Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate bites of breakfast: cream of wheat cereal and dried plums.  Everyone was too distracted with the new fella and eating was secondary!!  For lunch she ate a bite of Shepard's pie with potatoes, green beans, and carrots.  She ate half of her whole wheat tortillas and ate cherries. So speaking of the new fella here is a picture of Callahan's first day at Little Treasures!  (Posted with permission from Momma Maddy!)  Whenever a new baby starts it always changes the dynamics of the group! So a new adventure begins as we learn about him and he learns about us.  In the meantime today's Blog will probably be shorter than normal and that may be the case for a few days.  I take pictures and notes for the Blogs everyday and we'll just see how it goes.  Here's what I do know: I now have maximum enrollment and I will be very busy!  Which is fine with me! Nora, of course, was totally enthralled with Callahan and even when he was sleeping she ...

Nora ate bites of waffle and bites of fruit salad for breakfast.  For lunch she ate bite of baked beef kabobs with meat, zucchini, peppers, and pineapple.  She ate most of her brown rice and a large serving of pineapple on the side.  Atley and Nora were arguing (surprise surprise) at the lunch table. Nora said, "I'm getting big!"  Atley said, "You're staying little."  Repeat & Repeat!  Ok, let's talk about something else.  :) Also at the breakfast table Atley asked for more waffle, but she had not eaten any fruit salad.  The table kids have to at least eat a bite or two of something they may not care for before they get another serving of what they do like.  And I'd already reminded her of that.  However, I was at the changing table doing Svea's diaper and Nora was done after only having a bite of everything.  She said, "Atley gonna eat some of mine" and she'd already passed her waffle tray over to Atley!  Haha!  Som...

Nora ate French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate "Whole 30" chili with meat, sweet potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, and tomato sauce.  She ate bites of whole wheat dinner roll, and two servings of tropical fruit. Again, Nora was anxious to have everyone get to the window to wave at Daddy Ryan.  "Come on Svea! Run!" Svea made it before we saw Ryan and she started slapping the window - her version of waving!  Nora said, "Noooo! He's NOT here!!"  Haha!  Poor Svea just can't get it right!!  Also at the window Atley was confiding in Nora about her "potty troubles" from last night!  "Nora, my pee pee just leaked out!!" Nora, in a real cheerful and happy voice said, "Oh!!"  and just looked at her.  Haha!  "And why are you telling me this!?!?" First picture: I'm just posting this picture of my shirt for kicks - for the Grandparents and others who've never seen it.  I...

Nora ate toasted and buttered whole wheat bagel and two servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate two servings of pork chops, most of whole wheat toast, two bites of sweet potatoes, and two servings of applesauce.  At breakfast Nora asked, "Gary! I ate all my bagel!  Can I have more grapes?"  Atley said, "Gary is SOOOO happy!!"  Ha! Ok, brace yourself folks because we have some poop to talk about!!  It's kind of a popular subject around here lately so I have to share the poop humor from today!!  Atley went poop first thing this morning and Linnea was the only other child here at that time.  Atley said, "I want Linnea to see my poop!!"  Haha!  No, she hasn't reached the legal poop viewing age yet!!  Then Atley looked at her poop and said, "Corn!!"  Haha!!  So later in the morning Atley pooped again with the same results, but this time Nora and Avi were here to inspect and appreciate the results!  Avi look...

Nora did not eat anything for breakfast.  Avi felt the need to know why Nora wouldn't eat, ran to interview Nora, and came back with the report!!  She said, "She eated at her house!"  Thanks for the inside info Avilene!!  For lunch Nora ate ground beef, bites of whole wheat hamburger bun, most of tomatoes, ate avocado, and fruit salad. First thing this morning Nora asked, "Are we going outside after we clean up!?"  I was kind of distracted, actually heard what she said, but still answered, "What!?!  She changed up the approach somewhat; "My Mom asked me to go outside with you!?  Haha!  That made me laugh hard!!  I think she said it that way because Avi kept telling me; "Mom wants me to do this that, Mom wants me to do that...." This first picture was taken last Friday and the kids were circling the "newbie" and checking out Gideon!!  Isn't that cute!  They are flying out for Louisiana tomorrow morning so the Daycare kids  ...

Nora ate toasted and buttered whole wheat bagel and three servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of hamburger & sausage pizza with peppers, pineapple, olives, and tomato sauce.  She ate half of whole wheat crust, and ate all of her pineapple on the side.  Just a reminder: There is will be no Blogs tomorrow and back on Monday!! Nora was a bit beside herself for the first several minutes this morning!  Here's the setting; Nora, Avi, and Svea arrived at the same time.  Daddy Andy left first and all the kids were waving bye at the window.  As soon as he drove off Svea got off the window step and moved away.  Nora became frantic and was literally screaming; "SVEA! SVEA!!"  I asked, "What's the matter Nora?"  "MY DADDY!!"  She's freaking out because Svea needs to stay at the window and wave to Daddy Ryan too!  About the same time Avi sprinted to the mattress to get a stuffed animal and now Nora's borderline tota...

Nora ate whole wheat toast and three serving of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pork roast, bite of whole wheat tortillas, no vegetables (potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots), and ate fruit salad. First picture: This is our Birthday poster and the kids love talking about their birthday and also each other's birthday.  I'd thought I'd put this in the Blog so if you ever hear Nora making some kind of reference to an "umbrella" in regards to her birthday you'd know what she was talking about.  Speaking of birthday, April is coming fast Nora!! I was in the kitchen putting breakfast food on the plates and Nora started yelling, " NO Atley, NO!! " Over and over I might add!!  Ha!!  I said, "Atley, are you terrorizing Nora!?"  I could see her just standing there!  Atley said, "No, I'm terrorizing Linnea."  Haha!  Ok, well thank you for that confession, but please come hang out with Gary for a few minutes until breakfast i...

Nora ate bites of toasted whole wheat English muffin and a bite of her dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a large serving of chicken with stir fry vegetables, bite of brown rice, and two servings of oranges.  I've been trying Nora without a bib at meal times and she's been doing great.  Yesterday at snack she said, "Can I go without a bib?"  (Atley and Avi are both going without bibs now too.)  I said, "Oh, you wanna try going without your shirt ?!"   I meant BIB!!!  Haha!  Nora said, "NOOO!!"  LOL!  You needed to be there!  That was so funny and I was laughing so hard!! I want to give everyone a heads-up about what's coming at the end of this week.  This Saturday is the Memorial in Plains for my Mom and we have both of my kids and their families coming on Thursday and Friday.  I'm going to have the Daycare open as usual and the only change will be  NO   BLOGS  on Friday!  That will help...

Nora arrived about 10:00 so if her Blog is a bit short, that's the reason.  For lunch she ate ground beef, whole wheat pita bread, olives, bite of tomato, ate avocado, and three servings of strawberries.  Nora said, "Can I have more strawberries?"  I said, "You haven't even touched your avocado."  Atley said, "I just touched mine!"  Haha!  Stinking literalists!!  :) Nora was in a panic trying to get every one to the window to wave at Momma Emily this morning.  She was frantically saying, "Hurry Linnea, Hurry!!"  Ha!  So cute.  She didn't want anyone to miss out!  I helped get Svea up there too and everything was wonderful.  :) Atley and Nora have this routine/ritual thing where one of them yells - today it was Atley yelling - "monsters Nora! monsters!!"  And now it just basically means; chase around and around the mattress.  That's not how it started, but that's what it's evolved into after months of the ...

Nora ate French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of hearty paleo stew with meat, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, green beans, and tomatoes.  She also ate crackers and tropical fruit. This paragraph is probably more about Avi, but we talked about all the Mommies.  During Story Time we were reading one of our Alphabet books; and we have LOTS of them!!  We got to "M" and talked about everyone who's name starts with "M" and mentioned some Mommies including Hudson's Mommy.  "Molly, Megan, Maddy."  Avi said, "Becca starts with B."  Yes it does and good job Avi!  I asked, "What does Emily start with?"  Avi thought for a moment and said, "M."  Wow, that is actually very good!  It says the letter M perfectly so we'll just leave it at that!  (Man our English language is nuts when it comes to spelling!!)  So, "Hi M-lee!!"  :) Pictures from Nora's morning; L...

Nora ate waffle and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, bites of whole wheat tortillas, bites of corn, and ate baked cinnamon apples. I asked, "Ok, who's poopy?"  I was sure it was Nora and she readily confessed!  Haha!  Atley said, "You make Gary's house stink Nora!"  Haha!  Now I did not say that Atley, but I guess it was implied!  That made me laugh. Here are a couple of pictures from Nora's morning.  They were using crayons to draw with and Nora was using white crayon on light blue paper.  And pushing softly.  So I had a hard time seeing any marks when she said she was done!!  :)  Second picture; I liked this because Nora was more than willing to let Linnea do the hard work.  "You push Linnea, and I'll sit here like a queen! Last picture; This was pretty funny.  Everyone was busy when Nora saw two people walking by;  Nora yelled:  "Neighbors, neighbors!!"  H...

Nora ate kix cereal and half of mixed fruit for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground turkey, half of whole wheat hamburger bun, bite of tomato, ate avocado, and ate cherries.  For probably two or three weeks Atley has been talking about "gumbo" at meal times at least once a day.  Today they (Nora, Atley, and Avi) decided they did NOT like "gumbo milk."  Haha! I want to mention again about Child Care Resources (CCR) hosting free rides and free ice cream at the Carousel TOMORROW - Tuesday March 12,  5:30 - 7:00.  CCR is celebrating 50 Years in the community.  Everyone is welcome to attend. This first picture is left over from Friday afternoon; Lauralea was able to watch Svea while I took the three older kids outside.  (Linnea was gone on Friday.)  They had lots of fun outside, but nothing really beats sucking and chewing on an icicle!! Here are some pictures from the morning activities.  We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange and ...

Nora ate most of oatmeal and two servings of baked cinnamon apples for breakfast.  For lunch she ate two servings of hamburger stew with meat, carrots, green beans, tomatoes, and potatoes.  She also ate bites of whole wheat dinner roll, and ate two servings of apricots.  (She ate a BIG lunch!!) First picture - lots of mattress play, running, jumping, giggling, and giving Svea loves.  Linnea is home with Grandparents today and Avi didn't come until lunch time.  Atley and Nora wanted some water in the middle of the morning and when they were done Atley said, "We were thirsty for water in our tummies Nora!!"  :)  Nora was in full agreement! Second picture; More play on the mattress, but this time they said they were "taking a nap!"  You wouldn't believe how long it took for me to get a picture of both of them laying on the mattress at the same time!!  Geez!!  One would finally get situated and then the other would get up to go get som...

Nora ate French toast and had a bite of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pulled pork, whole wheat toast, peas, and strawberries. Well Nora is getting some serious potty training education from her peers at Little Treasures!!  Ha!  Avi has been doing great for a long time, Atley now has it nailed down too, and they want company every time they have a potty run!  Avi gets mad if someone doesn't hang around and watch her too!  This morning she said, "You wanna watch me pee!?!"  Nora and Atley had already went potty and they were ready to leave.  Avi said, "Please!!??  It's gonna be a big poop!!"  LOL  Wow, like a double feature!!  :)  Then later Atley did poop and she said, "I want Nora to see my poop!"  And of course Nora sprinted for the bathroom for a viewing session.  Geez!  And that's life at Little Treasures.  (Relax everyone. It's normal behavior at this age.  No need to Google it!!) ...

Nora ate most of whole wheat toast and ate mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef with pasta sauce, whole wheat spaghetti noodles, no riced cauliflower, and ate fruit salad. First picture: This one is actually left over from yesterday afternoon.  These two goofballs were being so silly.  They'd go up to the wall, smack it with their hands, and then fall straight over backwards.  Nora was being a wee bit more conservative on the backwards fall, but I got a pretty good picture of what Atley was doing.  And there was LOTS of laughing and giggling accompanying this behavior!! Next two pictures: Well flashlights and headlamps were the big hits of the morning!  Linnea was enjoying her's right along with Atley and Nora.  I didn't think she'd be able to push the on/off button on the flashlight, but she did it immediately and easily.  I got 4 headlamps, 4 flashlights, and 2 other small items at Harbor Freight for under $15.  Prett...