Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate oatmeal and two servings of baked cinnamon apples for breakfast. For lunch she ate a large serving of hamburger stew with meat, carrots, green beans, tomatoes, potatoes, and onions. She ate whole wheat dinner roll and two servings of fruit cocktail.    Just in case anyone was wondering how many; this is the last of 836 Blogs for our sweet Nora. It's been such a joy for me to have Nora in my Program for all this time and I'm also thankful when she returned during the crazy covid time. I'm glad Miles will be here for another year which means I get to see Nora occasionally. I sure love all my Hansen family!! You guys are awesome. Here's a classic Nora comment from yesterday. The 3 oldest girls were at the table doing some Art. There was a clean piece of paper which had some paint or marker on the very top of it. And now no one will use it as they all consider it "ruined!!" Haha. Who did this? The denial was 100%. Nora said, "Gary, we all didn't...

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. 

Nora ate most of oatmeal and ate dried cranberries for breakfast. For lunch she ate tilapia, two servings of whole wheat elbow noodles, ate green beans, and two servings of applesauce. First picture; Nora said, "Watch this Gary!" And she bounced over the blue balance beam - from the mattress - like a bunny rabbit. :) Nice job Nora. Second picture: Yup, you guessed it: More "Animal Workout!!" So what animal are you guys doing here? Atley said, "Butterflies!" Hmmm...ok, but what are you doing? She said, "We have to try to squeeze every muscle we have." Very cool. Next 3 pictures: Cheers! Our 2 Granddaughters are here. :) They are gonna be here all next week so the kids are gonna have a lot of fun! (Based on how this morning went!! Ha!) Eden is sitting between Atley and Nora. They were playing with the "pull and release" cars to see who could go the farthest. Second picture: Wherever Eden went Atley and Nora were right there as well!! It...

Nora ate blueberry bagel and two servings of peaches for breakfast. For lunch she ate hamburger & sausage pizza with the meats, pineapple, peppers, olives, and tomato sauce. She ate whole wheat pizza crust (we serve on the side) and ate pineapple on the side too.   "Hey Gary! Watch this! I can go up on my tippy-toes and do a cross-eyed!!" Haha.  Today we did Science with Lauralea outside on the patio and we talked about the characteristics of Trees. We'd collected several samples for the kids to look at and learn. Here are some things we talked about: Two Primary types; Evergreen and Deciduous trees. Leaves and needles. Seeds inside cones and different  ways trees spread their seeds. We talked about root system, trunk, and the bark. Next picture: Here are more of the samples we collected. Leaves from Apple Tree, Sweet Cherry Tree, English Walnut Tree, Plum Tree, and a June Berry Tree. Following picture: Looking at a stem of seeds from a Cottonwood Tree. Third picture;...

Nora ate whole wheat toast and two servings of grapes for breakfast. For lunch she ate pork roast, no whole wheat tortillas, bite of potatoes, bite of carrots, and ate fruit salad.   There were several kids from Meadow Hill Middle School walking past our big window with a couple of adults. We were all at the window waving at them. Atley saw the adult waving back at us and she said, "I saw that guy in the Olympics!!" LOL! Dang that made me laugh!! First picture: Nora started this yesterday and finished it this morning; covering her entire paper with tape. This represents a lot of work. Good job Nora. She actually did more tape after I took the picture.  Next two pictures: Atley and Nora were doing the "Animal Workout" again and following all of Alexa's instructions. First picture they were "elephants" stomping around the room and Callahan had joined them for a few minutes. I like how Nora is checking her reflection in the mirror. Second picture: You can...

Nora ate bites of whole wheat English muffin and bites of dried plums for breakfast. For lunch she ate chicken, bites of brown rice, ate broccoli, and two servings of mandarin oranges.   Sometimes when I see Nora sucking her thumb I've started saying one word, "Kindergarten!" This morning Nora yelled at me and said, "You NEVER let me suck my thumb!!" Haha. Believe me, she gets plenty of thumb sucking opportunities. Then at the breakfast table Nora was squealing on Svea for sucking her thumb!! What the heck!?! Silly kids!!  The kids had Alexa playing "Moana" and they were closely following along and I forget they're doing that. They were doing Art this morning and all of a sudden Atley loudly said, "Oh My Gosh!!" What, what?!? I assumed something had happened, but nope just rewatching the movie in their mind while listening to the sound track! Haha. AND Svea and Nora were right there with her and knew exactly what Atley was making referenc...