Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate whole wheat Chex cereal and two servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, bites of whole wheat hamburger bun, ate tomato, avocado, and three servings of mandarin oranges.    This first picture is left over from Friday afternoon and here's the story behind the picture:  Miles sleeps in this bedroom and I use these 2 baskets of baby toys if he wakes up before the "big" girls wake up.  (Because they are sleeping in the daycare room.)  So before we went outside Friday afternoon I said, "Atley and Nora I have a job for you guys.  Please pick up the baby toys for me.  If you want to DINK around with these toys for a few minutes I'm fine with that."  I could them discussing how to proceed and they were saying things like; "Shall we DINK around for awhile!?"  They apparently agreed that was a good idea because Nora yelled; "Gary, we're gonna DINK around for awhile."  Haha.  (I feel so proud.) Next pict...

Nora ate most of oatmeal and ate dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate tilapia, whole wheat elbow noodles, green beans, and two servings of applesauce.  She and Atley was SO silly all the way through Lunch!  They usually have fun and enjoy each other, but today the silliness was nuts.  Part of the reason: They were the only two at the table (Avi and Svea left at 11:00 for Seely Lake) and Another part: Nora's relentless giggles only served to inspire Atley to greater levels of nuttiness.  :)   First picture: Nora is doing an in-depth explanation of what she and Atley constructed with the doll house accessories and container.  As near as I could tell it was basically a cruise ship or a party boat with a "slide that goes down into the water."  :)  Following picture; Svea and Nora in the igloo again and it's VERY FULL with ALL the pillows, dolls, doll blankets, stuffed animals, dress-up clothes, shoes, purses, hats, and I think that...

Nora had two servings of blueberry bagel and three servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate  hamburger and sausage pizza with meat, pineapple, peppers, olives, and tomato sauce.  She ate whole wheat pizza crust (which we serve separate) and ate three servings of pineapple on the side.  During Lunch Avilene asked, "How do you know these peppers (in the pizza) are good to eat?"  This was the only answer I could think of:  "Well they were in Costco's food section so I just made an assumption.  And I guess there is a certain amount of faith involved too."  Haha.  So the kids were waving bye at the window to Momma Emily and Atley said something about "Emily driving the truck."  Nora said, "Yes, Daddy is in Bozeman because Birdy had to go to the Dentist."  Ok, now I'm judging NO ONE, but I know my mouth flew open!!  What!?!  Hahaha. First picture;  Nora and Svea spent a LOT of time in the igloo this morning. ...

Nora ate whole wheat toast and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pork roast, bites of whole wheat tortillas, ate carrots, and three servings of fruit salad.     "Gary, please take out my ponytail."  8:25 this morning.  "Why do you like me to do that everyday just as soon as you get here?"  Nora answered; "So I can sleep better."  LOL.   Nora was trying to tell Atley something, but couldn't find the right words.  She finally said, "I'm scared if I think!"  Haha.  That hit my funny bone.  Easy fix; don't think!!  (I think maybe males are the only ones actually capable of that!  What are you thinking about? "Nothing."  And it's really true.  Haha.) First picture; Nora was playing with the binoculars and I didn't think she was even looking at Cal. Anyhow, she said, "Say Cheese."  So Cal was walking around saying, "say cheese, say cheese." Next picture: Avi was playing with thi...

Nora ate whole wheat English muffin and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate two servings of chicken, no brown rice, ate stir fry vegetables, and two servings of mandarin oranges.  Nora was in going potty and then letting me know she was done; "Gary! I'm alive!"  Haha.  What!?! And she repeated it; she knew she was being silly. This first picture is actually from last Friday afternoon when everyone (except Miles) was at the fence waving bye to Lauralea.  Then I have a couple pictures left over from yesterday afternoon.  (Speaking of yesterday, I have NO pain today and I'm so thankful!!)  In the second picture Nora and Svea have taken up residence in the igloo and were laying in there sucking their thumbs in unison! I could have taken the exact same picture again this morning too!!  :)  Third picture; Dress-up clothes and checking it out in the mirror.  :)  That's very cute Nora.   Last picture; You can see what thi...

 Notice Everyone: There will not be a Blog today.  Lauralea is covering for me at 11:00. I have a painful swollen disk in my lower neck and I'm receiving an injection today.  All prayers and thoughts for a successful injection are appreciated.  Blogs should resume tomorrow. 

Nora ate brown rice and ate raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate two servings of salmon, ate whole wheat dinner roll, cauliflower, and two servings of mangoes.   At lunch Atley started this conversation: "If I have a baby my Mom will be a Grandma!"  Avi yelled, "If I have a baby my Mom will be a Grandma!" And Nora chimed in with the exact same phrase!  They were SO excited!!  They kept talking, but I was snickering too much to hear the rest of the story!!  I know it wasn't that funny, but I remember my kids saying things like that before I was hardly past 30!!  Yup, Life happens!!   First picture; Nora tucking in a pillow.  I'm not sure what they were playing, but I was mostly focused on how diligently Nora was working to get this blanket tucked around the pillow just perfect.  And she worked and she worked and she worked.  Next picture; Well you may not see Nora in the picture immediately, but look at the lower right-hand corn...

Nora ate most of whole wheat English muffin and ate two servings of mandarin oranges for breakfast.  For lunch she ate half of meat balls, ate whole wheat elbow noodles, peas, and applesauce.   This first picture of Atley, Nora, and Miles on the mattress was so cute.  Atley was saying silly things like, "Miles, you big baby!"  "You big baby!"  And of course Nora was laughing hard and giggling and that just kept Atley doing it more and more.  It was super cute.  Second picture; And a short time later they headed to the Doll House.  Sorry Miles, you're on your own!  :)  I see they've incorporated the plastic accessories container into part of the Doll House!! Next picture; The three big girls were playing with the battery powered cars up and down the hallway - primarily having races!  Then they were running the cars through the archway you see in the picture.  Following picture: Lauralea helped the girls make some paper airplanes...

Nora ate French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate Hearty Paleo Stew with meat, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, broccoli, and cauliflower.   She ate two servings of saltines and two servings of tropical fruit.    Ok, so the Lunch conversation was most interesting today!!  I was dying laughing.  Atley was expounding; "Joe Biden is the President. Presidents have to help people. And they write on a piece of paper. Donald Trump doesn't say good words."  Nora said, "Why?"  Atley said, "Because he's a bad guy and some people like bad guys."  Again Atley emphasized the extreme difficultly of the presidency because they have to write on paper.  LOL!!  So I asked her if the president was working on his "ABC's?" Atley said, "I don't know what they do."  I said, "I don't either."  This reminded me of when Tate Templeton was about Svea's age and he came to Dayca...

Nora ate two servings of waffles and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, whole wheat tortillas, most of corn, and ate baked cinnamon apples.  At the breakfast table Atley got the conversation going by asking, "Well did everyone have a good sleep last night!?!"  Haha.   First picture: This is a cute picture of a friend helping a friend!!  Atley was working hard helping Nora get these dress-up shoes fastened!  Thank you Atley.  That was very sweet.  I love it when they ask each other for help.   Next picture; This is another example of "friend helping friend."  Avilene was teaching Nora how to do this activity.  Avi said, "You match the shapes and match the colors."  And she pretty much described it perfectly!!  It's not as easy as you might assume because the shapes are a challenge.   Last picture: This looks like some physical education class or yoga class, but they were just playing wi...

Nora ate kix cereal and mixed fruit for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground turkey, bites of whole wheat hamburger bun, ate avocado,  tomatoes, and three servings of cherries.   During breakfast Svea looked at Nora and said, "I love you Nora."  It was very sweet and cute.  Also at breakfast I told the kids that Nora and Miles were the only ones here Friday and Atley asked Nora, "What were you wearing!?"  Haha!! And Nora remembered!!  "A flamingo shirt."   We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend so everyone was busier than usual.  Nora and Atley were playing with the dress-up clothes and then the light bulb went off - they looked at each other and realized toy exchange meant different doll accessories!!  They both yelled; "DOLL HOUSE!!"  Haha.  That was pretty cute.  And here they are in the first picture.  Second picture;  This car ramp isn't really supposed to be in this toy exchange, but Nora play...

Nora ate oatmeal and three servings of baked cinnamon apples for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a large serving of hamburger stew with meat, tomatoes, green beans, carrots, and potatoes.  She had no whole wheat dinner roll, she ate three large servings of apricots.   Just before breakfast Nora said, "Cinnamon by itself wouldn't taste good."  Time for a taste test!!  :)  So we did and what is your conclusion Nora?  She said, "It doesn't have very much flavor."  That was great 'wording' Nora.   Yesterday at Snack Nora asked, "Atley, what did you look like when you were a baby?"  Atley said, "I was a little bitty cute baby."  :)  Nora said, "I bet you were cute. I wanted to hold you."  So sweet.  :) Nora said, "Hey Gary!! When me and my brother get big, we're gonna be singers."  I said, "Well that's Awesome! I'm looking forward to music by the "Hansen Kids!"  But I couldn't help mysel...

Nora ate two servings of French toast and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pulled pork, half of whole wheat toast, ate peas, and three servings of watermelon.   Nora and Atley were running back-n-forth across the room and flopping on the mattress.  Nora kind of cut in front of Atley and made her fall.  Atley said, "You make me clumsy!!"  Haha.  That cracked me up!  No, actually she made you fall.  If I'm clumsy I can't blame it on my friends.  :)   Nora and Miles were the first ones here (soon followed by Callahan) and as you can see in the first picture we did some selfies.  With Nora up-side down.  I was sitting on the floor and she was on the couch.   In the following picture Nora and Atley joined up to do some Doll House play - Again!!   Next picture;  This was taken moments after Avilene arrived.  Nora said, "I want to do a piggyback.  When they all three pile on like you see in th...

Nora ate three servings of whole wheat toast and ate mangoes for breakfast.   For lunch she ate bites of ground beef with marinara sauce on top of whole wheat spaghetti noodles, ate cauliflower, and ate fruit salad.   At snack yesterday afternoon Nora was talking about a " calapitter ."  Then Avi kept saying " calapitter " over and over and over.  I'll be danged if there wasn't a couple of moments there when I couldn't think of the right way to say " caterpillar !!"  Haha. Nora was telling me about something she watched.  "Gary, I watched about bears today."  So I'm immediately thinking of a wildlife documentary or a special program about bears.  "So what did you learn about bears Nora?"  Nora said, "Older bear did not want to do his homework."  LOL!  That is NOT what I was expecting!!  Ha.   First picture from this morning; This is kind of a morning ritual now; as soon as Nora and Atley are both here they go s...