Thursday

Breakfast: fiber 1 poptarts, milk, banana
lunch: pb and marsh sandwhiches on fiber 1 bread, apples, cheese, milk

All ate super for both meals today

Great day! Mr. Grumpy Bryce wasn't a real treat to be around early this morning (he did well though once I confined him to his "alone" room. We took him to and from school and he was a lot better after lunch (played well with Tristan after Lunch in his room)

Hayden is having a good day (had a little breakdown at nap time (he's been doing this all week though at nap time, I don't think he's been napping so I think he's really tired!) I hope the little guy sleeps today.

We watched sesame street, did our songs, weather, calendar, practiced the shape heart, we finished our dinosaur craft, read some books and pretended to be dinosaurs.

Tristan is trying out sleeping in a sleeping bag in the spare living room (fancy room) today. He was not happy about this situation and had a huge melt down but now has calmed down and is talking to himself (we'll see if he actually sleeps today??)

Happy snow day!

wed

Breakfast: banana/choc chip whole wheat muffins, milk

Lunch: mac n cheese, oranges, pb crackers, milk

All ate well at both meals.

So today we did some different things to change up our routine. We first went to Target (in case the snow comes I needed to get a few groceries) They were so well behaved and I was asked a million times if they are all mine :-)

Then when we came home I noticed it was actually "nice" outside and warm for Feb. so I let the kiddos play outside on the patio. Of course the couldn't stay away from the snow. The had so much fun and the dose of sunshine was what we all needed! Bryce and Hayden had fun putting snow in their trucks and digging, Paige and Landon just wondered around.

We then came inside and had lunch, watched a video then went upstairs and got bathes (fun times were had with bath crayons). Then all off to bed.

We will do school time when they wake up (we just had so much fun being off routine for once I went with it)

We are going to do the weather/calendar/songs/ and our show n tell (what has tails?)

Hayden is having a good day (going to the store and playing outside definitely helped him to get his habits off his mind. As soon as we were back inside he started them again but not so much. He just loves our new magnadoodle (so I've been trying to have him use that to occupy him when he's having a rough time)

tuesday

breakfast: fiber poptart, milk, banana
lunch: pizza, pudding, apples and pb, milk

All ate very well for both meals

So today was a good day. Tristan is back to his old self (so happy to see) The kids played well together for the most part. We took Bryce to and from school and did lots of puzzles today. Hayden did the calendar and date too!

My little Hayden is having a rough week :-( It was worse today than yesterday. He is just not "himself" know what I mean??? Maybe he's just hitting a huge milestone??? He has cried on and off a lot this morning (about everything from me not being in the same room, to needing a tissue) He has the hand/finger issues (and I tried my best to not give attention to it) but he was constantly complaining about boo boo's and such. Another "off" thing for today: He was doing a repetitive thing where he would rub my leg. Hard to explain but he would be playing nicely for about 2 minutes then have to (and I mean have to) come over to me and rub my leg. He did this all morning, very strange??? So we'll just hope the little guy takes a good nap (he's been crying on and off since I put him down at noon) and he'll get over this stage soon.

Other than that nothing much new to report.

Oh just wanted to remind everyone about our May 15th Beach trip to NC.

And Tristan needs diapers asap!

monday

Breakfast: fiber 1 pancakes with choc chips and milk
Lunch: periogies, cheese, crackers w pb, apple sause, milk, and cake for dessert

All ate really well!

It's been a good day today! Bryce is a little grumpy and Hayden a little fussy but nothing too bad (and they have played well today) Hayden has been complaining about his fingers???? I've had to kiss them a million times and he now has bandaids on them. When I gave the boys a bath he wouldn't put them in the water?

Isn't that pic on the couch so cute!??

Ok so we played with Landon's new toys a lot today. Then we did school time and sang our songs (they are getting really good!) then we did the calendar, weather, and date of week/month.

We talked about tails and what they are and who has them. Wed is show and tell day and they are to bring over something they have with a tail (no real animals :-) they drew pictures of things with tails.

Then we went on a discovery walk through the house and found things with tails and then Hayden and Bryce picked out books with animals with tails and we read lots!

We watched a new Thomas DVD of Bryce's (they loved that!), ate lunch, then put sissy to bed (she was sleepy) and bathed the 3 boys (because Bryce's feet stank!)

Then off to sleep (Landon is still in his big boy bed and I haven't heard a peep!) Way to go big 2 year old!

thursday

sorry late: I got to cleaning the house after putting the kiddos to bed and forgot!

Breakfast: poptarts and strawberries (as par Hayden's request)
Lunch: mac n cheese, pudding, banana, milk

All ate well at both meals and boy was sissy messy from the pudding!

Great day, lots of sleepy kiddos though. I could tell Hayden didn't get much of a nap yesterday (he was fussy today and Bryce looked like a zombie!) Paige and landon were yawning all morning too.

The kids played all morning (we took Bryce to school) I was straightening up the house and cleaning while they played for the birthday party this saturday.

We did read books and all the kids followed me around pretending to vaccuum (they love that thing!)

Nothing else much new, We need to get out of this winter rut! Ughhh, can not wait for spring and time to play outside! Hayden helped me to the calendar (and Landon was trying really hard to count!)

Thursday

ok this is the 3rd time I'm posting (don't know what is going on!) grrr

Breakfast: home aid banana choc chip muffins (all ate a ton!) sissy had 7!
Lunch: crackers, cheese, apples, strawberries, mac n cheese, milk (all ate well except sissy gee I wonder why?)

Fun day today! We did the weather (they missed wendy!), calendar, sang our songs, learned about volcanoes and fun facts about them. We made a diorama of a jerassic theme. The kids colored, practiced cutting (the older boys) and then we made a 3-d volcano with lava and I gave each kiddo a dinosaur to play with (that was fun to see them roar and chase each other around.

We then did a mini lesson on area (yes math area) I gave them small squares and had them guess how many squares fit into certain shapes (tada: how many square units each item was) they loved it!

We also did a valentine craft (I know it's late but oh well!)

Had a great morning, sorry I would write more but after the 3rd time I'm getting frustrated!

Tuesday

Breakfast: fiber poptart, strawberries, milk
Lunch: pudding, pb and j on fiber 1 bread, apples, milk, cookie

All ate well for both meals. Hayden didn't finish his cookie (!!!!) That's just craziness!

WE took Bryce to school today (he had his delayed Valentine party) The 3 kiddos just played all morning since they haven't seen each other over a week (they truly missed each other!) They played with all the new disney toys my kiddos got on their trip and Hayden looked at picture on the computer (I'm trying to make a book out of them)

Hayden also helped me update the Feb. calendar and counted all the numbers up to 16.

We picked up Bryce had lunch and then the boys played a little while before nap time.

thursday

no pics today (the kids were with Kyle a lot this morning because I had a doc appt)

Breakfast: fiber 1 poptart, milk
Lunch: pb and j on wheat, cheese slices, grapes, milk

All ate very well (Bryce, Hayden and Sissy had 3rds with grapes) they acted like they were candy!!! It's been a while since we had them (they are expensive) but are on sale this week at Giant!

Great and busy morning. We took Bryce to school came home and played for an hour then I drove the kids over to Kyle's work then he dropped me off at the woman's doc (for my yearly) then picked up Bryce then came and picked me up and I dropped him off (confusing I know!)

WE didn't get home until noon so lunch and naps were late today!

Wed

Breakfast: homemade choc chip banana muffins, milk

lunch: mac n cheese, yogurt, apples, milk

All ate very well (especially breakfast!) but Paige didn't eat anything at lunch

Great day, all the kids played sooooooooo well today (it was almost scary how well they cooperated. Today I started my "getting ready for vacation" so we cleaned up the downstairs. Then we had some school time.

We did the calendar, weather, sang songs, read some books (did a read along dinosaur book which the kiddos colored and practiced writing some letters) Hayden and Bryce are sooooo smart. They did a great job at copying the letters. Then we started practicing our numbers well,,,,,,
Did you know that Hayden and Bryce can add!!! Yup, I'm not kidding. I just started saying what's 1+1, then 2+1, then 3+1 (they answered correctly each time and I didn't even show them with fingers) I was so shocked I got trickier and did what's 2+2, 3+3 (well they couldn't do it at first but once I showed them with fingers they got it right away!!! Oh yeah my math students!

Then we ate lunch (watched Hayden's Dora movie) then the little ones went to bed at noon and the big boys played outside until 1 in the snow. It was awesome!!! Perfect weather to take them out, it felt warm with the sun and there was just enough snow that we could sled and play. They didn't want to come in at all!

Paige needs diapers by next week (well actually the following week)

Tuesday

These pics aren't from today (my battery was dead when I went to take the pics) These are from last Thur when I didn't post the pics.

Breakfast: poptarts, banana, milk

Lunch: tuna noodle casserole with pb and jelly sandwhiches, apples, milk

All kids ate well for both meals (thanks for the casserole Shana!)

It was a good morning. The kids just played all morning and we took Bryce to and from school. I had a huge headache so wasn't really into teaching too much but did do the calendar and weather with Hayden. WE read lots of books too! All the big boys (tried Landon out too) went up to play with choo choo's after lunch! It was a little crazy since Landon likes to destroy the tracks but they did pretty well. Paige, Landon, Bryce and Tristan all have bad runny noses :-(

Monday

Breakfast: whole grain choc chip muffins, milk, banana
Lunch: periogies, apples, cheese slices, pb crackers, milk

All ate well for both meals.

Today has been interesting (I can tell it was a busy weekend) Bryce and Tristan were fussier than usual but I'm pretty sure that is just from all the changes that are going on.

Paige has decided to strip throughout the day today. She refused to keep her pants on. Everytime I turned around she was half naked! haha

Hayden has been saying his "you know what" hurts and he was excited to pee in a cup for me (so that's good to go for the doc appt today.) Hope all is ok with him! I'm sure it's nothing big.

We sang our songs and the kids did some acrobats "on me" heehee. Then we did sticker art, Bryce's is very intricate (he has a story to tell about it) Daddy you have to ask him about it when you get home it's so cute!

We also did the weather and calendar (yeah for February!) The kids were upset when I took down January though :-(

We read a funny story about a dinosaur (it was like mad libs) but instead the kids picked up A and B cards and said what picture was on the back. I hammered A and B in their heads today and even sissy and Landon said A and B (well Landon says A)

Then we went on a puzzle piece hunt and put all the pieces together and it made a pterodactyl (Bryce said pterodactyl right away) The rest of the morning the kids put together puzzles (it's been a while)

the big boys played upstairs for a half hour after lunch!