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!