Nora Hansen's Journal

Breakfast: French toast and plums. Avi said, "Not eating!" Ha. Ok, then Atley and Nora both followed suit! "Not eating!" Ha. I bet you guys will eat a big lunch and they did. Nora ate two servings of pulled pork, ate whole wheat toast, ate peas, and three servings of cantaloupe.    Nora; "I'm SO excited to start Kindergarten!!" Boy I've been hearing that phrase a lot lately and it is exciting!! What are you most excited about? Nora said, "I get to wear my mask." LOL That was SO cute. I laughed so hard. We could use her for a poster encouraging people to wear masks!! First picture; Yup, Nora's back in the house!! First things first; Get these fellas all lined up, organized, and ready to go!! Ha. She'd been here for maybe 5 minutes! Next picture: Nora said; "Gary! You got new markers!!" And that's true. So here's what I've finally  (ha - now that I'm close to retiring) learned about buying the large boxes o...

Nora ate bran cereal and half of her raisins for breakfast. For lunch she ate chicken topped with avocado, two servings of whole wheat pita bread, ate cucumbers, and ate pears. We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend and the kids were very busy all morning. So much so that they didn't even want to go outside. (Tate mowed this morning so Nora and Atley did spend some time at the window! Haha!) First picture: Atley was working on a sorting activity and Nora was making a shape with this electronic game.  Next picture: Nora and Atley at the Doll House with the new accessories. There's a "unicorn accessory" in this set so Atley was very interested!! Ha. Following picture: Nora is arranging the family and the food while Atley is attending to the barnyard animals; Dinosaurs! Haha. Last picture: The 3 big girls spent a LONG time working with Mr Potato Head. There are 4 completed ones lined up in front of Nora. Nora's is the one on the right. I'm still pro...

Nora ate cream of wheat cereal and dried plums for breakfast. For lunch she ate chicken, brown rice, ate broccoli, and three servings of pineapple.  First picture: This is left over from yesterday afternoon when Atley, Nora, and Eden were collecting roly-poly bugs and putting them in the dump truck along with some dirt and grass. And this pictures applies to this morning as well as they were doing the same thing again. Second picture; The usual gymnastics on the balance beam and mattress. Nora loves it when I stop the picture in mid-frame like this.  Eden has been working with the legos while Nora and Atley watch for a few moments and then launched right into their own projects. Second picture: This was pretty cool because they combined their individual efforts into one project! Without arguing!! Sometimes it helps when one child is older and bossy! Ha. And sometimes that doesn't help one bit!! This time it helped. Next picture: Nora and Svea asked if they could play with the ...

For lunch Nora ate ground turkey, whole wheat tortillas, a few bites of sweet potatoes, and ate cherries.   First picture: "Hey Gary! Take a picture of me doing a front-flip!" Oh ok, I think I only have about 100 front-flip pictures!! Haha. I like this one because her hair is straight down. I could have chosen the last frame when she was sitting on her butt and her hair was straight up! It looked hilarious, but it was too blurry!! Next picture: Nora arrived late and she and Svea went out to do some Preschool activities. All the kids have recently been creating more and more stuff with the legos. Nora kept moaning because she'd missed breakfast. Ha.  Next picture: Svea had asked Nora to draw a "heart" for her and then Nora was keeping an eye on what Svea was doing with the heart then. Maybe this looks like Nora's Grandpa the Art Instructor. Haha. Last picture: Nora doing a puzzle with Eden's red fox nearby! That fox gets around and you'll see it in on...

Nora ate French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast. For lunch she whole 30 chili with meat, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and tomato sauce. She ate whole wheat dinner roll and two servings of  mangoes.   Lauralea's schedule is pretty wacky again this week - she's in Kalispell today - so she did Science with the kids yesterday afternoon. She did some random fun things with the kids and I have pictures from 3 activities. Story and Eden were holding up a blanket and we were experimenting if the blanket would absorb the blow when throwing an egg at it. Daycare kids said it was gonna break. Lauralea threw from several different distances and the egg never did break. :)  Next picture: This is always a favorite of the kids and we've done it several times. :) In my opinion it's the only thing soda is good for!! :) I managed to get 6 mementoes candies into the bottle and we got a good eruption with this one. Following picture: Then Lauralea had the kids ma...

Nora ate whole wheat English muffin and two servings of grapes for breakfast. For lunch she ate pork roast, whole wheat toast, most of beets, and ate applesauce.   First picture: Nora was here first and she was so happy to see Svea when Svea arrived. Isn't this cute. They were hugging and enjoying each other so much. Very cute. Second picture: Eden was looking forward to see Nora. On Saturday afternoon Eden asked how many days before the Daycare kids would be back. :) She talked about Nora and Story talked about Miles. :) Next picture: Eden and Nora spent a long time drawing this morning. Eden said, "I'm teaching her to draw a dragon." Haha. And she was very serious about helping Nora do some drawing. That was very cute and sweet. Last picture: Eden was able to get her head off the mattress and that made Nora determined to try as well. And she was working hard to push up and could do it a few inches.