Sunday, December 25, 2022

Atticus is 7.5!

 


*He learned how to use a pocket knife and then cut himself when he wasn't being careful
*He still talks to himself a lot
*He loves the song, "My Country, Tis of Thee" and "America the Beautiful"
*He can be a stinker during prayers, scripture study, FHE, or anything church related. He is always talking, getting up, eating, or moving
*He told me that he put his clothes away but had really stuffed them all under his bed
*He sings "Hands up, next to you to defender her still today" instead of "Stand up"
*He called Dr. Kaddu Dr. Canoe
*He put Sophie's shock collar on and shocked himself
*He told me that he and Rosie Colvin are going to make YouTube videos together and will talk about it at recess when school starts
*He says permanent for pregnant
*He calls ear buds ear bugs
*He lost his right upper incisor on July 24th, 2022 while at The Creamery in Beaver, UT
*When he figures something out he says, "Leave it to the big brain"
*He smelled my arm and told me he likes the way I smell
*When he doesn't want to do something or is embarrassed, he will start to say mean/potty mouth things (poop, I hate the way you smell)
*He can put his 2nd toe over his big toe and snap when they are wet (like Grandpa White)
*He told me he was excited for school to start so he would ask Rosie to be his girlfriend 
*He thinks about the 2nd coming all the time and is worried about what will happen to the earth and if we get to visit it while we are in the celestial kingdom
*He started 2nd grade on August 11th, 2022 and has Mrs. Hatch and He
*He found a penny outside and told me Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ dropped it from heaven jut for him
*His greatest fears are beatles and snakes
*He wants to be a YouTuber and a Zookeeper , a YouTuber and Nurse Practitioner like dad, or a YouTuber and a guitarist
*He went to his first concert in Las Vegas on September 10, 2022 (Kings Elliot, Macklemore, and Imagine Dragons) 
*He likes to read way past bedtime
*He likes to listen to church music when he is scared or can't sleep, especially the patriotic hymns
* He came out of his room crying about how he doesn't want Gavin or Ava to ever move out. He then asked me if I was going to have another baby so he wouldn't be alone
*He sang himself to sleep one night singing, "Pee pee, poo poo, diarrhea"
*He has been waking up around 6 am most mornings
*He wads up his homework and hid it in a small pocket in his backpack so he didn't have to do it. He has also hidden it in the piano bench and under the back seats in my car
*he says "on this lane" instead of "on this street"
*He likes to be our tour guide when we are out and about
*He still uploads things to YouTube in his mind and asked if I want to be a guest
*He said, "I know. I'm not a dingus"
*He calls baptism bathtism
*He has really gotten into reading and likes to read in the car
*He loves practicing his piano chords
*He ice skated for the 1st time and killed it on November 26, 2022
*When we were talking about how the Bible and Book of Mormon work together (2 Nephi 29), Colby showed us a door and how it works best with 3 hinges. Atticus then said it can be compared to a clock. Each hand gives us more information and works together with the rest
*He says confusled a lot
*He is excited to read the Book of Mormon and reminds us when we forget
*He holds secret meetings under the covers with his stuffed animals
*He says, "Silent night, Holy nigh, All is calm, August Night"


Thursday, December 15, 2022

Ava is 10!!!

 


Height: 4'5" (32%)
Weight: 79 lb 13 oz (68%)
BMI: 84%

It has been a pleasure to watch Ava grown another year. Her curiosity and drive amaze me. She is the best daughter I could have asked for! 

*She says, "Sophie, you are so cute" multiple times a day
*She and Atticus were both 4'4" in July 2022
*She talked all the way from St George to Fishlake, nonstop about BTS, Korea, Kpop, and Asia and Asian culture
*She started 4th grade with Mrs. Reeder and Xu
*She said her greatest fear is a duplicate /clone of herself because they'd know your every move
*She can do a cootie catcher with one hand
*She went to her first concert on September 10, 2022 in Las Vegas (Kings Elliot, Macklemore, and Imagine Dragons)
*She doesn't like M&M's (only peanut butter)
*She says counculator instead of calculator 
*She has a crush on Jacob Westbrook, not Ike anymore. She says Ike has gotten annoying
*She loves to watercolor
*She started to grow her nails out
*She tried out of a solo in choir and didn't get the part. They usually give them to 5th graders so she wasn't too concerned but I was proud of her for trying her best and the moving on
*She says "You're so confusing" instead of your so embarrassing when I embarrass her
*We asked her to take smaller bites at dinner and she said, "Taking small bites isn't fun" and Atticus said, "Eating shouldn't be fun"
*I walked in on her bent over the toilet thinking she was throwing up but she was actually secretly cutting her bangs and flushing the evidence
*She lost her lower right canine on November 25, 2022
*She iceskated like a pro on November 26, 2022
*She is missing an adult molar on the bottom left side 
*She started wearing braces on her wrists and hands to sleep to help her stop sucking her thumb so she doesn't have to get an anti-thumbsucking device 
*She had a birthday party with lots of kids where they did art and played Left, Right, Center