Miles' Journal

Miles ate two servings of French toast and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch he ate half of pulled pork, no whole wheat toast, ate half of peas, and ate strawberries/mangoes.    This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon when the kids were playing in a "fort" we built using one of our outside blankets.  All the girls are in there and Miles was in and out.  Second picture: Miles was trying hard to stick his finger in Svea's mouth and she was super inclined to just let him!! Ha! Those are a couple of cuties right there!! Next picture:  Here's a couple more cuties!!  Haha!!  I think Lauralea loves Miles almost as much as I do! Haha.  He was sitting on her knees when I took this picture.  Last picture:  Science with Lauralea was a little more challenging for Miles today because his Buddy Cal was gone.  And I had to assist Lauralea quite a bit of the time.  So without Callahan here Miles yelled at the gate...

Miles ate two servings of whole wheat toast and two servings of mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate a large serving of ground beef with marinara sauce on whole wheat spaghetti noodles, taste of cauliflower (which means it came right back out), and ate fruit salad.   These first two pictures are left over from yesterday afternoon and Miles was LOVING the opportunity to play outside.  It was cold, but he was bundled up and totally having fun.  There is ice on the slide in the first picture just below his left foot - and in other spots - and he scooted down here in a hurry!!  He kept getting up and going right around for another ride.  :)  Second picture;  Hey, Here's a first experience trying to walk across some ice!!  He slipped and slid a little, but acted like he didn't even notice; he was on a mission heading to the slide.  Next picture; Initially Miles was NOT welcome to the slumber party.  Primarily because he was intent on...

Miles ate blueberry bagel and two servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate shrimp, bite of brown rice, ate stir fry vegetables, and ate raspberries.  Another "first' today; I held his hand, but I had Miles walk to his bedroom for nap time.  Cheers!!  My back was thanking him profusely for his newfound skill!!  Haha.   More pictures of Miles at the window!!  But hey, waving is his "gift" right now so we'll take what we can get!!  He was born to wave!!  He waved bye to Atley's Dad, and kept waving and waving and waving as Brad was long gone down the street!!  Haha.  Miles even turned around looking at Atley on the mattress, but he was still waving!!  LOL!!  That cracked me up! Next picture:  Miles tolerated me amusing myself while messing with the glasses.  Haha.  I wanted this picture to show Ryan:  This is the face of a future executive at LumenAd.  Haha.  Following picture;  A...

Miles ate bran cereal and ate his raisins for breakfast.  For lunch he ate chicken, whole wheat pita bread, cucumbers, avocado (mixed with his chicken), and ate pears. Just an FYI, Callahan is not here this week as his brother Bubba's school is closed for a couple of weeks. So Cal is hanging out at home.  All five of Miles' pictures are him solo, but the other kids did play with him.  Haha.  First picture; He was laying face down on the mattress so I started pushing down on his back and making him bounce a little which made him start giggling.  :)  Second picture:  He was playing by the big window, but as soon as he heard Lauralea's voice he heads right for the mattress to perform.  Haha. And he does the same thing every time; starts flopping backwards on his butt, over and over.     Next picture:  Miles was playing with the doctor toys, but the primary reason I took this picture was because of the way he is sitting.  He's been...

Miles ate two servings of French toast and ate strawberries for breakfast.  He, along with his sister, skipped out before Lunch with the Parents.  :) First picture:  The Boys stayed busy in the Daycare Room while the Girls did Science with Lauralea.  The boys will occasionally go to the gate and watch, but it's frequently an activity that is not too interesting from a distance.  Miles appears to be waiting to add a block OR maybe just shove it over when Cal finishes his hard work.  Haha.  Second picture:  I came back out into the Daycare Room and this is what the Boys were doing when I came around the corner.  I love this!!  And of course I have to point out that I also love Callahan's upside-down book.  :) Next picture:  There was a very small, but bright sun beam coming in from the kitchen window!!  Miles totally spotted it and was checking it out.  He got distracted by me going for my camera and started focusing on...

Miles ate whole wheat English muffin and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate his pork roast, whole wheat toast, taste of beets (I quickly rubbed it across his lips and he licked his lips - ha), and ate applesauce.   This first picture is left over from yesterday.  Miles was holding this cup and I said, "Miles, have a drink of milk and he immediately did."  His receptive language is developing like crazy!!  I love this age group so much; their learning curve is so  Steep !!  (Wait until their teen years - there will be a period where you think the curve has hit a dead end!!  Haha,  Just some humor for the day.) Next picture:  Avilene has a tape measure from the Preschool Room and was gonna measure Miles.  It's not easy measuring a moving target.  Haha.  Following picture:  I was spinning this toy and making it go really fast; you can see it's a blur.  Miles was loving that and grinning all ov...

Miles ate whole wheat Chex cereal and two servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he ate half of his ground beef, no whole wheat sandwich thins, ate half of his avocado, ate tomatoes, and mandarin oranges.  REMINDER: CLOSURE DATES:  Little Treasures will be closed December 24 & 25...  Also closed on New Years Day and will open again on January 11.   Miles fell against the legos table pretty hard - I saw it happen.  He hit his head, but that wasn't the first part of his body to hit the table.  Thankfully.  Anyhow I just watched closely and he never whimpered or cried.  I asked if he wanted "a love" and he came right over.  Wow, he's a tough little fella.  He's already tougher than some other child we know and love.  Haha.   This first picture is left over from Friday afternoon when Atley and Nora were building with the legos. As you can see the girls worked hard and made pretty elaborate pieces.  The surpris...

Miles ate oatmeal and dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate tilapia, half of whole wheat elbow noodles, ate green beans, and applesauce.  Atley was at the window and Miles walked from the mattress to the window without stopping or going down!  Atley yelled; "Look at Miles!! How did you do that!?!"  She added; "He walked all the way from the mattress to here!!"  She was obviously impressed.  Haha.  So was I. First picture:  Miles was doing his tricks and yelling for me to look at him!!  "Watch me Gary, watch me Gary!!"  Little Cutie.  Second picture;  The four girls were on the mattress with the "Nelson Blankets" and Miles was crawling around there as well, but he managed to not get yelled at!!  Ha.  These last two pictures go together.  Miles was playing with a little table from the small doll house toys. He found a perfect hole to fit it into and it looked like it gave him lots of satisfaction. ...

Miles ate blueberry bagel and ate peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he ate a large serving of hamburger & sausage pizza with the meats, peppers, olives, pineapple, and tomato sauce.  We serve the whole wheat pizza crust on the side and he ate bites of that, and he ate two servings of pineapple on the side too.      First picture:  Callahan had built this nice tower of all small blocks and then he'd gone to find some more. You can see him squatted down just to the left of the two Yellow blocks in the middle of the tower.  And of course you know what Miles is about to do as he moves closer.  Next picture - And over it goes!  Cal turned around and said, "Mau Mau!"  And that surprisingly enough was the end of it.  I speak with experience when I say; "That is NOT how Callahan would have reacted to Svea if she'd been the one to push over his stack."  :) Next picture:  These three were at the window waiting for Lauralea to d...

Miles ate whole wheat toast and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate pork roast, whole wheat tortillas, two bites of carrot/potato vegetable mix, and ate a large serving of fruit salad.    First picture:  Miles was slipping back down this slide so I took his socks off and he easily went up.  He's officially a "walker!!"  I told Ryan that this morning, but why do I say it here?  Because Lauralea said it this morning.  And she's the authority on these things.  Hahaha.  Ryan and I were discussing the walking theme this morning and part of the deal in the Daycare Room is Miles having to work his way around toys.  Sometimes the floor is full!!  I feel like crawling too!  :)  Also, Ryan, if your Son wasn't so distracted by every minuscule piece of fuzz on the floor he'd do lots more walking!!  :) Next two pictures;  Waving at the window with all 6 kids participating.  Following picture; ...

Miles ate whole wheat English muffin and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch he ate chicken, no brown rice, no stir fry vegetables, and ate mandarin oranges.   Miles was standing up on the blue balance beam and started to wobble.  So he reached out to steady himself and grabbed Cal's shirt collar.  Haha.  Dang, things got much wobblier in a hurry!!  Cal, of course, was sure Miles was just pestering and terrorizing him.  :)  "No Mau Mau, No!!" Miles and Cal were at the fence watching Nora in the Preschool Room.  Cal went and got some blocks to stand on and Miles immediately stood on them.  So Cal just went and got some more.  Thanks Cal.  Following picture:  Cal is pulling the rope on the legos drawer and is attempting to open it.  I like how Miles is expectantly waiting for it to open.  :) Following picture - Miles is focused on the car he's playing with and has the back opened up and putting toys in it. ...

Miles ate Cheerios and two servings of banana for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, whole wheat pita bread, avocado, ate olives, and strawberries.   This first picture is left over from Friday afternoon.  I already showed Emily one picture, but I like this one better.  Atley is feeding Miles his cottage cheese and Avilene is feeding Callahan.  Miles has his mouth open wide, but still keeping an eye on Cal.  Haha.  So cute.  I know the three families of the three older girls already know this, but I like reminders and I hope you do too.  So here's a reminder:  The big girls LOVE to be helpers!!  And this is a big help to me too.  I'm free to take a picture!!  Haha.   Next picture:  Svea was playing with these food toys and she likes to hoard ALL of them.  She grabbed them from Miles just as he was sticking this last one in his mouth.  She didn't grab it from his mouth so that was good. But it ma...