All About Seth

1. Seth is 3 years old!

2. Seth weighs 32.2 pounds and is in the 57th percentile.

3. He is 37 inches putting him in the 40th percentile.

4. Seth is still so obsessed with hair, especially my hair. He's always running his hands and sometimes his toys (despite my requests for him not to) through my hair. He loves to grab some and brush his cheek or face with it, so cute. :)

5. Seth still sleeps in our bed occasionally. I goes through spurts where he'll sleep in his own bed all night and he'll get a treat, but very often he wakes up and just wants to join us in bed, it's hard not to let me when he's so sad and cute in the middle of the night. :p

6. We started potty training Seth just a little bit before his birthday and he did really well. He seemed to catch on pretty quickly. :)

7. Seth is our little cuddle buddy. He loves hugs and he loves being close to us when he's sleeping. He loves piggy back rides and he loves sitting with the other kids on the couch watching movies. He's always been so friendly and loving to Caleb, he's just always been a sweet boy!

8. Seth loves playing with Everett especially with his action figures. He's very much all boy when it comes to playing with toys. He turns everything into shooters and play fights and wrestles and runs around with Everett. They get a little rough and competitive together at times.

9. His speech is so cute right now. I love how he calls things "perfect" right now. Not sure where he picks up things at times but he finds a word he likes and uses it a lot. :)

10. Favorites: song- Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam, show/movie-Animal Mechanicals, food- fruit dessert/treat-marshmallows, color- red, activity-play with claire and everett, animal-lion, book-look and find ones, drink- toy- wants to be himself when he grows up

All About Everett

1. Everett is now 6 years old.

2. Everett weighs 41.6 pounds and is in the 24th percentile.

3. He's 45 inches tall and in the 41st percentile for height.

4. He started Kindergarten this year,  just a week after his birthday.  He's super smart and already know all his letters and is actually reading pretty well, most of the sight words anyway.

5. Everett really likes his games still. He likes playing Minecraft with Claire and building little towns and cities, and he got a new Lego Batman game that he enjoys. He still loves to play card games and board games as well. He's definitely got a little competitive streak in him and gets a little sad when he loses but we're doing our best to teach him to try his best and just play to have fun. :)

6. He's really been getting more into dinosaurs. He can name a lot more dinosaurs than I can. He watches Dino Dan and is always telling me fun facts about some dinosaurs. :)

7. Everett has an appreciation for music. He's doing so well on the piano (when we remember to practice) and he remembers the words to the primary songs so well. And when he dances, he dances with a beat, full of energy. :)

8. He likes to chew on everything. Usually it's Bounce, his pet stuffed monkey, but we'll often find wet blankets and shirts and the other day, the end of his tie. :p

9. Everett has so much energy! He's always climbing on the furniture (despite my requests for him not to), running around chasing or letting his little brothers chase him, or just trying to do some sort of stunt.

10. favorites: song-Nephi's Courage, show/movie-Despicable Me 3, food-pizza, dessert-oreo milkshakes, activity-video games, color-red, animal-dog, book-Hop on Pop, drink-Sprite, game-Lego Batman video game, toy-dinosaurs, holiday-Halloween, day of the week-Monday, wants to be a PE teacher when he grows up.

All About Claire

1. It's great to be eight! I can't believe Claire is 8 years old. She is now a baptized member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. :)

2. Claire weighs 53 pounds and is in the 35th percentile.

3. She grew 2 whole inches since last year. She is now 48 and a quarter inches tall and is in the 19th percentile.

4. Claire is going to be in 3rd grade this year. She loves going to school. Her favorite subject is art. And she's made a new friend this last year. :)

5. This last year, Claire has mastered riding a bike, doing the monkey bars, jump roping, and hula hooping. She's so good at hula hooping, so much better than mommy and daddy. :) She's also been doing so well at learning to play the piano.

6. Claire has a funny little habit of occasionally walking in her sleep. And it seems to happen most when we are away from home. Yikes. Once, on our Christmas vacation, she walked out of the room and down the hall, even talking to my sister, but not awake at all. The second time I can recall, was in the hotel on our way home from Texas. She walked out of our hotel room and down the hall, and woke up while in the hall. She couldn't remember what room we were in though, so the desk clerk called our room at 3am telling us Claire was outside! It was scary at the time, but a little funny thinking about it later. :) I wonder how many other times she has done this at home and just gone back to bed herself...

7. She is getting to be a super big help to me. She's such a good daughter with a willingness to please and make her family happy. She's quick to finish little jobs when I ask and she's always happy to help with Caleb. She's becoming a little mommy herself and she can't wait to start babysitting. She keeps asking when she'll be old enough to babysit. :)

8. Claire has always been a Daddy's Little Girl. They have a special little bond between them. And right now, they try to always make a little time in the evening to read books together. It started with Harry Potter, and now they are reading the Percy Jackson series. I love seeing them together, cuddled up and reading.

9. Claire has a great relationship with her brothers. She's really close to Everett. They definitely have a bond. She's always willing to help him with his jobs so they can play games together and she loves to do little secret services for him. She even made him an activity book for his birthday. Claire may not play as much with Seth and Caleb, but she is always watching out for them. She tries her best to make them happy and loves to pick up Caleb for me.

10. Some of Claire's favorites this year... color - aqua; activity - art; book - Percy Jackson; song - How Far I'll Go; show/movie - Moana; food - spaghetti; dessert - cake; holiday - Christmas; day of the week - Saturday; animal - horse; drink - root beer; game - Harry Potter Trivia; toy - Rainbow (stuffed elephant). She wants to be an Elementary School teacher when she grows up.