10 Months!

My little pudge is such a big baby now! She is growing and changing so quickly! 

She is such a good eater. She eats almost everything (not a huge fan of brussel sprouts, unless they are in scrambled eggs) and instead of bottles while I'm gone, she drinks her milk through a cup with a straw! Her favorite foods are raspberries and blueberries. She also eats lots of pancakes (banana-spinach, banana-carrot, banana-anything haha), and muffins (this week's specialty is apple-carrot-raisin-pumpkin seed). She is still sensitive to dairy. Whenever I ingest dairy (except in baked goods), Eila gets eczema :( I hope she grows out if it soon! 

Our valentine's day breakfast! We had pancakes (her's were spinach-raspberry, mine had chocolate chips), heart shaped strawberries, and blueberries. Yum! 

She loves all of the animals, especially George, the cat- and he loves her!  I can't get a good picture of her with him because they are always moving, so this picture of her with Seamus will have to suffice. She gives hugs by resting her head on whatever she is hugging and gives open mouthed kisses.

She knows how to do so many things! If you ask her to dance, she bounces around. She also will bounce if you tell her too. She kicks her legs if we say, "Kick, kick, Kick". She nods her head "yes" when we ask her questions. She arches her back and stretches her legs way out when I say, "biiig stretch!". She knows what her bunny and paci are, who mama and dada are, can stand on her own, and cruises around furniture.

She likes to tap things together, especially these sensory ball things she has. Her current favorite game is to put one of the balls in a measuring cup. She loves to look at books and be read to. She likes to go to the zoo, target, the mall, and the grocery store with me and is such a smiley friendly girl wherever we go.

We love you so much, little one! 

Things Kids Said on a Monday

I have a hilarious bunch of 4K kids this year! Today was a more mellow day (I needed it after my little chunk was up randomly for large portions of the night), but they were still funny little people all day long!


One of my kids is like a little old man. He wears little cardigans, velcro faux leather shoes, khakis. . . he's adorable. He talks with a gruff voice and answers pretty much any "why" question with, "That because."
For example: Why did you pour your toothpaste spit on the table? (they brush their teeth at school in the morning)  "That because."  Because why? "That becuase."
Or: Why are you laying on the floor? You should be standing in line. "That because."


One of my girls secretly colored all over her mat sheet with yellow crayon at naptime. We didn't see the crayon and didn't know it was crayon at first because of how it looked on the sheet. We asked her what happened and she said, "Me and my mama were walking to school. When we were walking to school we stepped in a big pile of yellow paint. It stayed on my shoe until naptime and then got on my mat." So if I ask your mom if you stepped in paint she would say yes? "Ummmm" Are you telling me a story? "Maybe it was crayon. I think a crayon did it. It fell out of my cubby and got on my mat. And now it's under the table by my nap spot."


We were talking about what to do if there is a fire in your home. I asked the class what they should do and almost all of them said call 911. One little guy asked, "But what if the phone is off?" and another boy said, "Then look all around your house so you can find the charger!"


We were also talking about things you shouldn't touch like matches and lighters. I asked them to name other things they shouldn't touch: cigarettes, anything that is pokey, a hot pan, and keep your hands to yourself (this randomly lead to a discussion about how you shouldn't hit your friends).


The kids in my class this year all think it's funny to call me mama and they tell me they are going to be my baby and come home with me.


During calendar time: "Ms MaElly. Do you know who Batman is? Bruce Wayne!!"


We dance to a song called "Pop see ko" and almost all of my kids think it's called "popsicle"