Callahan's Journal

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat toast and ate mangoes for breakfast. For lunch he ate ground beef with marinara sauce on whole wheat noodles, ate cauliflower, and ate fruit salad.  Callahan frequently asks kids and me; "How is your day?" Well yesterday at breakfast time he was in his highchair and he said, "Nora, how is your day?" No response. "Nora, how is your day?" No response. He didn't give up. Ha. "Nora, how is your day?" Nora's irritated response; "My day hasn't even started!" Hahah. I about fell off the stool laughing. Uhhh Callahan...I don't think Nora's a morning person. Hahaha. That's only funny because I'm a morning person. Lauralea is not a morning person. When we worked together and had 12 kids in a Group Home, Lauralea would be "awake" to communicate about 10:00 am. It was entertaining when parents would ask her questions in the morning. "I'll have to research that f...

Greetings! Just a heads-up for everyone. I'm getting my second covid shot today!! CHEERS!! So Lauralea will cover for me in the middle of nap time. Consequently there will be no Blogs today. Blogs will resume tomorrow, March 31. Thank you.

Callahan ate bran cereal and some raisins for breakfast.  For lunch he ate chicken, whole wheat pita bread, avocado, cucumbers, and ate pears.  When Callahan arrived this morning he was acting like he didn't want to come in; then as soon as he walked into the Daycare Room and saw "new toys" - toy exchange - it was "game on!!" He ran to the window to wave at Dad and Bubba and immediately whirled around to go after some goodies!! First picture: He was playing with the shape sorters and I was repeating the shapes and pointing at the correct holes. He had a triangle laying on edge and I said, "stand it up." So Cal stood up. Haha. Hmm, I better use a different phrase. Second picture; The boys played with lots of different food toys; I showed them how these toasters work, but that's a bit beyond them at this point. They would be happy if I just sat there and kept doing it for them all morning! Ha Last two pictures: Hanging out with his buddy Svea. There ...

Callahan ate cream of wheat cereal and ate his dried plums for breakfast. For lunch he ate turkey burger, whole wheat tortillas, no sweet potatoes, and ate cherries.  Miles was chanting "Bubba Bubba Bubba" while waving at the window. I don't know if he even knows who or what it means, but it's rolling off his tongue very nicely! Ha. Cal was watching Miles clear the big blocks off the shelf again and saying, "Do it again! Do it again! Do it again!" Ha.  First picture: Cal playing with some legos and he found a very relaxing way to do so. Ha. Second picture; Apparently there was a "spot" of something on the mattress cover. Cal got a piece of cloth and was cleaning it up! Saying, "I wipe it, I wipe it, I wipe it." :) Thank you Cal!! Next picture; I was so intent on getting a picture of Miles "pointing" that I almost cut Callahan out of the picture! The three big girls were having fun hiding "eggs" again and yelling at the...

Callahan ate his waffles and ate two servings of fruit salad for breakfast.  For lunch he ate bites of whole 30 chili with meat, peppers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and tomato sauce. He ate bites of whole wheat dinner roll and ate tropical fruit.  First picture: Cal is perched on the top of the structure keeping an eye on Svea and Nora. I think the girls were in a little bit of danger here from Cal falling, blocks collapsing from Cal, or Miles inadvertently pushing some blocks over on top of them. But it never happened. I would have lost money on this bet. :) Next picture; Svea showed up in this beautiful dress and was pretty proud of it. And she should be because it's beautiful. She was especially fascinated by the "see-through"sleeves and I think that's what was going on when I took this picture. She was trying to help Cal be a little more fascinated by it too!! Haha.  Next two pictures: We kept this block structure intact most of yesterday and until about 10:00 this...

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat English muffin and ate grapes for breakfast.  For lunch he ate bites of pork roast, ate whole wheat toast, most of beets, and ate applesauce.   I called the IRS on the land line, had it on speaker phone, and of course I was on hold. It was loud and music was playing. Nora said, "That's a nice song." Hahahaha. Actually it was kind of peaceful, soothing, and relaxing - totally out of character for the IRS - but still funny. Cal later added as it continued to play, "Gary, that's your song." Ha.  Svea was talking to Callahan and said, "Hey! Did you steal that blanket?!?" (He really didn't have a clue what she was talking about.) He said, "No." Svea said, "Well where is it?!?!" So Callahan just randomly pointed to one of several doll blankets laying on the floor and that totally satisfied her. Haha. First picture: We built a cave using the big blocks and as usual Atley's job was to bri...

Callahan ate two servings of corn chex cereal and ate peaches for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, toasted whole wheat sandwich thins, bites of tomato, ate avocado, and mandarin oranges.   Atley and Callahan were the first two kids here and Atley always plays so nice with Cal. Very Sweet and thank you Atley. She had asked Alexa to play "Ring of Fire" and Cal went and got the jingle bells and was singing "Jingle Bells." Haha. A nice combination! Second picture; Cal was following Atley and doing everything she was doing. :) Next picture: Miles is once again removing the top row of blocks and checking in with Callahan after every stack hits the floor. And once again Cal was just watching and giggling; waiting for Miles to complete his job before joining him on the pile. Next picture: Cal was closing his eyes at the gate and saying, "Gary! I can't see!" Haha. So this picture is a "reproduction" of that moment. Ha. Good job cooperating fo...

Callahan ate bite of blueberry bagel and ate peaches for breakfast. For lunch he ate half of hamburger & sausage pizza with meat, peppers, pineapple, olives, and tomato sauce. He had no whole wheat pizza crust on the side and ate pineapple on the side.    It's always interesting to me how the kids will cycle through toys that are out and accessible all the time; obviously different than toys in the toy exchange. For example, many days can go by and the kids will not even open the legos drawer. Then one day (today) they will spend a majority of the morning working on various legos activities. And that's just what Callahan and Svea were doing. Cal kind of started it; he was perched in the drawer for a long time and then Svea joined him. Then she started gaving him some direction as to what he needed to do! Hahaha.  A bit of a story around this last picture. First, I always encourage the kids to take off their socks BEFORE climbing on the igloo as it gives them much more...

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat toast and ate grapes for breakfast. For lunch he ate most of pork roast, most of whole wheat tortillas, ate carrots, and ate fruit salad. (Just a strawberry/mango mix.)  The first three pictures are left over from yesterday afternoon. Have I mentioned how wonderful it is for us to be going outside again! Marvelous. They asked me lay out the two tunnels and I think there are 3 kids in the tunnel, with Cal standing beside, and Miles entering the near end. Next picture: Cal and Svea were playing with the baby/doll buggy outside and Svea coaxed him into pushing her first. And he immediately run off the road. They switched places and Svea had them headed down the sidewalk, and right into the ditch after I took the picture.  Haha. Last picture: Cal was examining Svea's grippy socks and I like how Miles is reaching over to see what this is all about! :) 

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat English muffin and ate dried plums for breakfast. For lunch he ate half of chicken, half of brown rice, most of broccoli, and ate mandarin oranges.  So yesterday I was telling Maddy how Cal frequently says that Mom is gonna pick him up. Today his first words to me were; "My Mom is at home." His second statement; "I want your clown pants!" LOL. As of right now Cal I'm seriously considering passing those on to you. Haha!!  Cal was on a roll this morning! Here's one more, but I gotta preface it by saying we frequently hear Alexa playing "Christmas Songs" usually requested by Atley or Nora. One favorite is "Santa Claus is coming to town." So Cal asked if Miles was coming; "Is Miles coming to town?" Haha. I roared. You're seriously funny Callahan.  Callahan has heard this phrase from the older girls; "I don't feel like talking." (Usually when they're trying to give someon...

Callahan ate cheerios and banana for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, bite of whole wheat pita bread, ate avocado, half of tomato, and ate fruit cocktail.   Cal will frequently talk about "Mom picking me up" shortly after he gets here. He's not distressed, I think he's just reassuring himself. :) It was 8:30 this morning and he said,"My Mom's picking me up." Well that's good to know. :) First picture: Cal was in the cozy corner with the pillows and when he sat up the static electricity had his hair standing straight up. By the time I was able to get the camera it had relaxed a bit, but you can get the idea if you look on the top right up his head.  Next picture: Atley and Callahan were the first ones here and I guess Atley was doing some morning stretches and exercises. Cal joined her and it was pretty cute to watch him trying to mimic her. :) Last picture: Atley is obviously the center of this picture, but Callahan had been watching her clo...

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat English muffin and two servings of mandarin oranges for breakfast.  For lunch he ate ground beef, whole wheat elbow noodles, bites of peas, and ate applesauce.     This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon. Cal got down and started crawling down the sidewalk and Miles immediately dropped to his knees. Haha. Silly kids. Monkey see, monkey do. Wouldn't it be funny if adults did this too?!? Oh, never mind, we already do. Just check out some Facebook posts. Ha.  Lauralea watched the kids while I went to my yearly Wellness exam. She said Cal was not distressed, but about every 5 minutes he'd say, "I see Gary's car!!" Haha. He cracks me up. Next picture: It was quiet during Science with Lauralea and I peeked around the corner and Cal was absorbed in his book; reading aloud and pointing at the pictures. I love that. He didn't even know I took this picture. Following picture: The kids were gathered around Svea to...

Callahan ate two servings of French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch he ate a large serving of Hearty Paleo Stew with meat, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, and tomatoes. He ate saltines and two servings of tropical fruit.   This first picture of Cal and Svea is left over from yesterday afternoon. She was having him lift his arms straight up like you see in the picture and then putting toys in his hands. What are you guys doing? She said, "Exercises." Haha. Well at least the weights are manageable for him!! Ha. Next picture: This time Cal is covering Svea with doll blankets. And again I asked what game they were playing. Svea said, "My birthday." Ha. Following picture - now Svea and Cal are heading under the blue balance beam. They are "looking for monsters" according to Svea. She seems to be the spokesperson for these two! Haha.   Last picture: Cal was crawling behind me on the couch and I was le...

Hi Everyone! Just letting everyone know there will not be a Blog today. I am leaving shortly to go get my first Covid Vaccine!! Yes Cheers and thanks to everyone who has been so concerned and helpful to make this happen. Lauralea will cover for me while I'm gone. Blogs will resume tomorrow on the 10th.

Callahan ate kix cereal and fruit cocktail for breakfast. For lunch he ate ground turkey, two servings of toasted whole wheat sandwich thin, ate tomatoes, avocados, and cherries.   Well I managed to get One picture downloaded to the Blog. I'm having issues with the picture/computer "thing-a-ma-jiggy!!" I'm also resorting back to pre-technology terminology!! So there's a new word for any of you youngsters!! Haha. Sorry, Lauralea always tells me I think I'm more funny than I really am. Obviously her noted insights aren't slowing me down at all. Ha. I'll get this figured out, but for today the Blog will probably be shorter.  In this picture Cal and Miles had loaded up the chair with toys and then proceeded to walk along turning the chair around and around. However, as you can see they are "walking" toward each other. So that's always a challenge. Ha. The bigger one usually has it going his way and Miles always ends up walking backward. :) We...

Callahan ate bites of oatmeal and ate baked cinnamon apples for breakfast.  For lunch he ate a large serving of hamburger stew with meat, tomatoes, green beans, and carrots. He ate whole wheat dinner roll and ate fruit cocktail.   These first two pictures are left over from yesterday afternoon. Hallelujah says Cal!! Finally get to watch that "robot vacuum!!" As I've mentioned in his Blog previously Cal always goes and looks at this vacuum before his nap because it's stored in his bedroom. This was after nap time yesterday and he was still in his pajamas. The other kids had all left the couch and were dinking around during this time, but not Cal! He stayed glued and focused the entire time. AND he was NOT thrilled when we shut it down. Ha. Next picture: Cal was asking to see the water experiment we were doing with the Preschool kids and of course Miles was right there as well. They'll sometimes watch for a minute or two during our weekly Science Session, but they q...