Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate two servings of French toast and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a bite of pulled pork, no whole wheat toast, ate peas, and ate strawberries/mangoes.  Lauralea was being silly at Lunch and pretending to cry; she's actually pretty good at it.  They were all laughing, Avi was laughing REALLY hard, and Svea said, "Can you cry again!?!"  :)   Avi's Mom sent me a picture to ask Avi about a Present for Svea's Birthday.  I showed Nora the picture what Avi is getting Svea for her Birthday.  Oh man, Nora was impressed!!  Her face looked like a light bulb and her voice was literally quivering!!  "Oooohhhhh."  Haha. As everyone knows by now, it's Thursday and that means one thing!!  "Science with Lauralea!!"  I told Svea that there is no thumb sucking at the Preschool table.  After Science time (which took a majority of the morning) the kids were in the Daycare Room and Nora said, "NOW can I suck my thumb!?...

Nora ate two servings of whole wheat toast and two servings of mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a large serving of ground beef with marinara sauce on whole wheat spaghetti noodles, ate cauliflower, and two servings of fruit salad.   Monday and Tuesday Nora and Svea gave each other a kiss goodbye.  Yesterday Nora said, "Yuck !!  Her slobbers on my lips!!"  So we'll see if Nora remembers that when she's leaving today!!  Haha. This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon and the big girls were throwing snow into the air and saying, "It's snowing! It's snowing!!"  The snow was cold and powdery and you can see some above Avi's head.  Second picture; First thing this morning before breakfast Nora was hard at work doing some art activity.   Next two pictures;  Nora and Svea playing and running together on the mattress.  They had to pull their pants/leggings up to their knees before they could run!  Ha.  Follo...

Nora ate blueberry bagel and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate two servings of shrimp, two servings of brown rice, ate stir fry vegetables, and two servings of raspberries.  So Atley has been starting a new trend every time we serve rice and raspberries in the same meal.  She soaks her rice in the raspberry juice and now Nora is doing it too.  Haha.  Here's a picture of a second serving of the juice and I'm about to put a big serving of rice in there.  :)  This next picture is left over from yesterday afternoon when everyone was rocking to Macarena.  Or at least they were trying to follow Avi's lead.  Miles, on the other hand, was just trying to stay upright!!  Haha.  Good work Miles.  Following picture:  So speaking of Miles he totally knew Nora didn't want him on her doll blanket.  She said, "MILES!! GARY, will you please move Miles?!?"  (Yup, just as soon as I get a picture!  Haha...

Nora ate some bran cereal and some raisins for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, two servings of whole wheat pita bread, ate cucumbers, avocado, and pears.  Nora was certain that Atley's piece of pita bread was bigger than her's.  Nora said, "Why does Atley get a bigger piece?"  Before I could answer Atley said, "Because I have a bigger mouth!"  Haha.  Then Atley opened her mouth, leaned across the table and said, "Do you want to measure them?!?"  Hahah.  What a goof.   Nora asked, "Hey Gary, where do you live?"  I said, "I'll give you a hint; you're really close to where I live!" Nora said, "New York City?"  Haha.  Ummm, no.  Nora said, "Just tell me where you live!!" So I asked her; "Nora, who lives in this house!?"  She said, "Lauralea and you."  I think the question may have been more about names; like "Montana, New York City, Missoula, etc..." First picture; I c...

Nora ate French toast and ate two servings of strawberries for breakfast.  And she, along with Miles skipped out just before Lunch with the Parents.  :)   Wednesday morning "Science with Lauralea" before Breakfast.  :)  Two experiments this morning: Christmas Lava Lamps and Making Slime.  First picture:  Making the Lamps and the Ingredients for the Lava Lamps were Water, Food Coloring, Vegetable Oil, and Alka-Seltzer. The kids got a kick out of this.  You know what's gonna happen when the Alka-Seltzer hits the water.  In the second picture you can see some of the results of that. So this next picture is adding and stirring the ingredients for Slime:  Water, Elmers Glue, Red (We chose red for Christmas) Food Coloring, tiny beads or glitter, and Liquid Starch.  (We're sending some home with the children and it's on their cubby.  PLEASE NOTE THE LIQUID STARCH - THEY SHOULD NOT PUT THIS IN THEIR MOUTH!)  Nora said, "I know all...

Nora had no whole wheat English muffin and ate three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pork roast, two servings of whole wheat toast, ate beets, and applesauce.  This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon.  Not too much to say about it, but I just thought it was cute.  She sometimes gets a bit skittish (yes I know that term is usually used with animals, but it fits so well here; haha!) when she sees me slinking around with a camera.  But she didn't even know I took this picture.  :)  Next picture: We cut up two paper Christmas plates and made them our "puzzles."  Nora and Atley were playing with them this morning.  They don't fit together as good as a "real" puzzle and Nora wasn't super impressed; or impressed at all!  Haha.  Following picture:  Nora was cutting some tape for whatever her taping project was; which you can see laying on the table.  Ya gotta hold your mouth just the right way...

Nora ate some of her whole wheat Chex cereal and ate peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, two servings of whole wheat sandwich thins, ate avocado, ate tomatoes, and two servings of mandarin oranges.  Atley and Nora were jabbering at the Lunch table and they were looking around the room talking about everything they could "see."  Soon it was about what they could see out the window.  And it kept getting more exaggerated every time.  Finally Atley said, "I can see everything in the whole world; even in Egypt."  LOL     REMINDER:  CLOSURE DATES:   Little Treasures will be closed December 24 & 25...  Will be closed New Years Day and will open again on January 11.  We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend and it was a busy place around here!!  Everyone already senses something good is gonna happen this week with Christmas!  So the kids have cranked up their excitement level overall by...

Nora ate oatmeal and no dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate tilapia, two servings of whole wheat elbow noodles, ate green beans, and three servings of applesauce.  Lunch conversation today:  Atley said, "My Mom and Dad are gonna teach me how to cook."  I guess Nora may have been thinking farther down the road; "Well my Mom and Dad are gonna teach me how to drive!"  LOL.   Nora was sitting beside me on the couch examining the house; slowly looking at the ceiling and the walls.  Finally she said, "Did you buy this house?"  Haha.  "Why yes, we sure did.  A long time ago actually; over 24 years."  Then I added, "Your Mommy was probably a kid when we bought this house."  Nora's eyes got BIG.  Haha.  Avi was listening and said, "Well my Mom is (380) three-eighty."  LOL!!  I grabbed my phone; that's Blog material right there!!  :) Nora is the one who reports every discretion that she observes ...

Nora ate blueberry bagel and two servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a large serving of hamburger & sausage pizza with the meats, peppers, olives, pineapple, and tomato sauce.  We serve the whole wheat pizza crust on the side and she ate that, and she ate two servings of pineapple on the side too.     "Science with Lauralea" has become quite the hit with the 4 oldest kids!!  That's all they talk about every Thursday morning (and frequently during the week) before we begin.  Lauralea had to run get something before we started and Nora said, "Don't take too long!"  Haha.  Last picture:  We did 3 experiments this morning and the theme was "Chemical Reactions" with a Christmas bent.  This first one was just for them to observe.  "Bobbing Jingle Bells" using a soft drink that was carbonated.  We probably put a dozen "Christmas" jingle bells in the container in the middle of the table and when the liquid hit the...

Nora ate whole wheat toast and two servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pork roast, bites of whole wheat tortillas, ate carrot/potato vegetable mix, and three large servings of fruit salad.   These first two pictures are left over from yesterday, but they're SO adorable.  This is how Nora and Cal sat all through Story Time.  I had to be sneaky to take this picture.  I kept holding the book out and that's what they're focused on.  Cal loves Miles, Miles loves Cal, Nora adores Miles, so this is a simple conclusion;  Nora loves Cal.  Haha.  Second picture:  She's always doing the "cross-eyed" thing and it's just too cute.  Look at those big eyes.  She's a beauty.   Next picture:  These four girls were sitting on the couch listening to Alexa tell them a "spooky story" at Avi's request.  I love how Nora is leaning back into Avi snuggling and Avi has her arm around Nora.  Avi asked if I wanted a pi...

Nora ate two servings of whole wheat English muffin and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate chicken, bites of brown rice, ate stir fry vegetables, and two servings of mandarin oranges.   I was in the kitchen putting breakfast on some plates and I heard Atley say to Nora, "Hey Nora, I remember when I was 3 years old and we used to say BOO to Gary in the kitchen."  So they started acting like they were 3 again and yelling "boo" to me.  They were peeking in the kitchen door that opens into the hallway.   Nora was so impressed because Svea got Alexa to play "Ring around the Rosie."  Nora said, "Svea that was impressive!!"  Nora was in the Preschool Room, but obviously had heard it happen.  She went out just to congratulate Svea.  So sweet.   I like this picture I took yesterday afternoon during Snack when Nora was feeding her brother.  Look how Nora has her mouth wide open.  It's hard to feed a baby without opening yo...

Nora chose to not eat any breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, two servings of whole wheat pita bread, ate avocado, ate olives, and two servings of strawberries.  When Atley asked for more pita bread at lunch she asked, "And could you warm it up and put on butter?"  Haha.  Yup, I can do that.  I don't allow "special orders," but that was totally reasonable.  :)  So I toasted it and Nora wanted her's that way and then Cal ordered more "toast."  Haha.  First picture:  This is the first activity Nora did this morning.  Moments after waving bye to Mom at the window.  She finished this puzzle and was showing me the picture she followed.   More pictures from this morning;  Nora and Atley built this wall of blocks.  You can see Nora has her hand extended trying to hold off brother Miles.  Miles and Cal had it destroyed in the next two or three minutes.  I tell the big girls if they don't want the babies ...