Friday, June 25, 2021

Atticus is 6!!!


Atticus is 6! It's been such a good year with our crazy, funny, sweet boy and we couldn't want for anything more!           

Height: 4'1" (50%)
Weight: 50 lbs 8 oz (74%)
BMI: (34%)

*He likes to play the piano while it's on song mode and is actually really good at keeping tempo
*He is excelling at school and is easily reading level c (level 3 books) and can write 1-20 quickly and correctly. He also knows all his letters sounds and almost all of his sight words
*He is super fast on his scooter
*He runs his entire recess time at school
*He still a tantrum thrower (running around wildly and kicking his legs and throwing his arms everywhere) when he gets told no, especially when it pertains to electronics 
*He is the princess and the pea with shoes, like his mom because he has wide, tall feet and he likes room to move his toes
*He drew a picture of Gavin on the top bunk with a happy face and him on the bottom bunk with a sad face when they switched beds 01-14-21
*He likes Cheetos Puffs dipped in ketchup
*He tried scrambled eggs and liked them! 
*He is very snuggly and lovey to me He gives lots of kisses and hugs and says he loves me. 
*He talks in a different voice when he gets excited that is really hard to understand
*He comes out almost every night and says, "Is my eye (or some other body part) ok?" 
*He has started screaming and scratching things when he is upset
*He got mad and kicked me int he shin and ran away one day
*He lost his 2nd tooth (bottom right central incisor) on 02-12-21, He was super scared for me to pull it but after I did he said, "That didn't hurt that much"
*He says, "Do you want the good news or the cute news? Baby penguins are going to hatch!" while we were watching a show about penguins on Disney+
*He can do the monkeybars
*He said he like the way the "G" word sounds but knows it's not ok to say it as a swear word
*He hates his food being touched by anyone
*He loves all parts of school
*He said, "I like Sax and phone. Ya. Saxaphone"
*While eating a crepe, he saw two blueberries near wach other and said, "Mom, look! These look like one of your private parts"
*He fell asleep on me at church for the first time in a long time 03-14-21
*He is messy and hates cleaning
*He really loves granola bars and will eat at least 2-3 at a time. He also really loves cereal, oranges from the orange man in Santa Clara, Little Caesars cheese pizza and breadsticks, and marshmallows
*He could play Nintendo and watch YouTube all day long. He will pee his pants sometimes because he doesn't want to stop what he is doing
*He runs away from us when he is in trouble 
*He is obsessed with spanking butts and winds up and hits hard when he does
*He still jumps all over the couch
*He loves reading books over and over again
*He is on a reading level D (where kindergarteners should be at the end of the year)
*He has amazing test scores
*He is so used to his mask that he usually wears it until I remind him that he can take it off
*He could eat candy and snacks all day long
*He had 4 small cavities
*He calls Peeps "Meeps"
*He spanked Dad and said, "You're skin's so wobbly" or "Wobbly skin!" while putting his hand on your stomach and moving it around
*He likes to watch aumsum.com to learn facts
*He loves pandas
*He is super good on drives and loves to look out the windows
*He got glasses and needs to wear an eye patch at home on his right eye so that his left eye can catch up with his right eye. His brain is only relying on his right eye right now since that is a 4 line difference in his vision in each eye 04-16-21
*He slept in his own room upstairs after Gavin and Ava moved downstairs 05-02-21
*He asks me to sing him a church song before I leave his room each night
*He stepped on a bee and get stung for the first time while walking on the grass and came into the house running around like crazy 05-07-21
*He is taller than Ava 05-21-21
*He told me that Henly Hickman and Drew Olsen were his crushes. Henly wants him to be her boyfriend, but he doesn't want to tell her yes because he doesn't want to have to marry her
*He likes sour cream and onion chips, hot chocolate, and scrambled eggs. He will not eat mashed potatoes, meat, veggies
*When dad teases him and gets him in a leg lock, he will run away to him room because he thinks he's actually going to die
*He finished kindergarten
*He went to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming for the first time when we went to Yellowstone from May 23-31st, 2021
*He called Old Faithful "Old Nelson"
*He kept calling out "Wildlife!" anytime he saw any type of animal in Yellowstone
*He told me, "You're basically a grandma"
*He likes lots of milk in his cereal 
*He learned how to pump on a swing and jump off
*He really likes to watch Unspeakable on YouTube
*He likes to annoy Ava by singing "Oh, Hi" and "Baby Shark"
*He rode in a boat and tubed for the first time with the Manwarings
*He started putting his face in the water at swimming lessons and has started to really try to swim. He will jump off the edge and go under and do waterslides (with a life jacket)
*He had his 6th birthday party at Sand Hollow Aquatic Center

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Ava is 8.5!

 


Ava is 8.5! 

The past 6 month she has been up to a lot! 

*She has been really into using boxes to make houses for her stuffed animals and loves to do crafts
*She loves to paint with Dad
*She loves to watch craft and art shows on YouTube
*While we were playing cards she said, "That's B A A D"
*She had a massive headache that woke her up 02-04-21
*She has started to cry and get emotional and hangry more often
*She asked me to come help pick out her clothes for the next day to do her 70-80's birthday party for Jessie McGee
*She is very interested in sewing
*She learned how to roller skate
*She likes sour cream and onion chips and almost everything I make
*She loves taking leftovers to school for lunch
*She likes math and Chinese
*She will still put herself down for naps when she is tired
*She likes to dress like a tomboy sometimes and a girly girl the next minute. She also likes to dress for the occasion or theme her outfits
*She didn't win her Valentine's box contest in her class and was super bummed out because she made hers almost all by herself and those who won didn't
*She bought herself Rollerblades and can blade without falling after just 2 days
*She loves to ride her Rollerblades in the house
*She rarely lets me do her hair anymore
*She likes to cook and makes a mean Macaroni and Cheese
*She loves mashed potatoes and can eat so much of them
*She loves Heath bars, Werther's, caramels, Milk Duds, Whoppers, and Robin Eggs
*She started needing and wearing deodorant 
*She still sleeps with an eye mask
*She is very tenderhearted and sensitive 
*She loves Sophie and Sophie loves her and listens to her most of the time
*She always wants Sophie to sleep on her bed, but she rarely stays up there
*She has been starting to instigate arguments at home and correct people and tell them what they said or did wrong
*She is growing out her dolls and toys
*She wanted a one piece swimsuit that looked like a boys. We settled on a light blue and white stripped suit
*Her favorite colors are black, blue, and gray 
*She is not a huge fan or cleaning and is quite a messy girl. She does go through phases where she cleans her room and is ruthless about what she throws out
*She told me this joke
"Why do ducks have feathers? To cover their butt quack"
*She loves penguins and elephants and pigs
*She got hot tub foliculitis from the Howard Johnson we stayed at in Sandy for Kate's baptism
*She finished Lexia Core 5 on 04-15-21
*She has a crush on Ike (Isaac) Mathews and he likes her (They played Truth or Dare at recess and found out). He has liked her since the beginning of the school year and he has been in her top 4 crushes but has moved up because her other crushes are being too crazy)
*She had her 2nd piano recital and memorized and played "Powerwalk"
*She moved into her room in the basement on 05-01-21
*She loves BTS and Korean pop and constantly watches shows about them to learn anything she can about them
*She loves Korean food, chili relleno casserole, and mexican food and will try anything. She doesn't like grapes, fish, deli meat, blueberries, or oranges
*She finished her 2nd grade year
*She went to Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming for the first time when we went to Yellowstone from 05-23 to 05-31-21
*She says pacific for specific