Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate most of cheerios and ate peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, no whole wheat hamburger bun, half of tomatoes, ate avocados, and three servings of oranges. We were reading books and I said something about Svea crying when they visited Santa this weekend.  Nora said, "I want Santa on my lap!"  Haha!  Of course you do.  There are 2 things I'm very certain of Nora: You don't want him on your lap and you don't want to be on his lap either!  Ha! We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange and the kids were busy and engaged all morning.  I took this first picture when Nora had "Frosty" and she started singing, "Frosty the Snowman."  We read and sang it later so you may be hearing a lot of that song before the Christmas season ends!!  :)  It's one of our favorites around here!!  In the second picture Nora looked in the mirror and said, "I'm a doggy." Haha!  No problem; dog, leopard, whatever you want it to b...

Nora ate oatmeal and half of dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch she ate tilapia, a large serving of whole wheat elbow noodles, two servings of green beans, and a large serving of applesauce. This first picture was taken yesterday afternoon and I was amused how 4 out of 5 of my kids (Avi wasn't here) were using such a small area of the room!  And they played like this for several minutes.  Believe me, sometimes I need and use every square inch of the area!! (Especially when kids like Nora need lots of space!)  Other times like this I only need a spot 4' x 5' and that's enough! Every morning when Nora comes in, if the music is on she says, "That's Gary's song!"  Regardless of what song is playing.  Ha!  Another Nora "phrasing" from this morning: She was laying on the mattress and I asked her, "Are you poopy?"  (Earlier I'd seen her sneaking around behind the big box.)  She said, "Uhhhh.....I'm laying down....

Nora ate several bites of whole wheat bagel and ate peaches for breakfast.  For lunch she ate bites of hamburger & sausage pizza, whole wheat pizza crust, with olives, pineapple, peppers, tomato sauce, and ate a large serving of pineapple on the side.  Two or three times (including yesterday's Blog) I've talked about the digital picture frame on the wall by the table and what a HUGE hit it is with the kids, especially at meal times.  Well it quit working yesterday afternoon!  Haha!  (It's several years old and we've had trouble with it in the past.)  So a new one will be here on Tuesday, but the kids were like "what the heck happened to our pictures!?!"  :)  Some things just have to be replaced immediately!! First picture: I took this when Daddy Ryan was driving by.  I didn't capture them all waving, but Linnea was also saying, "bye bye bye bye" along with the other two.  So cute.  Picture number 2:  All you really need ...

Nora ate two servings of whole wheat toast and two servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pork roast, bites of whole wheat tortillas, bites of carrots, no potatoes, and ate fruit salad. These first two pictures are from yesterday afternoon.  Nora, Avi, and Atley were working hard at doing some stickers and they had lots of fun with it.  Nora also did some drawing and said, "I make a tree!"  And she added, "I have a Christmas tree at my house."  Also in the first picture I want to again mention the digital picture frame you see on the wall.  This is a HUGE hit with the kids especially at meal times.  They talk constantly (while eating) and identify who is in the picture.  There is a picture of Emily and every time it comes on Nora says, "Emily Emily Emily!!"  Haha!  Then she'll turn to one of the other kids and say, "That's my Mom!"  (Like they have no clue who it is!)  Ha.  Second picture - They were playin...

Nora ate toasted whole wheat english muffin and dried plums for breakfast.  At breakfast time Lauralea walked out while the kids were eating and Nora said, "Hi Lauralea! I go to Gary's!!"  Haha! For lunch she ate chicken, no brown rice, ate half of stir fry vegetables, and two large servings of oranges.  At lunch I asked Nora if she was done and she said, "Uhhmmm....no, I wanna eat Atley's oranges."  LOL!  Ok, why not!?  Atley was done eating and she hadn't touched her oranges!  :)  Cracked me up. First picture: Ok, this also cracked me up!!  Avi had been here maybe five minutes (they'd all just waved to Daddy Andy) when she looked at Atley and Nora and said, "Ok, come and get some water." She didn't ask if they were thirsty, nope, no reason to do that, just told them what they needed!!  :) By the way, I have the water bottles (sitting in the basket like you see in the picture) available for them to grab and drink whenever they want. ...

Nora ate chex cereal and two servings of bananas for breakfast.  For lunch she ate ground beef, bite of whole wheat pita bread, ate olives, tomatoes, avocado, and strawberries. The funnest thing about returning from a trip is the excitement and joy with the Little Treasures children.  Lots of loves and snuggles and they're so excited to be back with their buddies.  I want to thank all of you again for allowing me to extend Thanksgiving time-off to include the entire week.  So precious to be with our family and new grandson Gideon - six weeks old on Thanksgiving Day.  We had Thanksgiving dinner at Gideon's Great Grandmother's house.  (20 relatives and very special time to meet them all.)  We had something I bet none of you had!?!  A 5" lizard climbing up the side of the tablecloth right beside Lauralea!  So hilarious!  My Son-in-Law grabbed it with his left hand and kept on eating with his right hand!!  I about died laughing! ...

Nora chose not to have brown rice and raisins for breakfast.  (Momma said she'd ate at home!)  For lunch she ate salmon, whole wheat dinner roll, bites of riced cauliflower, and ate lots of mangoes. First I want to remind everyone that Little Treasures will be closed for ALL of Thanksgiving week. I want to say a very heartfelt Thank You to all my families for allowing me this opportunity to be with my Daughter, her Husband, and their new Baby Boy.  I can hardly wait to get my hands on that little guy!!  Thank you all so much.  The Blogs will resume on Monday, November 26th. In the first picture Nora is feeding the teddy bear a cupcake.  She was excited when she found the cupcake and she said, "I got pink!"  Haha!  So it wasn't the cupcake that was so exciting, but as long as it's pink, life is good!!  :) Here are two more pictures from this morning's activities.  The kids are loving the new bigger mattress.  Atley and Nora w...