November 19th, a cold morning, as we prepare for the bus to arrive. Every weekday, this is the routine. See this image larger.
But this time Mommy and Nina joined us too! Love how Nina also trudged along in the cold winter air, hands deep in pockets, just like Mommy. See this image larger.
Also good faces. I’d almost think Connor has some Uncle Chris genetic material in him with that particular face, if that were possible. See this image larger.
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November 1st, this was an odd sight. There’s a deer about half-way up the middle third to the left on this image. To the left of the two trees. She’s laying in the leaves. The two dark blobs in the center foreground are wild turkeys. Nature, getting along fine, apparently. See this image larger.
November 2nd, I turned 42. That morning I made a bed out of Ian’s blankets for his bear, Cookielocks. When he came to bed he was slackjawed in wonder Ian thought it was awesome and cuddled right up to him. See this image larger.
Brandon and his son Max were over for a bit. Here Max and Ian play some Skylanders. See this image larger.
I think I told them I had a monkey on my head in order to get them to actually turn around. See this image larger.
November 3rd, Mommy left for a conference in Texas, and on the way back from the airport, I got the kids thinking about something else by trying an activity at Home Depot. See this image larger.
Apparently they have a new project every Saturday morning, for kids. See this image larger.
One of the first things Nina did when we got home was that she put her puzzle pieces in her backpack. ALL her puzzle pieces, that is; from about 6 different puzzles, loosely into her backpack. Not helpful.See this image larger.
Just when I figured I’d escaped a more prevalent stream of tears during Mommy’s departure, it turned out Nina was saving them up. She asked where Mommy was when we got home, I told her, and the waterworks flowed again! See this image larger.
Only a trip to the “Mexican store” could save us now… Nina at Cinqo De Mayo. See this image larger.
Ian dipping his chip in salsa. Doesn’t seem like an interesting picture to you, maybe. What if I told you that this is the first time he did so on a whim? We’ve talked him into it before, I think, but this is him exploring the addition of salsa on his own… and liking it! See this image larger.
November 4th, it was going to be a long 4 days on my own, so I called in reinforcements of the Grandparent kind! See this image larger.
Thanks guys for giving us some fun stuff to do and for making the trip! See this image larger.
I moved these images from October, having remembered where they belonged… The tip off was from the dialogue of November… I’ll explain that when we get there.Original caption: At Pizza Hut (“The Pizza Store”) Ian and Nina both took turns looking over my shoulder for a bit, making little faces for and whatnot. I didn’t really catch what they were up to. I figured some adult was trying to get a giggle out of them. The faces became more exaggerated as the meal progressed, and finally I had to turn around and see what was up. See this image larger.
It turned out to be exactly the opposite of what was expected: there was a baby seated nearby, and Ian and Nina were trying to get a giggle out of him!!! Here Ian seems to kind of fawn over the baby’s smiles. See this image larger.
November 6th, Brendan over in the morning, like he does every day. Today was iPad games before bus pick-up. See this image larger.
November 7th, That soup technique still works… We were at Panera again. Mommy came home that night! See this image larger.
November 13th, Nina does a little fashion show to see if her winter boots are going to fit. See this image larger.
November 15th was apparently “bring a fuzzy critter to school” day. I was happy Ian’s teddy made it home as safely as he did, as many items that get sent to school sometimes don’t seem to make it home. See this image larger.
The kids were quiet at one point, and getting along well… found that they had surrounded themselves with things to do, literally. See this image larger.
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Dialogue, September 23rd Nina, regarding her nightlight: “I wannit off actually”
Dialogue, September 23rd Will need to remind myself on this one, I think this was Nina talking Ian into something: “And. You. Can.”
Dialogue, October 13th Mommy to Nina: “Do you want chocolate cake or vanilla cake on your birthday?” Nina: “I want fwosting cake.”
Dialogue, October 18th Ian explains headlights of passing cars: “The shadows when the cars go by, go all the way across the living room and then stop right there.”
Dialogue, October 18th Ian gets a little sing-songy while explaining something fairly mundane: “I am never going to smell that unless i change my mi-ind!”
Dialogue, October 18th Ian’s destiny as a poet: “Mommy i know what rhymes with gogurt… Yogurt.”
Dialogue, October 20th Nina delivers the news: “Ian throwed upped.”
Dialogue, October 20th Nina to Ian: “Ian you want peanut butter and jelly?” Daddy interrupts: “No, he doesn’t… he threw up peanut butter and jelly an hour ago.” Nina, defiant: “Oh. But. He. Dues.”
Dialogue, October 28th Nina to me, after a hug, as sort of an apology for “decorating” my shirt: “Snot on you.”
Dialogue, October 28th Ian asks the big questions: “How can God be out in space and in all our hearts?”
Moment, October 28th There was a funny moment, when the screen-saver popped up — all of Ian’s old pictures started in a slideshow. Ian stood in front of the monitor, facing Nina and I, and he imitated his own face as the pictures changed. It was a hilarious show!
Dialogue and Milestone, October 30th Nina puts the shoe on the other foot: “How you feelin’ Daddy?”
Milestone, October 30th Let it be known that on this day, Ian Chapman did, of his own volition, eat homemade macaroni and cheese. The secret to the kids eating a lot of different foods is apparently… celery salt.
NINA DAYCARE NOTES
Daycare Notes, Monday, October 1, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina had a great day. She was very talkative. She loves playing in the dirt with all the farm animals. She also enjoyed our old McDonald story and read it several times with her friends.
Daycare Notes, Tuesday, October 2, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: when we are on the playground, Nina said she was going to climb a climber so she could “say hi to the birds.” She pretended some chalk was a frog and she made me come and look at it. Then she said “this is a yellow frog and I don’t know the answer to your question.” (I hadn’t asked one.)
Daycare Notes, Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: mean enjoy painting with corncobs this morning. When I asked her how Gymboree was she said, “it was just fun!” When Nina was going potty she saying “Scooby Doobie Doo where are you? Going poop on the potty.”
Daycare Notes, Thursday, October 4, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: mean had a pretty good day. She is doing better with using her words. She really enjoyed our funny sheet in the Jeep book. She had fun holding Izzie’s hand on a walk and sing a song about mommy and Ian.
Daycare Notes, Friday, October 5, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina loved our movie. When the pig yelled “I can talk!” She got the biggest smile and clapped for the pig it was so cute! We’re working with me on using her utensils at the time she still tries to use her fingers.
Daycare Notes, Monday, October 8, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina had so much fun playing “jump rope” with one of our scarves. She did a great job finding things in our “I spy” game. She found the little green on the top of the pumpkin on the ceiling! Good find!
Daycare Notes, Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina did a very good job sharing the racer when she was coloring with chalk! She pretended to be Izzy’s baby (taking a nap) during free time. Nina played “monster” on the playground with many of her friends today!
Daycare Notes, Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina had a wonderful morning. She enjoyed ripping leaves in the sensory tub. She also had so much fun racing with all her friends outside.
Daycare Notes, Thursday, October 11, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina set of her baby into highchair and fed him. Then she “washed” all the dishes she used. He pretended to be a face painter today. Very creative! Nina worked really hard to climb up the ladder today!
Daycare Notes, Friday, October 12, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina had a lot of fun exploring the acorns. After a little while she was doing a great job waiting down and understanding the concept of heavy and light.
Daycare Notes, Monday, October 15, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: needed a great job walking on the balance beam. She also had a lot of fun exploring and rolling our class pumpkin.
Daycare Notes, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina spent the morning “mowing” at her friends! She was in a super silly mood this morning. You may enjoy playing memory with a teacher! She couldn’t wait for tumble-time!
Daycare Notes, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Nina’s caregiver:
Was so excited to paint a pumpkin with watercolors! She really enjoyed playing with pumpkin seeds she got to feel how slippery they are. She told us “we have to cook it up.”
Daycare Notes, Thursday, October 18, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: had a lot of fun playing, with the test tube shakers. She loves talking about things we can do with a pumpkin but didn’t want to taste her pumpkin pie.
Daycare Notes, Friday, October 19, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina loved riding on the bike in the indoor playspace. She also had fun singing ABCs in the tent. When she played parachute games she had the biggest smile! It was adorable.
Daycare Notes, Monday, October 22, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina loved looking for bugs in our movie this morning! She was so cute-clapping at happy parts. She sang “twinkle twinkle” at the top of her lungs when she rode her bike.
Daycare Notes, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina did an excellent job putting the pumpkins eyes nose and mouth in the right place! She also had so much fun painting gourds with water.
Daycare Notes, Thursday, October 25, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina enjoyed playing with the “five Little monkeys” on the flannel board. We had so much fun racing with her friends on the playground! She also enjoyed playing in the car area! Nina was a great helper today!
Daycare Notes, Friday, October 26, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina was an excellent helper a cleanup time today! During circle time we read a story. The Nina explained it to all of her friends. She loved playing hollowing bingo! She worked hard to climbing the ladder today.
Daycare Notes, Monday, October 29, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina saying while she played with dinosaurs” roared” this morning. She enjoyed playing in the sandbox, building a “cake” then she built one out of Legos and saying “happy birthday” to miss Jillian.
Daycare Notes, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: Nina worked really hard at peeling stickers to put on her trick or treat bag. She had so much fun playing in our home a tent! Nina was excited to ride a bike during our large motor time.
Daycare Notes, Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Nina’s caregiver: We hope you enjoy the party!
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The Part of November That Is Thanksgiving
The Part of November Before Thanksgiving
October Dialogue and Milestones
NINA DAYCARE NOTES