Five Year Old Facts

1. Everett is five years old!

2. He weighs 37.8 pounds and is in the 29th percentile.

3. He is 43 inches tall and is in the 53rd percentile for height.

4. He loves playing with action figures. He's got a good collection of Marvel and DC superheroes, Star Wars characters, and just recently, got some dragon figurines to add to his epic battles.

5. Everett loves playing games. Card games, board games, video games, active games - whatever it is, he loves it. He is always up to learn new games and really picks them up well. He's really into this Harry Potter trivia game right now, and though he knows almost nothing about Harry Potter, he loves the game because it's a game.

6. He really is getting good at monkey bars. And he loves showing off that he can do them so well. While it's a little scary, letting him do it without providing a little support in case he falls, he's proven that he's just about got it mastered, and he's proven he can handle the fall when it occasionally happens.

7. He's a pretty crazy kid. He loves to make everyone laugh and prefers physical forms of comedy such as bonking himself with things and running into walls and falling down. Anything for a laugh. Unfortunately he's getting a little into the potty humor, as all little boys seem to, but we're trying our best to curb that interest. But I suppose there's much worse things than a little boy laughing at a toot. :)

8. The kid is a funny eater. While he loves some traditional kid favorites such as pizza and hot dogs, the kid, for some weird reason, does not like some of the best like ice cream and popcorn.

9. Since his birthday is right on the border of the cutoff dates for school, we decided to hold him back til next year. But even without going to school yet, Everett is such a smart kid. Because of his close relationship with Claire, he is always so interested in whatever she is learning.

10. Some of Everett's favorites this year are- song: I Am a Child of God, show/movie: Minions, food: pizza, dessert: oreo milkshakes, activity: video games, color: aqua, animal: dog, book: Hop on Pop, drink: chocolate milk, game: Mario Party, toy: action figures, holiday: Christmas, day of the week- Monday