Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate 2 servings of breakfast: waffle and fruit salad.  For lunch she ate ground beef, whole wheat elbow noodles, green beans, and applesauce.  She's really a good little eater and she's not that picky - not right now at least!!  Haha!! Although just about everyone knows this, I still want to mention that today is Reid's last day.  So going forward I'll have 4 kids plus the 2 after school kids until the middle of November and then a new baby will start.  We've had a long relationship with Reid's family - 3 boys and the oldest is now in the 7th grade.  We're thankful they live just around the corner so we see them frequently!!  I'm still gonna miss having Reid here and his awesome sense of humor.  And I'm sure Nora will miss her big buddy as well.  Yesterday Reid actually "noticed" that she was walking!  "Nora's walking!!"  (Yes Reid, you've seen it many times, but today you finally saw it!!  ha!  I can't tell you ...

Nora ate half of her french toast and ate lots of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate bites of salmon loaf, no dinner roll, bite of squash, and ate tropical fruit. This first picture is from yesterday afternoon.  Kenzie was giving Nora a steady hand to assist her walking.  However, Nora doesn't really need it anymore!  She is doing awesome with the whole walking thing!!  I told Daddy Ryan this morning;  Here's what I use as a gauge for the beginning walkers; When they start walking on the mattress and walking on the grass.  Then I know they are becoming "skilled walkers!"  Haha!  Nora is doing both.  Well done Nora!  We are so proud of you!  In the 2nd picture from this morning she is making the rocker/swivel chair go around and around while Atley just enjoys the ride.  :) Nora is not in the next picture, but I thought you might enjoy it anyhow!  It has been a busy place around here this morning wit...

Nora ate bites of toasted whole wheat english muffin and two servings of grapes for breakfast.   For lunch she ate pork chop, whole wheat bread, bites of roasted vegetables; potatoes, beets, sweet potatoes, and ate applesauce.  This morning at breakfast Nora started singing (loudly) and it was so cute!!  That was the first time she's done some "singing" at Daycare!  I'm saying the inspiration for that came from Atley who always starts singing loudly when she's done eating!  :) All the kids were very happy to see the Cline Sisters - Kenzie and Riley - after school yesterday.  Riley headed directly for Nora and they got reacquainted and it's so adorable!!  Riley is such a little Mommy!!  I asked her if she wanted to feed Nora scrambled eggs for snack and Nora ate all of them. In the following picture Nora was sitting on the step (alone) and "bouncing" up and down.  I said, "It's way softer to bounce on the mattress!"  (While point...

Nora ate bites of whole grain chex cereal and ate lots of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate several bites of hamburger, ate hamburger bun, bite of tomato and lettuce, no mushrooms, ate avocado, and oranges.  When Ryan drove by the window this morning Hudson studied the car and said, "That Ryan's car?"  Yup, that's Ryan's car.  He said, "Not Emily's."  Ha! Here's a picture of Nora joining Hudson and Avi in bouncing on the mattress and hanging onto the blue balance beam.  This is a favorite activity of the kids and I think this may be the first time Nora has done it in a "group" setting.  (Group of three.)  In the 2nd picture she stood there and looked at Reid as if to say, "What are you doing in MY spot!?!"  Haha!  Reid is only here 3 days this week and then he's off to Preschool.  So you gotta love him while you can Nora!!  :) Here's an example of a young toddler struggling against herself!!  She's ...

Nora had bites of breakfast: oatmeal and dried cranberries.  For lunch she ate bite of tilapia, ate whole wheat elbow noodles, green beans, and applesauce. Reid thinks it's hilarious to run up behind the other kids and yell or scream loudly!  He's obviously trying to make them jump or get some kind of reaction.  However, he gets basically no satisfaction because they are totally conditioned and accustomed to his nonsense!  They don't even flinch anymore!  Maybe he chooses not to notice because he continues to try!!  Haha!!  Way to be strong Nora!!  :) First Picture:  This is a favorite game of this age group and it totally gets passed on to the next child that comes to Daycare!!  Nora was following Avi's lead and they sit on the edge of the mattress, hang on to the blue balance beam, and bounce like crazy!  (That's why Avi's head is blurry!)  They were really going strong and giggling! In the second picture Avi went to the ...

Nora ate bites of whole wheat bagel and lots of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate "homemade" pizza with whole wheat crust, hamburger and sausage, tomato sauce, peppers, olives, mushrooms, and pineapple.  She also ate tropical fruit. I had two pictures from yesterday afternoon that I unintentionally deleted!  Nora has been getting up on the biggest climber outside and yesterday she went down that slide; on her tummy, feet first.  Very much under control!  Well done Nora!  And she got right back on the climber.  She's totally capable, BUT she looks so tiny up there!  Hey!  You can't be up there!!  :) Nora was playing with Sophie and saying her "Daddy Daddy Daddy" chant!  Sophie said, "I'm NOT your Daddy!  I'm your friend!"  Ha!  Speaking of Sophie, this morning she asked; "Why does Nora suck her thumb?"  I said, "I don't know.  You'll have to ask Emily."  haha!  So we'll see if she rememb...

Nora ate most of whole wheat toast and ate grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of pork roast, half of whole grain tortillas, no vegetables (carrots, beets, potatoes, sweet potatoes), and ate fruit salad. Sophie was pretty thrilled that she and Nora had on the same colors shirts.  "Our shirts match!!"  Reid was teasing Nora with the stuffed animals and Nora was cracking up.  He started sticking the monkey in her face (see picture) and saying, "monkey head, monkey head" which made Sophie laugh so hard she fell over onto the mattress laughing.  Silly kids. Tate and Bode (Reid's brothers) asked me if they could bring over their 2 guinea pigs this morning to show the kids.  They came about 10:00 and stayed until 11:15 so that took up a majority of the morning.  The kids all had so much fun!!  I had the boys put their pets inside the "pen" where the downspout comes out and that worked great.  (That way no kids were going to step in ...

Nora ate whole wheat english muffin and plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of chicken with stir fry vegetables, ate whole wheat elbow noodles, and oranges. Nora was super excited and happy to be back at Daycare and everyone was happy to see her as well.  She was squealing, yelling, and being a wild child!!  Ha!!  Reid was really enjoying watching her stand and take some steps!  He kept saying, "Nora walking, Nora walking, Nora walking!!" Reid pestered her on the mattress and got the attention he was wanting!!  (First picture.)  In the 2nd picture Nora was trying to roll the ball at Reid.  We did lots of reading and she sat on my lap for almost two books.  So far she's been doing the exact same thing at Story Time; act like she's dying to read, but only hang out for one book and sometimes only a half of a book. I gave Nora an opportunity to do some finger painting today and she had a blast!!  At first she just poked on...

Nora arrived about 10:00 and for Lunch she ate half of turkey burger, ate whole wheat elbow noodles, bite of peas, and bites of applesauce.  The kids were all at the window waving bye to Daddy Ryan and Hudson said, "Hey, He's (Ryan) using Emily's car!"  LOL!  That made me laugh!  That's right Hudson; and Emily is gonna find out because I'm posting it in Nora's Blog!! Well Reid is back today for the first time in 2 weeks after a road trip to Kansas City.  Nora went over to say "hi" to him.  Isn't this the cutest?  Then she sat on the floor and it took about 4 seconds to get the first shoe off!  Ha!  Reid has several bug bites on his legs that he's obviously been scratching because they are scabbed over.  That gave Nora something to poke at!!  Haha!!  And later she found another scab to poke at; this time on Avilene's knee from a crash on the sidewalk!  :)  We also went outside and chased bubbles and Nora was squealin...

Nora had bites of french toast and ate lots of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she sniffed and maybe nibbled the Paleo Stew with turkey burger, carrots, green beans, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts.  She ate crackers and tropical fruit. I showed Nora this picture of herself with the lion mask on and she laughed hard.  Haha!  In the 2nd picture she joined Hudson on the legos table and he was building with the legos.  Nora began pitching his legos back into the drawer.  Uhhh...that's not helpful Nora!  Entertaining ... yes, helpful....no.  :)   The explanation for this next picture is pretty cute!!  Atley usually finishes her breakfast before Nora and she always waves to Nora on the way out of the lunch room.  So we kind of "re-created" the scene so you can see what that looks like!!  It was evolving into a "high five" moment when I took the picture.  I love how these two kids enjoy each other.  Atley is...

Nora ate waffle and lots of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate baked chicken, whole grain tortillas, maybe a taste of roasted cabbage, and ate half of cinnamon baked apples. We don't do Art Time very often during the summer months, but enjoy going outside when we can.  We decided this was a good day to do Art before we go out and judging by the first picture I think Nora like her first time with "dot painting!"  She was grinning all over, banging the paints down, and making little squealing sounds.  She seemed pleased that this was all legit and "legal!"  :) When we're going outside I'll be holding the door open as the kids walk out and sometimes Nora will stall by doing an "about-face" and head the other way.  So if my arms are full I'll tell her I'm taking the stuff out and will come get her.  Avi must think I'm leaving Nora behind and she doesn't like having Nora inside when the door goes shut.  Today Avi stood th...

Nora ate kix cereal and lots of mixed fruit for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of turkey burger, ate hamburger bun, bites of lettuce and tomato, ate half of avocado, and ate cherries. Our morning was somewhat interrupted when the County Health Nurse came to check my records and see if I had all the children's immunization records up to date.  Everything was good so thank you parents for remembering to bring your child's records after their regularly scheduled immunizations.  The Nurse was preparing to leave when the Food Program Sponsor also made a bi-annual visit to make sure all those records were in order as well!  Two weeks ago the State Licensor from DPHHS was here doing a yearly inspection!!  No deficiencies from any of them so all is good!!  :)  It's not a huge deal if they find something wrong; I just have to come up with a correction plan.  Unless it's something serious of course!!  (For example, I'm not allowed to store the na...

Nora ate oatmeal and baked apples with cinnamon for breakfast.  For lunch she ate some hamburger stew with carrots, green beans, and tomatoes.  Maybe a couple bites of dinner roll and ate apricots. This first picture is from yesterday afternoon.  Nora got the dump truck and was going down the sidewalk.  This is obviously good practice for her walking and she was doing very well at it.  I've mentioned this in the Journals of the "older" kids, but it's cool how we have minimal crashes or conflict in areas of "congestion."  (Primarily the sidewalk with bikes, trucks....and the mattress where they jump together.  I frequently remind them to "go around each other.")  She also went down the yellow slide yesterday like a pro!!  And she did that with zero help from me; she went down on her belly, feet first, totally under control!!  Well done Nora. Several of the kids were wearing the dress-up hats and Nora put this one on and immediately ...

Nora ate bites of french toast and a bite or two of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pulled pork sandwich, half of her peas, and ate cantaloupe.  The following note is just an FYI for the Daycare Families.  Things were a bit hectic right after breakfast (actually during breakfast) because Atley puked in her breakfast tray and that needed to be cleaned and also call her Mom and Dad to come get her.  So that took some time and I'm only sharing this because if it's a stomach bug then others may have been exposed.  The State Regulations are concerned about confidentiality, but in a Family Daycare Home that is hardly possible.  I could tell you that a child had to be sent home with an illness, but it's not hard to figure out who it is!!  :)  And I feel it's important to let the Parents know when their child has been exposed. We read books, sang some songs and eventually went outside.  We only played outside for probably 20 minutes a...

Nora ate most of whole wheat toast and ate mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate hamburger with marinara sauce on whole wheat spaghetti noodles, bite of squash, and ate fruit salad.  She took the bite of squash and then a few seconds later she shook her head "no."  "Please don't offer me another bite of that."  But I offered her a bite anyhow and she gave me a much more vigorous "No" head shake!  Ha! I already told Momma Emily the story behind this first picture, but I'm posting it in Nora's Blog anyhow.  This is Sophie (she's kinda cute, right!?) and yesterday afternoon she was playing with this doll and called her "Baby Nora."  So I called Sophie, "Mommy."  So she informed me; "I'm Momma Emily."  Isn't that the sweetest!?  Sophie loves Emily and so does Avilene!  Yesterday afternoon when it was about time for the kids to start leaving a car kind of slowed down (didn't stop) and Avilene said,...

Nora ate bites of whole wheat bagel and ate lots of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate shrimp, brown rice, stir fry vegetables, and loved those raspberries.  She did better with her stir fry vegetables than anyone!  "Ok everyone, eat your food like Nora!!"  Haha!! I took a picture of these new dolls I got recently because the first story is about them.  All four of them came with an attached pacifier.  It was actually hooked to the clothes, but ALL the kids wanted to suck on the binky!!  All the time!!  Haha!  So very sanitary!  I knew it was going to be that way, but I gave it a try anyhow!  I cut them off last night and you should have seen Atley searching FIRST thing this morning.  She picked up every doll and searched them front and back!  Tipping them up and down.  Nora also loved those binkies!  In the 2nd picture Atley is telling Nora, "I know that binky was right here yesterday!!!!  :)  ...