Monday

Sorry no pictures!  Didn't have time to search for my camera.  We had such a fun/crazy/busy morning!  Alexa ate well for breakfast and afterward we all played with Sydney in the playroom until Syd's nap time at 9.

After that we went to the basement to play until my friend Emily and her 4 kiddos arrived.  Wow we had a house full of kids!!  It was so much fun though and everyone played so nicely together.  Around 10 I could tell Alexa was getting tired from being up so early.  She was great up until that point you wouldn't have guessed she was up early.  I tried so hard to get her to eat lunch before going down for nap but she was losing it!  I think she had 2 bites of pizza and a cup of yogurt and then down for nap at 11 today.  She was begging to go to bed, poor kid!  Haven't heard a peep out of her since!  She's going to be hungry when she wakes up though!

We did some coloring and stickers and then just played the morning away.  So nice to not have anywhere to run to for once. 

My house is so quiet now!  Landon, Alexa, and Kobe are passed out, Bryce is at a play date for the afternoon at the neighbors and I have toys and the kitchen to clean up! 

Thursday

 It was a good morning.  Spent the morning inside so I re-arranged  the basement and got the bounce house out and dumped some play balls in it.  Alexa had so much fun!!  She was sweating by the time she was done.  Kobe wasn't really into it... not sure why.  I got to clean up the basement though while the romped around.

Alexa ate well for breakfast.  However when we went to have lunch at 11:30 she had a total melt down.  I'm not sure what the trigger was, I thought she was overly hungry so I tried to get her to eat a yogurt (had success) but after she was crying so hard I thought she was going to throw it back up at me.  She was asking for her blankie but I told her she couldn't have it until after lunch.  Well she didn't eat anything and when she started making funny noises I took away the food and gave her blankie but still she couldn't settle down so up to bed she went and I haven't heard anything out of her since.  Weird and so not like her.... perhaps the bounce house was too much :-)

Wed

 A very good day because we shook it up a bit!!  I am kind of getting a little "bored" or you could say my days are becoming monotonous especially when the weather isn't nice.  Sometimes I think the kides (especially my own) get tired of the same old thing.  So after bus pick up I took the four kiddos to the Kreutz Creek Library for book drop off because I knew they had a drop box where I didn't have to lug all the kids into the library.  Then we stopped by flinchbaugh's farm to see about playing in the hay stacks/corn boxes but it was too swampy so then my sister invited up to come over to play with Lilly outside.  We rode scooters/wagons, blew bubbles, did side walk chalk, then when it dried off a bit we played in the back yard on their cool swing set and sandbox.  Don't know why but they played so good even though its the same stuff in my yard (but it was new!)  Time flew by and we came home around 11.  Might have to do this again, also thought of a good park we might visit next Wed if it's nice enough in East York where A. there are usually no kiddos, B. I can see everyone at all times and C.  The equipment is toddler friendly.  And we'll also have to check out the corn boxes/hay stacks another day (toddlers love those corn boxes!

We talked about Halloween and October and did a cute ghost hand print crafts.  Then we had lunch and played a little more in the playroom until nap time.

Only poop was from Oliver.  Alexa got hit by a swing but is A-ok, no bruises just knocked down.  Everyone ate well today for both meals.  Alexa had chicken nuggets with fruit and yogurt for lunch.  E had pb sandwich with pudding, cheese, and pineapple. 

All are in good moods.  Alexa only asked to go to bed once around 10, but got over it!

 Fun morning!!!  Today is when the vogt's start coming just Mon, tues and thur mornings.

We talked about spiders, sang itsy bitsy, made spiders out of our hands and made a spider web.  Did fall leaf tattoos.  Lots of fun!!!  Went outside and played for over an hour on the swing set and on the bikes/wagons. 

Alexa loves her tat!! 

Syd took a nap from 8:45-10, she was a grouch this AM and after nap too, doesn't want to play and just fusses for me, she's at my foot fussing as I type this super duper fast right now!!! 

Alexa had a poop (not huge though) and Syd had 1 too! 

Alexa must have had a busy weekend she's asked to go up to bed a few times on and off today, but it's a bit after noon and she's still going strong now.  We'll be going up for naps soon though. 

Not much else to report, except it's October, my favorite month!!!  Lots of crafts planned this month and hoping those leaves fall soon so we can doing some leaf jumping!!

Friday

 It was a good morning!  All boys today.   Bus pick up went well and then me and the 3 little boys went to the grocery store for a quick trip.  Came home just in time for the weather to clear up so we could go outside finally this week!  We were out for over an hour and a half and had lots of fun.  As you can see Mr. Oliver picked a tomato and enjoyed carrying it around and nibbling on it outside.  We also swung and played on scooters.  Then I got out the water paints and we painted for a while.  The littlest ones enjoyed the water more than the paints.  Both Kobe and Oliver needed a change of clothes after playing outside today.

Elliott is doing well with the potty today.  Both him and O ate lots today (E even more than usual)  must be growing.

Oliver had 2 big poops today.

Everyone will be down for naps by 1 today

We practiced our ABC's and 123's

Thursday

 Oh boy Poor Alexa she looks like she was in a punching match!  Her face is getting worse as the day moves along!  She was walking fast from the play room to the kitchen and tripped and flew (and I mean flew) into my kitchen tables leg!  Thought it was just her eyebrow/cheek area but now a few hours later the most darkest bruise is on her chin/neck which I have no clue as to how she got that the way I saw her hurt herself.....  weird.  She cried for quit a bit so I held her and gave her her blankie and nuk.  Well actually she found her clean nuk I just got out of the dishwasher and put it in.  Poor thing was emotional for the first part of the morning but now that I see her battle wounds I get it.  She cried a lot and got frustrated like when she couldn't push the baby stroller over a toy.  She had lunch (still wasn't herself) but ever since has been fine.  She's playing and is happy and giggling. 

Stayed inside all morning due to the rain.  We did counting today and animal sounds.  Sang our ABCS and old mcDonald's Farm songs.

Syd napped from 9-10 and had a big #2.  Ate a good lunch

All wee ones had mac n cheese with squash and yogurt and fruit. 

Syd seemed a little fussy and warm probably from her flu shot so I gave her some motrin at 12:30ish and will give some to Alexa today too for her head.

Tristan hasn't eaten much all day.  Didn't touch his banana at both meals.  Basically had a half pop tart and yogurt all day here.... maybe also from his shot?? 

Lilly on the otherhand had a huge breakfast and ate every last bit (including a huge mango!)

Wednesday

 wowza kids gone wild today (well more like Boys gone wild!)  Alexa was quiet and low key.  The boys were crazy!  Mr. Oliver was a bully today, I even had to give him a time out.  So not acting like himself.  It's now a little past noon and he's yawning and rubbing his eyes so maybe he's sleepy??  Elliott had a bit of a rough start too.  He said they didn't nap yesterday... not sure if that's true but perhaps that's the reason.  They seemed to snap out of it mostly by the time we went outside to play around 10.

So we played inside early this morning after the bus came.  This is where I noticed the balwin boys just destroying the house and not playing with toys.  My kids get like this too at times.  So we had a little talk about getting a toy or game out and putting it back before getting another toy/game out.  We then cleaned up the disaster and then talked about parts of our face (eyes, mouth, teeth, ears, nose), talked about circles and did a circle activity. practiced making circles with our pointer fingers then talked about birds and eggs and nests.  Our craft today was making a bird bed.  We talked about what makes up a nest and how feathers feel.

After this we went outside for over an hour.  It was a little cloudy but otherwise nice.  We swaug, played with water (funny how I've noticed Alexa stays dry now and my Kobe is a waterholic and is always in the water with his shoes on (must be the age)  The kids climbed and slid, ran up and down the hill.  Oliver dumped a huge container of bubbles all over the patio (totally fit right into his day, don't even know how he opened it)  I snuggled him and told him he was my hand full today (little stinker said yep!" 

Fed everyone lunch at 11:30.  They all ate well.  Alexa had chicken nuggets, grapes, and yogurts with her milk.  Elliott had pb sandwich with yogurt and pears.  Oliver had his special food with yogurt. 

Everyone had a poop today except Elliott but he's been doing well going pee on the potty.  Alexa got her finger stuck in a hole in the highchair.  I got it out right away but she cried a little and then of course tried it again !!!  Ughhhh silly girl! 

Elliott has a boo boo on his finger, said he had it before he got here but he scratched it open so it has a band aid on it. 

sorry for the lack of photos my camera died