Avery Anne is 4!!

Avery is now 4 and I can't believe that she's been in our lives for 4 years now!
Avery is still our little helper and her new thing she likes to do is help with the dishes. Her and Phillip like to play in the soap bubbles and pour water back and forth. They make a big watery mess but at least their practicing doing dishes right! She is also a protective big sister and although sometimes she has differences with her brother she is always looking out for him. When he's sick she will sing songs to him, and when he cries at night when we're putting him to bed she tells me, "Mom, when Phillip cries I will bring toys for him so he will be happy because I'm a good girl."
She is still full of sass and is Little Miss Independent. Her vocabulary is always growing and sometimes the things she says seems very grown-up. She is working on her writing skills and so far
can spell A, v, e of her name. She is working on r and y. She's also good at x, o, t, u.
Drawing wise she is drawing people now which is a cute head with hair and little tiny body. She also likes to color and paint and is a big fan of Color Wonder.
Avery likes:
 Food - Cucumbers, occasionally tomatoes, cereal, pea pods, macaroni and cheese, and grilled cheese sandwiches.
 TV/Movies - Super Why, Wreck-It-Ralph, Horseland, and she is still really in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
 Toys - She has quite the collection of ponies from My Little Pony, she still likes Princesses and her current favorite right now is Ariel.
She loves to be outside riding her scooter, jumping on the trampoline, and riding her Dora tricycle.
She is now a Sunbeam in Primary and loves going to Primary. She really likes her teacher Sister Amanda Jones who moved up with her from Nursery which has been a great transition for Avery and all of the kids in her class.

Avery also has been taking dance classes. She is in a Creative Dance class that just introduces dance for 3-4 year olds but she loves it and is the cutest dancer/ballerina. It is really great for her and is teaching her structure and obedience. She definately likes to dance to her own drum but her teacher, Mrs. Karen is wonderful with her and within a couple weeks Avery improved tremendously. Most importantly Avery really enjoys it.
Avery has also been paying attention to modesty and lets me know when people or Princesses like Ariel are not dressed modestly.
Now at 4 years old Avery weighs 32.8 lbs (25%) and is 38 inches tall (25%).
 We sure love our little miss Avery!

Phillip Jamekins is 2!

Phillip just turned 2 years old!

Phillip is still our sweet boy and is very caring. If he finds something that is yours he'll run right to you to give it to you. Every now and then there is sharing issues but for being 2 he is actually a pretty good sharer.
He loves to explore and is really smart. He has figured out how to undo child-protection, like the
outlet covers - he knows how to take those out and tries to plug things in. We always have to keep a close eye on him. Christmas was especially difficult because he loved to plug in the Christmas tree.
Since he's 2, we started just introducing potty training and having him practice going in the potty seat. He's gone a couple times so we are excited but still a long way to go.
Phillip's likes:
  Food - Phillip is a meat and potato boy. He loves mashed potatoes and is not too keen of fruits and vegetables but we keep trying. He likes oatmeal - especially Maple and Brown Sugar, and cereal -
usually Cheerios. He also loves toast and eggs. He is still a little texture funny so we have to
keep giving him the same food a couple of times and then he takes it and loves it.
  Toys - He still loves Cars, Monster Trucks, and likes to take bigger cars and run with them around the house. Or he will sit at the table and quietly play with cars. For his birthday Great-Grandma Hull gave him a Thomas the Train set and a couple trains to go with it and he loves trains! and likes to make train sounds. He also likes animals and making animal sounds. He also has an interest in Spider-man. He's never seen Spider-man, but during the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade their was a Spider-man balloon and Phillip was so excited and dragged Phill from another room into the family room to show him the giant balloon. Since then we've gotten him a few Spider-man things and it's cute to see him get excited and say "Spid-man"
  Books - he us to read books and we are working on numbers and colors. I know he can count to 3 on his own and then he repeats what we say for the other numbers. Colors he can say green, blue, pink, and red. He likes to look at the pictures in the kid style Book of Mormon.
 TV/Movies - Phillip really enjoys watching the animated Mr. Bean tv series. He thinks he's so funny and it's so cute to hear him laugh. He also just became interested in Super Hero Squad which is the superheros like Capt. America, Hulk, Thor, Iron-Man is cartoon style for kids. He likes Aladdin and the scene when Aladdin and Abu are in the Cave of Wonders and they meet Carpet is his favorite part and he laughs in hysterics over it.
Phillip is also beginning to talk more and put sentences together. The first sentence he said was, "Hurry Mom to the potty." We tell him that if he starts to grunt to hurry and run to the potty so it was cute to hear him say it too.
He loves to play with Avery and he calls her, "Ah-lie" still can't quite get the "V" sound. And he is still our cuddle bug and insists on sitting on our lap if we are watching TV together as a family.
He loves to run around outside, play at parks and go down the slides by himself, he is learning to jump with both legs. He likes to sing songs which is either Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or ABC's, the tune is the same and he does more humming than actual singing. He loves music and likes to sway to the music or dance and jump around. But if he listen's to a song for a while he picks up on the notes and hums it. He is also our little helper and likes to help Dad outside, and help with the dishes


At 2 years Phillip weighs 25.6 lbs (25%) and 34 inches tall (50%).
We love our Phillip Jamekins!