Monday

Breakfast: blueberry pancakes, bananas, milk (Jocelyn ate about half of her strawberry pancake)

Everyone ate well except Tristan: He was mesmerized by Jocelyn for the first 2 hours this morning and just stared at her and followed her around (very cute!)

Lunch: pb and marsh sandwiches, cheese slices, applesauce/grapes, milk ( everyone ate very well!!! Lots of seconds, and Tristan made up for his skipped meal. Jocelyn at half her turkey, all her strawberries, yogurt drink, a quarter of a pb and marsh sandwich, and a cheese slice)

It was a wonderful morning in spite of the fact there was 7 kiddos running around. Since there was so many of them we had to stay on a pretty strict schedule so I could keep tabs on everyone. I could tell Jocelyn had a rough time with this (which I totally expected since she's used to being able to run around a house freely :-) I tried to explain to her that it's only like this on days where I have more than 4 kiddos (which soon shouldn't happen too often). So I hope she didn't have a bad day and will want to come back (she was upset when I put baby gates closed (and actually learned to jump over them quickly (haha) I told her it's not because I think she's a baby but because Lilly and Paige will hurt themselves if they are climbing on stairs.

Now that lunch time is over and it's close to nap time, the older kids are playing upstairs.

This was our morning:

8:00-8:30: Finished up breakfast/clean up/ free play downstairs
8:30-9:00: Coloring, flashcards, guessing game time in the basement (haha Nicole, your daughter was a coloring machine today!!!) She sat for like 20 minutes both times and colored!). We played a guessing game about animals (I used adjectives and described them and they guessed) They got every one!. Then we did alphabet flash cards (Tristan, Bryce, and Hayden loved this one, Jocelyn was a bit shy and just wanted to watch (but she was the leader with the guessing game)
9-10:00: Outside play!!! it was beautiful outside (not too hot/cold and no humidity!!!) We ran around, and swang (the big kids pushed the little ones)
10-10:30: Craft time/and learning about flowers and how they grow. The kids learned a new rhyme about planting seeds. We talked about how seeds grow. Then they colored a picture and made sunflowers. They loved this (Jocelyn and Bryce got really into it!)
10:30-11: Music time/free play (while I tried to get lunch ready for everyone!!! haha) Jocelyn told me the music made her sleepy so she sat up with me while I made lunch, everyone else sang and danced and played.
11: Lunch time (everyone prayed (Nicole is this ok?? I forgot to ask you???? If no we won't do it again, we just say the God is great prayer before lunch time (Jocelyn said she liked it!) Everyone ate and watched about a half hour of tv.

We'll see how nap time goes. I was planning on having Bryce and Jocelyn just have quiet time (but then Jocelyn said she's tired but wants to nap in her bed, I think she thinks she can just go down to her house because she's told me that we should go down there a few times today (I tried to explain that's not a simple task with this many little ones and the doors are locked :-)

So great morning!! We were busy and it went fast!

Hayden was a bit shy this morning getting used to all the kiddos (he warmed right up in about a half hour and had a good day! Lilly is a jabbering away she keep copying what the big kids say, she calls me Ashy because that's what she hears Hayden say!!

Lilly didn't drink much today I'll try after nap (1 poop),