Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Atticus is 4.5!!


*He wipes of kisses
*He licks people and random things
*He spanks everyone
*He eats Cheetos with a fork to keep his fingers clean
*He started saying no a lot and being naughty
*he says "climp" instead of clip, clamp, grab, or pinch
*Ava asked how my mom broker her neck and I told her she didn't but had a lot of things going on, one of which was arthritis. As I was explaining what it was and that it can be in any bone, Atticus piped up from the back of the van and said, "it can't be in my penis, butt, or eyes"
*He is usually super ornery when he is woken up from a nap or at night
*As Ava was praying he kept whispering things for her to say like Holy Ghost, Book of Mormon...
*His hair kept falling in his eyes. He asked if we'd please get a hair cut because he doesn't like it in his eyes
*He can do the monkey bars 
*He is always sneaking away from us in public and not paying attention and crossing the street without looking. He has no fear and isn't comprehending risks
*He come out of his room and kiss me and said, "I want to kiss your butt." I asked why, and he said, "because I kiss butts"
*He told me he wishes we only had 1 kid. .He must really be enjoying his alone time with Mom.
*He calls Capri Sun's "hold my/your punch"
*He calls bookmarks "Bookmark Me's"
*Gavin was talking about how it would be bad to fall into a black hole, then changed his mind to wormhole and then Atticus said, "no, a poop hole!"
*He learned how to button buttons
*He has his 1st day of preschool at Arrowhead with Miss Kami (09-03-19)- He was too shy to interrupt his teacher to tell her he needed to use the bathroom so he had an accident. After the week was over he was more confident and participating in class more
*His ankles crack like Colby's 
*He has a friend at school named Jeter but he is insistent that his name is Cheater
*He got a piece of cereal stuck up his nose which made him have a bloody nose. Luckily he was able to blow it out
*He says "my drink is rumbling" when it is empty
*He told us that when he had one more birthday and turns 5 he will be an adult
*He is afraid of the shower, the garage, the basement, and our room at night unless we go with him
*Little Caesar's is his favorite pizza and said because "I have that place in my heart"
*He got a new Paw Patrol bike and keep saying it's beautiful 09-24-19
*When he is really happy he'll say, "I love you, mom" a lot
*He wrote his first word while he was writing his "scriptures" at church on the program. It was ass
*He calls people "humans' instead of people
*He held up his middle finger and told his teacher that it was a bad finger to use without other fingers with it
*Whenever he gets on our scale he says, "Look how big my feet are"
*His favorite animals are penguins, turkeys, and reindeer 
*Colby calls him "avocado" because he got an avocado toy from the store
*He asked  "did Jesus paint us?"  and then later on said, "Jesus made us like a puzzle"
*He can roll his tongue to the side
*He said, "When I swallow my boogers it makes my voice sound like a robot"
*He uses his middle finger for 1 instead of his pointer
*He is learning how to break down words into syllables and is really good at it
*He was Rubble from Paw Patrol for Halloween
*He cleans up Sophie's poop without being asked
*He says "pattren" instead of pattern
*He knows the difference between a turtle (lives in water) I and a tortoise (lives on land) and makes sure everyone knows 
*He loves going to the Glockenspiel before school
*He is always asking to go on hikes
*He loves scaring birds
*He randomly says "I love you," especially when he's doing something fun
*He likes to yell "yeet" when he throws the rope bag off of rappels

*He is the same height (3 ft 10 in) and almost the same weight as Ava (45 lbs)

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Ava is 7!!!

Little Miss Ava is 7! She is learning so much and is such a fun girl to be around! She is a big helper and loves to play and socialize. She is by far our most social child which we love so much! 

Height: 3 ft 10 in- 20%
Weight: 45.7 lbs- 25%

*She randomly asked if anyone in the family had a glass eye
*She calls cattle guards "cow crosses"
*She had her first nightmare (at least that she's woken me up for) about pirates
*She likes to pretend she is a DJ named DJ Kitty but told me I could call her DJ
*She cried when we left Tropic after spending a week there
*She calls gravy "potato sauce"
*She has started to roll her r's
*She says "I can take it" when she doesn't want to watch, eat, or do something she doesn't love
*She lost her 3rd tooth (upper left front tooth) which the dentist pulled on 08-05-19. She said he did a sneak attack and wasn't happy about it until he gave her a sparkly tooth holder
*She is in 1st grade with Mrs. Lasater and Mrs. Sun for Chinese
*She woke up with a squeal on the first day of school and yelled, "It's school!!"
*She is going through a nightmare phase
*She doesn't love crunchy things on soft things, like the edges of bread and things like that
*She pulled her 4th tooth (upper right front) on 09-03-19
*She listened to the sacrament prayer and told me that she felt the Holy Ghost in her heart
*She knows how to really pester her brothers and isn't afraid to hit every now and then
*She can be the queen of sass, stomping around with a major attitude but is also the kindest, sweetest girl ever
*She is as sensitive as her mom and cries during any sad movie or sad part of any book 
*If she is doing Lexia on the iPad she will try to cheat and have Siri spell the words for her
*She absolutely loves school, her teachers, and friends
*She passed off all of her 1st grade sight words before Halloween so she got to have a pizza party with Mrs. Lasater 
*Her hair is getting so long, almost to her bum and she cut it off to her shoulders on 12-07-19 as part of her birthday present from Dad and I (earrings are next)
*She really, really wants a baby sister and asks me about it all the time. I tell her to talk to her dad about that. When he tells her no she'll tell us that we need to adopt one
*She learned how to whistle
*She sneaks into our bed on Colby's side if she has a nightmare because she knows he won't wake up
*In size 6 clothes and 11-12 shoes
*She and Atticus (age 5) were the same height and almost the same weight at her 7 year checkup