Callahan's Journal

Callahan ate French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast. For lunch he ate a large serving of Hearty Paleo Stew with meat, cauliflower, broccoli, sweet potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, and carrots. He ate saltines and ate tropical fruit.   Cal was not happy about Tutu leaving him here, but after about 10 minutes he was his normal self laughing, playing, and having a good time. This first picture kind of helped him over the hump! Thank you Lauralea. She goes into her office 1 day a week now - on Wednesdays. When Tutu drove by the window I asked Miles if he wanted to wave at Tutu and Miles said, "Bubba." Haha. That was cute.  Next picture: These guys were cleaning the asphalt with an air hose - prepping for repairs probably. It was a bit noisy and you won't find Miles in the picture. He watched, but from a considerable distance. Following picture: Some more workers! This time it was the garbage men - recycle day - picking up our recycled materials.  Last pic...

Callahan ate French toast and dried plums for breakfast. For lunch he ate two servings of pulled pork, ate whole wheat toast, peas, and ate strawberries.   First picture: I was on the couch and Miles and Callahan kept trying to squeeze in behind me and I was "pinning" them to the back of the couch or sitting on them. Ha. So in this picture I told Cal I was preparing to sit on him and "squish" him. He looks pretty concerned right?! Next picture: Miles was fetching all the jingle bell shaker toys and depositing them in front of Cal. So of course our musical Cal promptly started singing "Jingle Bells" right on tune. :) Sounding good Cal!  Miles sings on-tune as well! I can hear "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" every time he sings it.  Here's the story behind this next picture!! The first thing the kids spotted when we went outside this morning was one of our neighborhood rabbits in our yard. :) They didn't even have time to put their shoes on; ...

Callahan ate two servings of whole wheat toast and ate mangoes for breakfast. For lunch he ate ground beef mixed with marinara sauce on top of whole wheat spaghetti noodles, ate cauliflower, and ate fruit salad.   This first picture is actually leftover from yesterday afternoon when the kids were playing with the cars and car ramp. Nora asked me to cover them up with the "parachute." Atley, Nora, Cal, and Miles are under the parachute. The boys soon left and inadvertently took most of the parachute with them! The were in big trouble with the girls. :) Here are a couple pictures from Cal's morning at Child Care. As you know I love to see the kids reading on their own and I always have to Post a picture too!! And Cal loves his books. In the following picture he is doing some Art work. He likes doing stickers the best so he will color his paper in a frantic manner and ask for stickers. "Can I do stickers now!?" :) Next picture: The boys were having fun being silly ...

Callahan ate blueberry bagel and three servings of grapes for breakfast. For lunch he ate shrimp, brown rice (covered in juice from the blackberries - see picture below), ate broccoli, and two servings of black raspberries. ALL the kids are eating their rice covered with berry juice now. :) I had to take a picture so you could see what it looks like. Nora's plate after she ate her blackberries - see the rice that's left.  July is quickly approaching and I want to remind everyone that Little Treasures will be closed the week of July 5 - 9. Next picture: These two boys are going through a stage where they're yelling at each other about  everything  and I mean  everything ! Even a spot on the window!!  Goofy guys! They were yelling at each other when I took this picture!! You really don't have to compete for that one spot boys; it's a big window and room for everyone. :) Following picture: There are  9  tractors in this picture and Cal's trying to guard a...

Callahan ate bran cereal and most of raisins for breakfast. For lunch he ate chicken, two servings of toasted whole wheat pita bread,  ate avocado mixed with his chicken, ate cucumbers, and ate pears.  We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange this weekend and in the first picture you can see the boys are playing with the tractors, barns, and farm animals. In the second picture Cal revisited a favorite spot from his childhood at Little Treasures. Haha. He has always loved squeezing between the green steps and the mattress.  Next picture; Study this picture and you'll see why Boys get hurt more often than girls!! Haha. Moments later Miles tried standing on the book - on the slippery plastic steps -  and it shot right out from under his feet. Moments later Cal said, "Watch me spin Gary" and he started trying to spin on the balance beam before jumping off. That was just a disaster waiting to happen. Then Cal started jumping off the blue balance beam toward the toy shelves...

Callahan ate cream of wheat cereal and dried plums for breakfast. For lunch he ate chicken, brown rice, taste of broccoli, and ate pineapple.  This first picture of the boys is left over from yesterday afternoon when they were playing on the blue balance beam and on the mattress. They were holding hands and initially made it look like they were gonna jump together. That's not gonna happen for awhile and maybe never. Ha. Have you ever seen synchronized jumping, swimming, etc?!?! This was nothing like that!! Haha. Miles was focused on their hands and Cal was focused on jumping. Next picture; Playing with toys this morning. Miles is hoarding 4 phones and has a music player tucked under his leg. Silly kids sure know how to push each other's buttons and these two play like siblings now. Next picture: Callahan set this up by himself and he was repeating, "Are you ready for the baseball? Are you ready for the baseball? Are you ready for the baseball?" I love how the picture...

Callahan ate three servings of blueberry waffles and ate fruit salad for breakfast. For lunch he ate most of ground turkey, most of whole wheat tortillas, 2 bites of sweet potatoes, and ate cherries.   First picture: So this was the BIG event at Little Treasures this morning!! What do you think the kids are looking at in the window well!?! Yup, you're right. One of the little bunnies fell in!! Lauralea was in this downstairs room and heard a "thump" and then frantic scratching as it tried to get out. The bunny was lucky someone heard it fall. (This is the second time it's happened; the first time the bunny was not this lucky.) So I moved the top grate, climbed down with gloves and towel, grabbed the little fella, lifted him up and released him in the yard; then we watched him run faster than he'd ever ran before!  Haha. And of course the kids loved watching the entire show. Next picture: I was sitting on the "bump" of the couch and Cal came over and shov...

Callahan ate two servings of French toast and two servings of strawberries for breakfast. For lunch he ate most of Whole 30 Chili with meat, peppers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, tomato sauce, and spices. He ate bites of whole wheat dinner roll, and ate topical fruit - mangoes and pineapple.   When Cal arrived he had Alexa play "Baby Shark" over and over.........and over......and over again. :) Then he noticed me doing something on the Blogs and saw the "little circle" in the middle going around and around. He asked, "Is that loading?" Ha. Yup, Dang kids act like they know all about modern technology! Hahaha. But here's my favorite comment from Cal this morning: "Are these my fingernails on my toes Gary!?!" Haha. Nope, those happen to be your toenails. :) First picture; Nora spotted "Lu Lu" on the shelf and so Lu Lu was talking to the kids. Too bad you don't get to hear Lu Lu sing in her high-pitched voice. :) It's quite alarmi...

Callahan ate two servings of toasted and buttered whole wheat English muffin and three servings of grapes for breakfast. For lunch he ate most of pork roast serving, most of whole wheat toast, ate most of his beets, and ate applesauce.  Atley is gone this week and the other 3 girls are doing morning swim lessons so for over an hour it's just the boys here. I was prepping Miles and telling him that Kelsey (their babysitter) was gonna pick up Nora. It went like this; "Kelsey is gonna take Nora to swim lessons and you're gonna stay with Gary." Callahan made an important addition. "And Cal." Yes, that's right! "You're gonna stay with Gary AND Cal." :) First picture: I took this picture when these three kids were at the window waving bye - as both families arrived at basically the same time this morning. So there is a rabbit in the picture too - in case one of the families thought the kids were a bit distracted at the window! :) You can zoom in ...

Callahan ate bran cereal and one or two raisins for breakfast. For lunch he ate chicken with avocado on top, two servings of  toasted whole wheat sandwich thins, and ate mandarin oranges.   Callahan asked me to have Alexa play "Frozen." In the middle of a song he started telling and explaining what was happening in the movie at that point. I finally said, "Cal, I have NO idea what you're talking about. So he started saying the exact same thing all over again.; except this time talking much louder. Ha. That was so cute. Sorry, but my lack of hearing is not the problem this time. Haha. First picture: Callahan had asked me to have Alexa play "Baby Shark" next. You can see Cal is doing the motions and Miles was giving it a shot as well. Miles had been pounding his fists together, but started clapping by the time I took the picture. Miles is actually having more fun watching himself in the mirror than trying to do the "baby shark" motions. Ha.  Next pi...

Callahan ate blueberry bagel and two servings of peaches for breakfast. For lunch he ate a large serving of our homemade hamburger & sausage pizza with meat, pineapple, peppers, olives, and tomato sauce. He ate bites of whole wheat pizza crust we serve on the side, and ate pineapple on the side.   Cal was the first one here this morning and he asked for "John Denver music" again. You got it buddy!! So I was saying, "Hi my name is Gary (shaking his hand) and what's your name?" He said, "Baby." Glad to meet you Baby. Repeat a few times. Same answer from Cal. Glad to meet you "Baby Boyle." So I did it after Lauralea came upstairs, same answer. Haha.  This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon and Atley was pulling half of the Daycare population. Ha. (The Nelson girls had already left.) It actually started hailing before Atley left and pounded some hail for several minutes. Atley said it looked like "bunnies" bouncing ...