Callahan's Journal

Callahan ate cream of wheat cereal and dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch he ate two servings of Whole 30 Chili with meat, peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and tomato sauce.  He ate whole wheat dinner roll, and tropical fruit.   This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon when Cal was on the arm of the couch reading books.  He was gradually slipping sideways, but acted like he didn't care, or maybe didn't realize it.  That must be an interesting book.  Haha.    Next picture:  Nora said, "I can even lift him up!"  Haha.  Yup you're doing it!  He probably weighs about the same as Nora.  :)  Following picture:  Alexa was playing some requested music and Cal was dancing up a storm!!  Good work Cal!! Next picture:  The boys playing with the legos.  I think Cal was building a birthday cake because he kept bringing it to me and singing, "Happy Birthday."  He sings Happy Birthday a l...

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat waffle and two servings of fruit salad for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground turkey, whole wheat tortillas, no sweet potato, and ate cherries.   This isn't about Callahan, but I'm giving you the opportunity to read it anyhow!!  Haha.   Warning # 1 : If a farting story is too crude then skip this paragraph!   Warning # 2!   You'll miss a good story if you skip this!!  Yesterday afternoon Atley did a very loud and boisterous toot!  Svea said, "Awww...Ewww...that was Gary!"  Avi said, "No, that was Atley!" Svea said, "Trust me!  That was Gary!!"  LOL!!  (I certainly hope Atley took that as a compliment!) First picture;  I took this picture when it was just these three kids here this morning.  Music was playing (Lollipop Lollipop) and they were marching around and around.  And you can see Miles was clapping. Following picture:  "I think she went this way!!" "No, I ...

Callahan ate two servings of French toast (or as he said, "more French fries!" haha) and two servings of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate chicken, ate brown rice, broccoli, and ate pineapple.     First picture: Svea was so so so PROUD of her leotard she was wearing when she arrived this morning.  Nora and Cal seemed to be impressed too.  :)  She was showing off the sparkles on the front of it when I took the picture. Next picture:  I'd just washed up the boys after breakfast and I turned around to get Miles out of his highchair and this is what I saw.  Haha.  Silly Cal.  And Miles is leaning in to get a love.  So sweet!  Following picture;  Cal and Miles were at the window watching a garbage truck.  That big window always provides the kids lots of opportunities for watching everything happening on that side of the house.  Last picture;  This made me laugh.  Miles was looking through the bin...

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat toast and ate grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate pork roast, ate half of whole wheat English muffin, ate beets, and applesauce.    I was showing Lauralea this first picture and I said, "Hey Cal, tell Lauralea what we call this.  Cal said, "Rat Trap!"  Haha. I was standing there and he poked his head between my knees and bingo, he's in a rat trap!!  When I let him go he was ready for more!!  "I wanna a rat trap!  I wanna rat trap!"   Next picture: This time I was sitting on the edge of the couch and he squeezed in behind me.  So I started leaning back "squeezing" him a little bit.  And I had to take a selfie of course.      Next picture;  Avilene was very engrossed in this toy and Cal was amusing her by pushing the chair around and around too.  Last picture;  Miles looked so cute over in the corner by himself just sitting there playing.  When Cal saw me ...

Callahan ate corn chex cereal and two servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, toasted whole wheat sandwich thin, tomatoes, avocado, and two servings of mandarin oranges.  This was toy exchange weekend and in the first picture Nora is helping Callahan get on the leopard jacket. As soon as he got it on he said, "Zip it, zip it."  Except the zipper doesn't work anymore! Sorry Cal!  That jacket has seen many many years of Little Treasures Child Care.  :)  Second picture: When I took this picture it was still just these three kids here and Cal was not happy when Nora decided to do some Preschool activities.  "Nora come back, come back!!"  (She's in the Lion Suit.) Next picture:  This makes me laugh so much!!  Svea and Cal were at the window with their "binoculars" (they can actually look at animal pictures in them) and talking about what they were looking at across the street.  Miles joined them, but he brought ...

Callahan ate oatmeal and ate dried cranberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate tilapia, whole wheat elbow noodles, ate green beans, and two servings of applesauce.  Cal was the self-appointed soloist in his highchair waiting as I set up breakfast this morning.  Singing, "Skid-a-ma-rink-a-dink-a-dink, skid-a-ma-rink-a-doo......I love you....."  So cute.  I waived the "no singing" at meal time just for your performance today Cal.  Haha. Firstt picture:  Giving loves and receiving loves with his buddy Miles.  So precious.  Second picture: sharing a book with Miles in the next picture.  (The book is upside-down.  Haha.)  Cal has the snacks in his hands.  Miles said, "You bring the snacks and we'll look at my photo album and talk about the old days."  Haha.  I know, I know, I like to amuse myself.  (Lauralea reminds of that frequently!  Haha.)  Also, just before this picture Cal was telling Miles, "sto...

Callahan ate two servings of blueberry bagel and three servings of peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he ate two large servings of hamburger & sausage pizza with meats, peppers, pineapple, olives, mushrooms, and tomato sauce.  He ate whole wheat pizza crust we serve on the side, and ate pineapple on the side too.   I ran an errand to the University Box Office this morning to get some concert tickets for my kids in Billings.  (Guns & Roses outdoor concert in Washington Grizzly Stadium in August in case anyone is interested!)  First picture:  When I returned the kids and Lauralea had made this nice block structure and Avi was having fun with Cal and Miles in there.  Miles thinks it's easier to go over the side rather than use the entrance.  Ha.  Second picture: Hey Miles, when you insist on sitting at the bottom of the slide you might get someone on top of you.  Cal has a big cheesy grin on his face.  At least the slide is shor...

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat toast and ate grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate pork roast, half of whole wheat tortilla, ate carrots, and three servings of fruit salad.    First picture;  Miles (with drill in hand) is clearing the shelves of the stacks of blocks.  And every time he knocked some off he'd say, "oh oh, oh oh."  Haha.  Miles, we say "oh oh" when it's NOT done with intention.  Haha.  Second picture: So Miles got most of the blocks on the floor and Callahan started building towers.  You can see Miles stacking up a couple of them himself.  Cal also noticed that and apparently assumed Miles was stacking them just for Cal to use.  Haha.  Cal went and took Miles' blocks and said, "Thanks Mau Mau!"  LOL.  Goofy suckers.   Next picture:  The three big girls were doing Preschool activities in the Preschool Room and all three of the young ones are in the igloo.  Svea and Cal said...

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat English muffin and two servings of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch he ate half of chicken, half of brown rice, bites of stir fry vegetables, and ate mandarin oranges.   First picture:  Atley and Callahan were the first ones here and She had the wolf mask and Cal had the hard hat.  Atley said, "Hey Cal!! How about you be the construction guy and I'll be the big bad wolf!?!"  Haha. I'm not familiar with that version of the story!!  But I liked how the progression happened; The "Construction Guy" ended up chasing the wolf!!  Good stuff!! Next picture:  Cal and Atley were reading books on the couch and Miles decided he wanted up there too.  He had a book in each hand, but threw them on the floor (rather than lay them on the couch - ha) and when he made it onto the couch he yelled for someone to fetch his books for him.  Haha.  Avilene will sometimes do Preschool activities by the fence like...

Callahan ate cheerios and two servings of banana for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, two servings of whole wheat pita bread ("Can I have it toasted and buttered?" - following Atley's lead for second serving - ha), ate avocado, ate olives, and fruit cocktail.   This first picture is left over from afternoon snack on Friday.  Look how Nora has her mouth open while feeding Cal some cottage cheese.  It's hard for me to not open my mouth when feeding the babies too.  Lauralea and I always laughed at each other feeding babies.  Second picture:  Miles was watching Cal work on a little wooden tower.  I was most impressed that Miles didn't try to interfere with Cal's work.  As soon as Cal moved on to another toy Miles started building a tower with good success too.   Next two pictures; As soon as the girls moved on from playing with the dolls, the boys took up residence on the couch; sitting on the doll blankets.  First picture; ...

Callahan ate brown rice and raisins for breakfast.  For lunch he ate salmon, ate whole wheat dinner roll, two servings of riced cauliflower, and ate mangoes.   Cal will need wipes by Monday.  (Not sure if you saw the note.) I took this first picture just after Cal had finished breakfast.  He was cracking me up and he was in such a silly mood!!  I loved it.  He was pretending to cry in the picture!!  He was saying, My cry, my cry, my cry" as he's making "crying" sounds.  :)  Second picture:  More silliness.  This was later in the morning, but he was playing with the swivel/rocker chair, pushing it by himself and making it spin really fast.  All the time he was chuckling and laughing.  AND getting pretty dizzy; which made me chuckle and laugh!!  When I took the picture he had just stopped and was trying to regain his equilibrium!  :) Next picture:  Cal put this hardhat on Miles 3 or 4 times, and Miles just chu...

Callahan ate whole wheat English muffin and two servings of mandarin oranges for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, no whole wheat elbow noodles, ate peas, and two servings of applesauce.   Svea had just finished eating breakfast and called me from the Daycare Room; "Gary, my pants are falling down!"  Callahan was still in his highchair and started singing, "Falling Down, falling down, falling down."  Right on tune with "London Bridge is Falling Down."  Hahaha.  So awesome!! First picture;  You can tell this picture was taken pretty early this morning because both boys still have their shoes on.  :)  Avi had just been sitting her with Miles, but as soon as she got down to spin the chair Cal took advantage of the opportunity to get in the chair.   Next picture; I was taking this picture of Callahan watching himself with the hardhat.  Then I saw I'd gotten the other two little ones as well.  Svea was trying on some sunglas...