Miles' Journal

Miles ate a large serving of cream of wheat cereal and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch he ate chicken, most of whole wheat dinner roll, most of broccoli, and ate pineapple.   When Miles came in this morning I asked him, "Hey Miles, can you say Gary?" He giggled and shook his head "no." He was already shaking his head no when he heard these 3 words; "can you say." I pointed to myself, at my chest, and said, "Gary." So he points to his chest. Haha. This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon. He got excited watching some birds flying around. (Don't believe this picture: regardless what his facial expression says, he was excited!! Haha!) More birds came by and I said, "bird, bird, bird." And he was trying; "br br br." Good job Miles.  Next picture: Miles was trying to join Cal pushing Atley around and around in the chair. Atley was focused on something in her hand, but she was also pushing along with he...

Miles ate whole grain waffle and ate fruit salad for breakfast. For Lunch he ate ground turkey, no whole wheat tortillas, half of sweet potatoes, and ate cherries.   Miles had his normal fun and adorable morning. :) He's a kick! In the first picture Miles noticed Cal was pushing the chair around and around and Miles went to join in the fun. In the second picture Cal took off his sock and flung it over the gate in the general direction of the cubbies. (That's a daily routine!) Then he sat down and asked Miles for assistance with the other sock. Miles pulled hard enough to scoot Cal off the end of the ramp, but Miles did eventually manage to pull the sock off. Ha. In the third picture Miles had completed his daily chore of clearing the top of the block shelf! Cal obviously thought it was a fine place to flop down and take a rest. Miles was busy was the task at hand; putting a couple of wooden blocks together.  Next picture; Four of the Daycare kids were on the mattress pretendin...

Miles ate two servings of French toast and ate strawberries for breakfast. For lunch he ate a large serving of Whole 30 Chili with meat, tomatoes, peppers, sweet potatoes, tomato sauce, and lots of spices. He ate one cracker and ate his tropical fruit.   This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon. It's been awhile since we've been able to be outside and the kids were loving it. The ground is quite wet from all the rain we've had AND one of Miles' came off so he was strolling around and got his sock soaked!! He could not have cared any less! "I'm just glad to be out here!!" He's feeling pretty smug and satisfied with Avi giving him a ride - judging by his expression!  Next two pictures of the boys hanging out near each other playing. First picture is when they met in the Library for Story Time. :) Following picture; Miles initially was playing with all 5 doll bottles in the sink. Pretty much just enjoying shuffling them around with a spoon...

Miles ate whole wheat English muffin and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate pork roast, whole wheat toast, ate beets, and ate applesauce.   These first two pictures are from yesterday afternoon. This was the first day Miles was standing up and stepping off onto the mattress. (He'll soon be jumping off.) He was giggling and doing it over and over and over and over. So cute. And what can I say about the second picture! This moment could not have been more spontaneous and precious. I just happened to have my camera in hand. The looks on their faces are so peaceful and pure. I love it. Miles is such an affectionate love bug. He was passing by, saw Svea laying like this, and went for the love.  Today Cal and Miles banged heads; but only Cal cried. Yesterday Cal and Svea banged heads; but only Cal cried. Hopefully Miles and Svea won't bang heads, but if they do I'll let you know who claims the status for Hard Head #1! Ha. Miles slid down between the blue ...

Miles ate corn chex cereal and two servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, toasted whole wheat sandwich thins, ate avocado, ate tomatoes, and mandarin oranges.    We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend and so the kids were very busy and engaged all morning. It was super interesting to watch Miles when he picked up this "drill" to check it out. I'm sure he  remembered where he played with it the last time, because he studied it for a few moments and immediately walked over to that same spot that you see in the picture. As you already know, I have 8 sets of toys and they are out for two weeks. I'm pretty impressed by this. If you do the math and go search back in the blog I'm sure you'll find a similar picture in the same spot. (I'm too busy doing other "non-important, non-urgent" stuff. That comes from Lauralea's book discussion class I'm doing tonight!!  Haha.)  Next picture: Hey Silly Boy! Where ar...

Miles ate a large serving of oatmeal and ate dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate salmon, whole wheat elbow noodles, ate green beans, and applesauce. Miles and Callahan take their naps as soon as they are done with their Lunch. They have a routine telling everyone goodnight, but it's cute because they tell each other goodnight too. Cal says, "night night Mau Mau" and Miles waves! So cute! This story involves Miles and Cal, but it's actually Nora's story. But hey, it will fill up some space in Miles' Blog!! :) This was two days ago. I saw what happened and Miles fell and kind of hit his head on the back of the chair. Enough to make him cry a little bit. (He's a tough little guy and when he cries a LOT I know he's hurt a lot! This was not one of those times.) Nora heard him cry and came running from across the room and started chewing on Callahan for hitting Miles! Ha. Hey Nora, you didn't even see it happen. She said, "Well I jus...

Miles ate blueberry bagel and three servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he ate a large serving of hamburger & sausage pizza with meat, peppers, pineapple, olives, and tomato sauce. He had a bite of whole wheat pizza crust (served on the side) and ate two servings of pineapple.  This first picture was taken after Miles and Callahan had all the blocks off the top and bottom shelves and scattered around. Callahan said, "I'm working Gary." And that's exactly what it is even though it appears like play to us. It really is "their work." By the time I took the picture I guess the boys were having a scheduled "break time." Haha. Second picture: If you look closely you'll see Miles working in the igloo too.  Next two pictures. Miles has moved on to his most favorite job; loving on the girls. Haha. In the first picture Atley was laying on the floor and Miles saw an opportunity. How cute is this!?! In the second picture Miles also initiated ...

Miles ate whole wheat toast and three servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate pork roast, bites of whole wheat tortillas, half of carrots, half of potatoes, and ate fruit salad.   First picture: Miles at the window this morning. This is a pretty common place for him to hang out. He looks all around and frequently waves at .....nothing?.....dog across the street?....or maybe just practicing his wave!! He really doesn't need much extra practice! Haha. Second picture: Cal brought over a stack of these small blocks 5 or 6 high. Miles started building on it and got it up to 10 high. I guess he was satisfied at that point because he then shoved it over and strolled off. Haha. It was cute because he made 1 trip for every 1 block. That's a cognitive thing; someday he'll recognize the fact he has 2 hands. Haha. I know, I know, I'm not funny. Next picture: Svea is playing with the food toys and actually she said she was making a "birthday for Cal." When I to...

Miles ate whole wheat English muffin and ate dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch he ate chicken, no brown rice, taste of stir fry vegetables, and ate mandarin oranges.   Miles had a good morning; just his usual normal fun self! :) First things first: Get those blocks off the shelf! He cracks me up because he always has a smug little satisfied expression on his face. "Look what I'm doing again; I'm pretty cool." Second picture: Cal was wanting Miles to stay in the chair so Cal could keep pushing it around and around like he'd been doing. Miles had other ideas; he bailed out and they were having this stand-off when I took the picture. haha. Then Miles took off running across the room. He's definitely getting his own ideas and acting on them. :) Next picture: Nora requested "Christmas Music" from Alexa and then she was encouraging the boys to dance; which they were doing when I took the picture. The picture also happened to catch Nora when she was whi...

Miles ate a large serving of brown rice and ate raisins for breakfast.  Initially he shook his head furiously at the rice, so we started with raisins and went from there. This happens frequently so I always let him choose what he starts with and then I feed him the really messy stuff like rice. For lunch he ate two servings of salmon, ate whole wheat dinner roll, ate riced cauliflower, and ate mangoes. I felt pretty successful after he ate all his riced cauliflower. (Again this is a food I feed to him.) That's a first! Nora was just as happy as me. :) Miles was the only one here for probably 45 minutes and that was super fun. His first two jobs of the morning; clear top shelf of blocks then move over and clear everything off the top of the dress-up rack. "Ok, I got that done and I'm satisfied with a job well done." He moved on to the toy shelves with the sinks. He climbed up on top of the shelf and when he was getting down he thought about going off facing forward. ...

Miles ate whole wheat English muffin and two servings of mandarin oranges for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, whole wheat elbow noodles, peas, and applesauce.   First two pictures are from yesterday afternoon. They were helping me pick up blocks and Cal would hand it to Miles and Miles would hand it to me. Cal got a bit too fast and in the picture Miles looked at Cal, dropped the one in his arms to take one from Cal. Haha. Second picture; both boys are intently watching one of the big girls perform. haha. I think it was Avi. Emily and I talked about Miles crashing and I wanted to mention how much his large motor muscles are gaining when he's doing things like you see in the second picture.  Next picture: Cal "reading" to Miles (and himself) and he was singing, "teddy bear turn around, teddy bear turn around," So cute. Atley yelled, "No, that's Pooh Bear." And it was. Haha. (The book Cal has his foot on.) Following picture: Avi and her two...

Miles only had a couple bites of French toast so I put them in his strawberries to soak up and he snarfed down a very large serving of strawberries and French toast mixed for breakfast.  Nora said, "Oh Gross!" Haha. For lunch he ate a large serving of Hearty Paleo Stew with meat, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and green beans. He ate one saltine and ate tropical fruit.   First picture: This is left over from yesterday afternoon. Svea was pretending to sleep and then telling Cal and Miles to wake her up after they wake up. Ha. So I told the boys to wake up "Sleeping Beauty" and Cal was walking around saying, "Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty, Sleeping Beauty." Next two pictures: Sometimes you sit down and enjoy a book with your Buddy in the Library. And sometimes you use those books for other reasons to amuse yourselves. :) Cal is the one who started lining up the books and I think Miles did one, and maybe two.  Next picture: Gett...