5/13/13

Aaron didn't eat breakfast (Kix and mixed fruit).  At lunch he ate all of his mandarin oranges, bites of his peas and no ham sandwich.  

Aaron moved from one toy or child to another non-stop until breakfast.  It was as if his little brain was flying around and he couldn't settle on just one thing.  He usually engages so thoroughly that it was just a pretty big contrast.  He probably picking up on mom's stress over her final.  We see it so often in students kiddos during midterms or finals or even non-students when there is just something different going on that is on mom and dads minds or stressing them. 

Aaron was squatted down like a puppy on the climber-balance beam then jumping off like from that position.  It was very funny and he loved it when I laughed at him.  

Aaron has been very out of sorts today!  He only wanted toys that someone else had, didn't want anyone to look at him, let alone get to close to him or, Heaven forbid, touch him!  I also think his runny nose is bothering him because he came over to me whining repeatedly saying, "wipe my nose!"  Poor sweetie!  He was also asleep immediately at nap time, so was obviously tired.  

5/10/13

Aaron ate a couple raisins and that was all at breakfast.  At lunch he ate a couple bites of his meatloaf, a carrot and a couple bites of his French bread - no dried apricots.  

Aaron has been one of our best helpers in keeping the toys out of the "rowdy side" lately.  He spots it when one of the babies is bringing something over and immediately ones over to tell me, "Oh, oh!  Side!"  He then will wait until they drop them or put them down before grabbing them up and taking them where they are supposed to be.  : )

Aaron has really not been enjoyed it when the walking babies (except Riley) or Noah grab or even come close to him.  Since they are still pretty unstable (especially Noah), they often use the bigger kiddos as handholds on the way by.  He always acts like they have injured him, rather than just grabbed his clothes or invaded his space.  

Aaron was tickling Rae while she was sitting on the couch.  They were both really laughing.  Aaron is so sweet in how he enjoys it when others are having fun and laughing as much as if he is the one directly involved. 

Aaron pushed one of the dump trucks basically all of outside time.  When he would let go of one he would get very upset if some one else took a turn or even touched or looked at it!  

5/9/13

Aaron ate over half of his grapes and no toast at breakfast.  At lunch he ate all of his cherries, about half of his potatoes but no chicken or dinner roll.  

Aaron has been so much more smiley and active this morning -- more laughing and busy-ness.  So glad he seems to be feeling better.  He still was very ready to lay down and go to sleep at nap time though.  

Aaron was so funny today when he was trying to get one of the transparent scarves to lay down flat.  He was determined to to it without a single wrinkle and it was frustrating him because he couldn't quite get it.  He finally brought it over to me and said, "help".  I helped him lay it out and he lay down on it for a couple minutes.  When he was done, he hopped up and said "I wake!"  It was so cute!

Aaron and Rae sat together at the table playing with the food stuff for quite a while.  They really don't play together that much here, so it was interesting to watch them interact.  They were mostly playing alongside of each other, but did talk to each other about what they were doing now and then.  

Aaron was very engaged sitting at the table looking at books.  He did that for a while then started verbalizing (ether singing or talking) as he looked.  He was really "reading" them and so focused. 

When we first got outside, Aaron came racing up enthusiastically trying to tell me something.  When I got it figured it, what he was trying to tell me was that he had found a dandelion.  Gary has declared war on the "stinkin' dandelions" (as he calls them) in our yard and the kiddos have picked up on it and love to show him when they spot one before he does.    It is usually Emily, Kenzie or Riley that spots them. This was the first time Aaron has done it! 

5/7&8/13

Yesterday Aaron drank basically all of his milk at breakfast and a bite of pear then started coughing and vomited it all back up, I think.  At lunch he ate most of his oranges and one of his two crackers.  

In spite of his morning vomiting episode he actually played pretty well.  He especially liked it when Emily went over and began to play alongside of him.  They eventually started driving the mixers around the picnic table bench.  

We did some dry erase art and he was very interested in both the drawing and the erasing of the board when we were done!  

Aaron started getting very tired by a little before 11:00 and just went over and sat on the bench until lunch.  He was watching everything the kiddos were doing and chuckling once in a while at something.

Today Aaron ate a nibble of peach and drank milk at breakfast.  At lunch he ate a couple bites of corn, a nibble of macaroni and cheese and no ham or salad.  

Aaron had a quadruple teacher morning.  There was Gary and I plus his CDC person and his speech therapist.  Both of them were here for about 45 minutes, I think.  The CDC worker mostly just observed and asked us a few questions about what we have observed and how we feel he is doing and progressing.  The speech therapist observed some, but did more direct interaction with him (and the other kiddos at times).  He seemed to like it that they were here and played pretty typically.  

5/6/13

Aaron ate several bites of his Chex cereal at breakfast and no mixed fruit. At lunch he ate nothing, but did drink some milk. He just wanted to lay down.

Aaron mostly wanted to either cuddle with me or sit and watch the activities during inside time. He coughed a lot and his breathing was pretty raspy, like three of the other kiddos. This is a pretty gnarly respiratory virus!

Aaron did play with the wagons and trucks a little bit when we went outside, but kept coming over to either tell me what was wrong or just get a love or cuddle.

He was very easily frustrated all morning. He did more screaming, stomping and tantruming than he has for a long time. I am sure it all is just because he isn't feeling well, or sleeping well. He went right to sleep at nap time. Poor little sweetie!

5/3/13

Aaron didn't want to eat breakfast, though he came out and looked at it for a while! : ) At lunch he ate all of his mandarin oranges, a taste of his biscuit and almost all of the meat out of the hashbrown casserole.

Aaron and Emily were playing together again great today. They really enjoy many of the same types of things. They were both spinning around and around for minutes on end. They fall down and think that is the funnies thing ever!

They also both really like music, whether it is on the iPod or actually singing. They both especially like the books that are to songs, both when we read them to the kiddos and just looking at them and singing the songs themselves.

When we are in our small groups, usually Aaron either plays independently or with or alongside of Riley. They both really like the Duplos, which is one of our small group rooms. That makes it nice because they build along side of each other. They also love it when things tip over so they are frequently knocking over their building and cracking up!

5/2/13

Aaron ate all of his cantaloupe at breakfast and a taste of his French bread. At lunch he ate all of his dried mango and his crescent roll, a bite of turkey and a lick of his fresh pineapple (subbed for squash).

Gary was stand at the changing table with his feet apart. The kiddos always take instant advantage of the impromptu tunnel to crawl under when he stands like that. After he was done and he moved away, Aaron watched him leave and said, "uuuuuuhhhhhhhh" disappointedly.

Aaron and Rae were taking turns sitting on each other's laps and laughing like crazy. Aaron especially thought it was funny when Rae would plop down on his lap a little forcefully.

Aaron made a great train with the Duplo blocks today. After he was done he put it on the floor and was tooting and driving it all over. Noah was trying to follow him, but obviously isn't as quick as Aaron, although Aaron did have to pick up speed a couple times to get away from him.