4 year and 18 month checkups

A week ago, I took Jordyn and Aiden for their 4 year and 18 month check ups. Jordyn was a little nervous but she was a good girl.....except for the fact that she didn't even want to step on the scale:) Jordyn is 3 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 36 pounds 6 ounces! She is in the 40th percentile for height and if she stays at this pace will be about 5'3 or 5'4 and is in the 60th percentile for weight. She ended up getting her Kindergarten shots since she is going to start school before she actually turns five. That way I wouldn't have to take her in for an extra appointment to get those taken care of. She is all set. She fussed a little but was a brave girl.

My 4 year old Jordyn is such a sweet thing. She is super shy except around her family and close friends. She loves playing with her figurines (especially her strawberry shortcakes) and plays very well by herself. She loves to play with her sister and sometimes with her little brother. He tends to ruin her little play time than plays with her:) She hates wearing shoes and would much rather go barefoot. She gets her shoes on and then kicks them off as soon as she gets in the van. I've learned to just bring whatever shoes she is going to wear and put them on her when we get there. Jordyn always says "uh huh" when you ask her to do something. It's hard to translate into words but the way she says it is adorable!! She is such a precious little girl and so loving!!

Aiden was such a good boy and so brave. He was having a great time just running around the room and screaming at the top of his lungs (his favorite pasttime:) Aiden is 33.5 inches and 24 pounds. He is in the 26% for his weight and 84% for his height and 70% for his hat. Doc said he was as tall as a 2 year old. Aiden also got two shots He usually just cries for a second and then he's done. I didn't watch the nurse do it. I just looked at his face and he was all happy go lucky one second and then big lips come out the next. He is so cute.

Aiden is definitely through and through a boy!!! He runs circles around me and exhausts me. He climbs and climbs and climbs. He climbs on the chairs, table, couches, patio furniture, beds, my tub so he can stand on it to watch me get ready and the slide!! That one is the scariest because he can get to the top now and there is a big opening with a drop on one side. I'm going to have to put up a board or something so he can play on the slide without me worrying. He loves to be outside and loves playing with his sisters. He's got this cute little smirk he always does and I love to watch him run because it looks like he twists his hips back and forth to do so. It's adorable. He loves to be barefoot as well. I can't keep shoes on him. He's a great sleeper and napper and an all around cute funny little boy!!

First Indy Car Race.....didn't go as planned!!

We got to go to our first Indy Car race!! And we even got to meet Tony Stewart of all people!! He looks alot like our Makenna:)

It was general admission seating so we were able to sit right by the start/finish line:)

Makenna kept asking when the "Tony Pledge of Allegiance" song was going to start!! She is so dang cute!! She had her hand on her heart way before it started! What a good girl! :)

Flyover!!

Makenna even got to sit in Danica's car!! She almost disappeared:)

We were all settled in for a fun race but craziness happened with only 11 laps in. About a dozen cars started crashing with some going airborne!! The first part of the crash was bad enough but then more crashed and then even more crashed. All you could see were big fireballs all over the place. It was crazy. I was very thankful that it didn't happen right in front of us. They had blocked the first rows but we weren't too high up and that had to have debris flying everywhere. Makenna was also worried and said that they were going to have to go to the hospital because they didn't have tops on their cars:) Unfortunately, a young driver, Dan Wheldon, did had to get airlifted to the hospital and ended up dying from that crash and the rest of the race was cancelled. It was all very sad. I felt bad for complaining because we had to sit out in the heat forever waiting when someone was losing their husband and father. It also makes you think about your family and how fragile life is. I'm so thankful for my husband and kids and extended family!!

Aiden in nursery

Aiden won't turn 18 months for two more days but he's been in nursery for a couple of months. I was called as a nursery worker at the end of July and the ONLY perk to that is that I get to take him in with me:) This past Sunday, he was CRAZY!!! He kept climbing up on the table, scooching the chair to the light and proceeding to turn it on and off over and over and over again. Or dragging the chair to the other door to play with the knob!! This picture was like the only time he was sitting down. But to be honest, he is usually better:) I can't believe my little man is growing up so fast!!!

4 year old questionaire

I did a questionaire for Makenna on her last birthday so I thought I would do one for Jordyn as well.....:)

~What do you want to do now that you are four?
Have my friends over
~What is your favorite color?
Bue and Purple
~What is your favorite book?
Ariel
~What is your favorite thing to do?
Homework....(she loves to practice her letters:)
~What is your favorite food?
M&M's
~What is your favorite thing to play with?
Figurines.....strawberry shortcakes, princesses, etc.
~What is your favorite thing to learn about?
Writing letters
~What is something you are good at?
Coloring
~What do you want to be when you grow up?
Doctor
~What is your favorite place to go?
Movie theater
~What is your favorite show?
Ariel/ Strawberry shortcake
~What is your favorite song?
Book of Mormon stories

Big Kids

It's my turn to teach Jorydn's preschool this week and Aiden just thought he was part of it all. He was a big kid just like the others!! We send them with lunches this year like their older siblings and while they were eating lunch today, Aiden wanted to eat at the picnic table too!! I made him a little sandwich and he thought it was so cool!! It was too cute but then he also tried to eat the other kids' food too:)

 And of course with all the rain.....comes puddles!!! And what kid doesn't want to play in puddles:)