It’s hard to believe these little tiny babies of mine are huge, strapping 4 year olds!

Henry

• Weighs 43lbs
• Height 42″
• Wearing a size 12/13 in shoes and solidly in a 5 for clothing
• Loves everyone, but especially his littlest brother, Peter…he’s completely enamored with him. Always saying how adorable he is and asking if we can keep him. He is always calling him “Pickles”
• Knows all his colors, some of his shapes, and learning his letters
• Loves telling jokes that make absolutely no sense
• Goes from telling me that I’m a mean mommy {or daddy} and he doesn’t like me to telling me I’m a good mommy and he loves me
• He loves playing with his trains and tracks
• Loves sneaking off with ipads and iphones

Questions:

1. Favorite color: Blue
2. Favorite toy: Legos
3. Favorite fruit: Chocolate Chips {then Bananas}
4. Favorite show: Lightning McQueen
5. Favorite clothes: Buzz Costume, Pirate Jammies
6. Favorite computer game: Lion Guard
7. Favorite game: Legos
8. Favorite sport: Soccer
9. Favorite snack: Fruit strip
10. Favorite animal: Hippo
11. Favorite song: Lightning McQueen {no idea}
12. Favorite book: Cars and Mater
13. Favorite cereal: Crispix
14. Favorite outside game: Mommies and Daddies
15. Favorite drink: Milk
16. Favorite breakfast: Crepes
17. Favorite lunch: Mac and Cheese
18. Favorite dinner: Pasta
19. Favorite holiday: Halloween and Christmas
20. Best friend: Peter
21. Favorite thing to take to bed: Oma blanket and Mommy’s Oma blanket
22. When he grows up he wants to be a boy and play soccer

James

• Weighs 47lbs
• Height 45″
• Wearing a size 1 in shoes, 5/6 in clothes
• Now wearing glasses
• Takes 30 minutes to say goodbye to anyone, he needs to make sure he gets all his hugs and kisses in
• Knows his colors, most shapes, and learning his letters.
• Has a fiery temper
• Loves playing computer games
• He’s starting to show some interest in “school” with Avie
• He does get frustrated when you can’t understand him, but his thoughts and word choices are incredible and elaborate
• He has a very particular bed time routine every night: The door stays open, the lights stay on, he sleeps for only 2 minutes and we have to tell everyone not to wake him up.

Questions:

1. Favorite color: Orange
2. Favorite toy: Robot
3. Favorite fruit: Orange
4. Favorite show: Despicable Me
5. Favorite clothes: Lightning McQueen jammies that Baba made
6. Favorite computer game: Lion Guard
7. Favorite game: ABCMouse.com
8. Favorite sport: Baseball
9. Favorite snack: Fruit strip
10. Favorite animal: Tiger
11. Favorite song: Jesus Loves Me
12. Favorite book: Pirates Don’t Take Baths and Oscar and Tilly
13. Favorite cereal: PopPaul’s with strawberries
14. Favorite outside game: Tag
15. Favorite drink: Healthy Drink {Kombucha}
16. Favorite breakfast: Egg in a frame
17. Favorite lunch: Liverwurst sandwich
18. Favorite dinner: Chicken
19. Favorite holiday: Thanksgiving {I think Avelyn was coaching on this one}
20. Best friend: Our neighbors–Esther and Anthony {although they barely ever see them}
21. Favorite thing to take to bed: Oma blanket and mommy quilt
22. When he grows up he wants to be a daddy on a boat.

Elanor

• Weighs 37lbs
• Height 40.5″
• Wearing a size 12 in shoes, 4/5 in clothes
• Knows her colors, shapes and learning her letters
• Such a daddy’s girl…most days I hear all day long “When’s my daddy coming home? I miss him so much”
• Knows how to work her tears and meltdowns
• Very much enamored with Avie, until Avie doesn’t do what Ellie wants
• She has to make sure she has the right blanket by smelling it…that’s right…smell
• She’s a whiner and has a scream to rival a bansidhe
• Loves playing with her dolls
• Must have everything PINK

Questions:

1. Favorite color: Pink
2. Favorite toy: My Little Pony
3. Favorite fruit: Cheddar Bunnies {then strawberries, bananas etc}
4. Favorite show: Cinderella
5. Favorite clothes: Princess Dress
6. Favorite computer game: Palace Pets
7. Favorite game: Palace Pets
8. Favorite sport: Baseball
9. Favorite snack: Cheddar Bunnies
10. Favorite animal: Zebra
11. Favorite song: Feel the Light from Home
12. Favorite book: Paddington and Dragons Love Tacos
13. Favorite cereal: Letter Cereal
14. Favorite outside game: Bouncy {Trampoline}
15. Favorite drink: Milk
16. Favorite breakfast: Pancakes
17. Favorite lunch: Mac and Cheese
18. Favorite dinner: Spaghetti
19. Favorite holiday: Holiday Sauce {Halloween and Easter}
20. Best friend: Avie
21. Favorite thing to take to bed: Oma blanket and hot water in her sippy
22. When she grows up she wants to be a princess in a tower.

All three kids

• They’re all finally potty-trained for day and night {Henry we finally just had to take away the night time diaper, because he was dry every morning, but if I didn’t get him changed fast enough he’d poop and then say he needed a shower}.
• They’re all in big kid beds: The boys have bunk beds and the girls have bunk beds.
• No more naps….which is killing me.
• They’re actually starting to listen more and help with things around the house. Elanor in particular loves helping.
• They’re all obsessed with having a loose tooth.
• They DON’T STOP EATING!