1/31/13

Aaron ate all of his blueberries and had a lick of his English muffin at breakfast. At lunch he ate all of his cherries, a couple bites of potato and a lick of his chicken on saltine crackers.

Aaron was a little perturbed that Emily chose playing with Kenzie over playing with him, but then he just started playing alongside Thomas and Joslyn. They were including him so sweetly and he liked that. They were lining up the curler outsides on the edge of the box again then knocking them off and starting over.

Aaron noticed that Mia was kind of fussy and went over to her, bent down a little with his hands on his knees and asked "wrong?", then gave her a small side hug before moving on to play again... I was very sweet.

Aaron was so cute when we went to the back room. He immediately went over to Noah's crib and started playing with him. He was making him laugh and trying to get him interact with him more.

1/29/13 & 1/30/13

Aaron wasn't here for breakfast, and only ate a couple tasting bites of peas and pineapple, with his "lick" of baked beans and dinner roll.

Aaron and Emily were playing in and around the igloo for quite a while this morning. I never could understand what Emily said was going to "get" them, but the igloo was their hiding place for a while. They then were crawling around on their hands and knees from there to the corner of the rowdy side and back. They really get along well.

Riley got Emily and Aaron bonking their heads on the balance beam then chanting "owie, owie, owie" and coming over for a love multiple times. I can never figure out what is so appealing about bonking your head, but many of our kiddos -- past and present -- find it very entertaining.

Aaron and Emily drove his cars round the picnic table 'road' for about 20 minutes straight, before moving on to other things.

In the back room, he almost always chooses to play wi th Riley. Their favorite game is either peekaboo or chase around the rocking chair. Today Riley was sitting in the regular chair and they were peeking and touching each others faces through the chair back's rungs. It was really cute.

Aaron also was working very hard lining a bunch of Duplos up along the top of the block shelf. He used it words very well when someone came over and tried to either take one of his blocks or mess them up. "No, Mine!"

1/28/13

Aaron ate all of his Cheerios and a lick of his banana at breakfast. At lunch he ate most of his grilled cheese sandwich and apple slices and a taste of his tomato soup.

Aaron shared his toy with Emily for quite a while this morning. He also was fine with showing the other kiddos until they started wanting to play with it also. No, it was only for he and Emily!

Kenzie and Joslyn had put all of the stuffed animals behind the igloo. Riley and Aaron developed a great system of taking them out. Riley went back where the animals were and tossed them out onto the floor in front of the igloo and Aaron ran them over to the mattress and climber area. Both of them were getting a kick out of it.

Riley and Aaron were both lying on the mattress and accidentally rolled into each other. They both thought it was funny so they had to do it several more times.

Aaron likes to run things around the the creases or lines of the carpet, the indent on picnic table bench or anything else that kind of makes a 'road'. It doesn't have to be a car either. He does t with the food toys, combs, books or other toys.

1/25/13

Aaron ate a bite of oatmeal and several bites of craisins at breakfast. At lunch he ate all of his applesauce, couple bites of ground beef and the he picked the yellow cheese out of the Italian blend cheese that topped the peas and pasta. He didn't eat any of the white. That cracked me up!

Emily was crawling around barking, panting and pretending to be a puppy. Aaron watched just briefly then dropped to his knees and was a puppy too. He kept crawling over for me to "pet" his head like Emily and Thomas were doing.

Aaron, Thomas and Emily all three played together a lot this morning and were very congenial with each other. None of them wanted anything to do with the other big kids (Kenzie and Joslyn), but were great with each other.

It is awesome how much Aaron likes the books. He spends time looking at them, singing to them and studying them every day.

When we switched to the back room, I was clearing away some of the Duplos that were on the floor to make a spot to build a "car" with the big blocks. Aaron obviously thought I was cleaning up because he spent the rest of the time in that room picking up the Duplos and putting them in the Duplo table drawer. : )

1/24/13

Aaron ate all of his blueberries and a bite of his waffle at breakfast. At lunch he ate a bite or two of green beans and had a lick of both kiwis and turkey burger.

Aaron doesn't pay much attention directly to the babies here, but he does love to look at and play with the things on their seats, saucers and play gyms.

Aaron was spinning around and around in circles this morning until he was so dizzy that he kept falling down. One of the times he fell, he actually bonked the side of his head pretty hard on the igloo, so if you see a bruise there that would be why. I kept trying to distracting with doing something else, but he is quite persistent!

Aaron was kind of piling the big blocks on top of each other in the back room -- not stacking them so that they. Interlocked, just loosely piling them. H then decided it would be exciting to try to stand on them. I decided he was feeling a little too adventurous today for his own good, first spinning way too long then this... He fell a couple times, but not bad and with no lasting Oakes that I could see.

1/23/13

Aaron didn't eat breakfast here because of his appointment. At lunch he ate all of his tropical fruit, a taste of sweet potato and most of his beef and bean burrito.

Aaron brought over one of the sets of pajamas and asked, "hep ee". I am not sure if it was "help me" or "help please". Either way, he is asking for help frequently. That is a great verbal skill.

Aaron started singing and dancing even before I turned on the music this morning. He really likes music, dancing and singing. It's awesome!

Aaron has been doing better about not hitting the children very often. He sometimes starts to, but will stop himself and yell at them or get me to help him instead.

We we went to the back room Aaron started looking all around the room, collecting the sea creatures. He brought the shark often to snow me and actually said, "ark". : ) He was having the shark eat several of the other sea creatures.

1/18/13

Aaron ate all of his raisins and a taste of his brown rice at breakfast. A lunch he ate most of his meatloaf, a couple bites of cooked carrots, a bite of French bread and a taste of dried apricots.

Aaron and Emily took turns playing with his train for several minutes. He shares and takes turn so nicely with Emily. Once in a while he will do it with one of the other kiddos, but with Emily it is guaranteed.

Riley was lying under the climber/balance beam and Aaron and Thomas thought it was a great start of a game of peek-a-boo. They were both peeking at her above and around the climber. Riley loved it. They then started piling stuffed animals on her, which she also thought was funny until Thomas decided to lay on the stuffed animals (with Riley underneath). Aaron, on the other hand, thought that was hilarious!

Aaron and Emily had their usual morning story time together again this morning. Nora actually came over to join them and Aaron was showing her some things in both his book and in the one she was looking at.

Aaron must have decided to do some heavy duty dish washing today. He had the kitchen set sink overflowing with food toys and other toys. He, then, scooped them all out on the floor and started over again.

Aaron spent the entire time were we in the block room, building tall towers with the big blocks, knocking them over and rebuilding. I love how engaged he gets when something interests him!