt-o-meal cereal and LOTS of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch he ate baked beef "kabobs," no brown rice, no zucchini or peppers, and ate pineapple.  At the breakfast table Reid said, "Hey Gary!  You know what weird?"  What's weird Reid?  "I like Nora better than all the kids." Aww...That's sweet Reid.  So I'm posting an abundance of pictures today to prove his point!!  Haha!

He was crawling along behind her wanting to give her a love, but she kept on moving.  So he just kept crawling until she stopped and then he made his move!!  Haha!  He really does love her and it's adorable.  Picture number 4 is the one that was cracking me up!!  Nora was laughing so hard!!!!!  She was holding the stuffed animal and Reid was knocking it out of her hand.  He said, "I'm making her laugh!!"  Yup you are!  I have no idea how many times they did that, but it was over and over.  She fell over backwards once because of laughing so hard!  It was that silly slapstick humor again!!  So dang cute!!

While I was setting up breakfast Reid said, "Hey Gary!  Apparently Bubba was hitting Sophie and Sophie doesn't want to play with him.  That is just rude!"  So I tried not to laugh and asked the 4 year old; Who is rude?  "Sophie."  I didn't think Sophie had heard that, but after breakfast she said, "I not rude anymore."  :)  Oh good.  Then at the breakfast table Reid was giving Sophie some insights on his life experiences!  "Sofie don't ever ever ever go to the hole where yellow-jackets come out!!  Because their hinger hurts!!  Ha!

When we were outside I told him his sunglasses were pretty stinking cool!!  He let me know where I could get some of my own!  "You can buy em at Bob Wards, it's easy!!"  Then it was time for confession!  "I kind of threw a fit about em, but I don't know why!"  And just in case I was about to ask a question he again said, "I don't know why."  (Ok, I get your point!  Don't ask cause you don't know why!)  :)

Reid - 6/1/2017

Reid ate lots of waffle and ate fruit salad for breakfast.  For lunch he ate bites (maybe 3 bites) of shepard's pie which has hamburger, green beans, potatoes, and carrots.  He also ate whole wheat toast and cherries.  Reid was on Hudson's case at breakfast; "Bubba!! You're dropping food!  Keep it on your plate!"  Geez!  Someday he might understand the meaning of "the pot calling the kettle black!"  Or however it goes!!  Haha!!  Also at breakfast Sophie started coughing at breakfast and Reid admonished her - "Don't choke!!"  (Like it was a choice she was making!)  :)

We have a new girl here named Atley who is about 18 months old.  Sophie was making sure I was taking proper care of Atley!  At breakfast she was quizzing me; "Hey Gary!  Does Atley have a cup?"  Reid answered for me; "Well yeeeeaaaaah!!"  Sophie wasn't done; "Does Atley have a bib?"  Again Reid jumped in with a comment!  "When a new kid come you always forget to have a bib!!"  Haha!  What a goof!  Atley did so well this morning and she is going to be a great fit at Little Treasures!  She has a mild temperament and that works well for starting in a new place at her age!!

Reid was playing with Hudson on the mattress and they were doing boy things - mauling each other!!  Hudson was giggling and loving it!!

These last two pictures are Sophie and Reid "fanning" each other with the pillows!  When Sophie wanted Reid to do it again she said, "I need some air again!"  Haha!  So Reid said he wanted a turn and sat down while Sophie started fanning him.  Except she was way too far back and he told her to get closer.  Hudson started swinging a pillow and Reid was keeping a close eye on him.  (Which shows good common sense!  Haha!)