Callahan's Journal

Callahan ate his French toast and strawberries mixed together for breakfast. For lunch he ate half of his Hearty Paleo Stew with meat, carrots, tomatoes, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, and sweet potatoes. He ate saltines, and ate half of his mangoes with pineapple added. First Picture: Cal was playing with this tray full of magnets. So what do you think he was making/doing here!?! Yup you're right. The boy loves his weapons! He was saying, "This is my cannon and it's blasting off!!"  Next picture: Cal and Miles asked for some flashlights this morning. I'm not exactly sure what they were doing here - AND I'm not sure what Miles was doing that made Cal ask this question. "Hey Gary! Are the flashlights just for flash-lighting!" "Yes," I replied, "Just use the flashlights for flash-lighting and only use them in areas designated as flash-lighting areas." :) And Cal was totally satisfied with that answer like it proved his...

Callahan ate waffle and two large servings of grapes - LOVE those Candy Snaps - for breakfast. For lunch he ate half of his chicken, ate whole wheat tortillas, corn, and apple pieces.  This was Cal's first activity after waving bye to Dad and Hudson this morning. Art projects haven't been his first choice so this is picture worthy!! :) Next picture; The boys wanted Avi to lift them out of the chair and of course she was ready to oblige them. Uhhmmm, maybe you should take your game to the Play room where the landing is not hardwood floor. But first I gotta get a picture. Ha. Following picture: They were doing random jumps, butt bombs, and face plants. I encouraged them to synchronize their maneuvers for a photo - haha, right - but I could have stood there taking pictures all day and it probably wouldn't have happened. Last two pictures: Once again the girls didn't want to go outside so I basically stand at the entrance door watching the boys through the window and monito...

Callahan ate kix cereal and fruit cocktail for breakfast. For lunch he ate two servings of ground turkey, bites of whole wheat hamburger bun, ate avocado, tomatoes, and cherries. I took this first picture shortly after Cal arrived and I just thought it was cute how he was sitting on the edge of the mattress reading his book. Second picture: He and Atley were having fun being silly before anyone else arrived. These two are basically on the same humor level. Haha. They find each other to be quite hilarious. Next picture: Cal actually did quite a bit of Art - although I think he eventually tossed most of it in the trash. He was doing stickers, drawing, and gluing with the glue stick. This next picture is pretty funny as Cal was singing, "I'm keeping your .......?!?........ forever and ever." I never could figure out what he was keeping forever and always, but it was pretty cute!! :) Last picture: Cal was throwing the paper airplane off the balance beam. This is actually a pr...

Callahan ate cream of wheat cereal and ate grapes for breakfast. For lunch he ate hamburger stew with meat, potatoes, carrots, green beans, and tomatoes. He ate two servings of (buttered) whole wheat dinner roll, and ate fruit cocktail. As you already know - haha - we've been doing lots of making paper airplanes and following lots of origami videos for kids on YouTube. Today Avi and Atley each made an airplane and they actually flew quite well. I'm not sure how the chanting started, but the first thing I heard was Cal and Svea chanting; "Atley's is better! Atley's is better!" Over and over and over. As you probably assume that caused an uproar from Avi and led to general pandemonium. Haha. These first two pictures are left over from yesterday afternoon - although Momma Maddy got to observe Cal doing both of these maneuvers this morning too. His aggressive "face-plants" were cracking me up. Then he got on the blue balance beam and started going face-f...

Callahan ate French toast casserole and ate his dried plums for breakfast. For lunch he ate pulled pork, whole wheat toast, peas, and mandarin oranges. How do you like this whacky first picture?!? Haha. Cal and I were having fun with this flexible sheet of magnifying plastic. You gotta big head on a little body there Cal!! :) Next picture: The kids were having fun with these cups, cutting up lots of beads, filling the cups, taping the top shut, and calling them "shakers." I ended up putting scotch tape on the top of Cal's cup - he didn't have very many beads in his - and they all stuck to the tape and wouldn't shake. Haha. He wasn't real thrilled with how that came out!! Next picture: Cal was just hanging out watching Atley and Avi folding paper following "Origami for Kids" on Youtube. Making a dog and bone. Miles is gone until Tuesday so Cal didn't have him to wrestle with today!! Haha. Last picture: Svea was putting a necklace on Cal's neck...

Callahan ate whole wheat toast and mangoes for breakfast. For lunch he ate two large servings of ground beef with marinara sauce on top of two large servings of whole wheat spaghetti noodles, ate green beans, and fruit salad. First picture: The girls were doing "origami for children" and following an instructional video folding paper into butterflies. Cal wanted to do some kind of Art so he decided on practicing some cutting again. That's been his "go to thing" lately. He always asks if he can put the many pieces on his Cubby for "Mom and Dad." Haha. Second picture; Having fun with Avi. She loves to rough-house with the boys and of course they love it as well! It's no wonder why Avi, Cal, and Miles are good buddies. Next two pictures: Miles brought his Fire Truck today and shared it for a short period. He was fine sharing with Avi, but didn't want Cal to touch it. So it went back to his Cubby. Following picture; Back to the Front End Loaders!! ...