All About Alaina 2012 Questionnaire (almost 1 yr)

Alaina will turn 1 year old on Jan. 31st . . . how in the world has it already been an entire year??  (The year reflections are for another post hopefully.)  But I am looking forward to her answers on this Questionnaire next year, when perhaps she will say a little more than "Dada Dada Dada" for everyone in her family . . . She calls Daddy "Dada", she calls me "Dada", she calls Ethan and Caleb "Dada."  She will imitate other sounds you make, like "Lala" and "Mama",  . . . but won't associate "Mama" with me yet.  :-)  For now, here is a picture of our Lainey girl in all her sweetness!

All About Caleb 2012 Questionnaire (5 1/2 yrs)

This is All About Caleb . . . as answered by Caleb when he is 5 1/2 years old.  (I think it's funny that both he and Ethan got tired of answering the questions at the same time, when I asked them what their favorite pajamas were! :-)

Favorite book: Five Tumbling Tigers

Favorite movie: Hero Factory and Elf on the Shelf

Favorite tv show: Wild Krats

Favorite song: none

Best friend: Elijah and Charlie and Hayden

Favorite place to go: Monkey Joes

Favorite food: Hot dogs

Favorite dessert: Doughnuts

Favorite thing to do: Go to Monkey Joes

Favorite toy: Star Hero Factories

Favorite holiday: Christmas and Easter

Favorite outfit: none

Favorite color: Blue, Red, & Green

Favorite drink: Sprite and Root Beer

Favorite thing at the park: Going on the playground with Elijah

What do you want to be when you grow up: A Dad

What do you love: DSI and DS's

Favorite vegetable: none

Favorite fruit: pears

Favorite pizza: Pepperoni, Cheese, & Sausage, and all of them actually

Favorite pajamas: Can we finish the rest of the ?s later?

Favorite place to eat: Pizza Hut

Favorite thing to do at school: P.E.

What is your favorite thing about where we live: Watching shows

All About Ethan 2012 Questionnaire (almost 8 yrs)

I got the idea from my friend, Kyndra, to do a yearly Questionnaire of your kids each year, but have never taken the time to do it until now.  I finally did them this morning.  I hope I can remember to do this each year . . . I think it will be fun to look back through the years to see how their answers have changed and how they've grown.

So, this is All About Ethan  . . . as answered by Ethan when he is almost 8 years old (birthday February 3rd):

Favorite book: Star Wars

Favorite movie: Can't decide

Favorite tv show: Wild Krats

Favorite song: Never Gonna Be as Big as Jesus (Audio Adrenaline)

Best friend: Alaina, Charlie, Caleb, Khalil, Daniel

Favorite place to go: Jason's Deli

Favorite food: Macaroni & Cheese

Favorite dessert: Doughnuts and Brownies

Favorite thing to do: Go on the computer

Favorite toy: Ninjago, Hero Factory, Bionicle Stars, and Star Wars

Favorite holiday: Christmas

Favorite outfit: A Clone Wars Shirt

Favorite color: Red

Favorite drink: Root Beer

Favorite thing at the park: Playing Episodes, Tag, Hide & Go Seek Tag

What do you want to be when you grow up: I don't know yet

What do you love: Alaina, Mommy, Daddy, Caleb, Ethan

Favorite vegetable: Broccoli

Favorite fruit: Grapes

Favorite pizza: Cheese

Favorite pajamas: How much longer? - Lego Star Wars

Favorite place to eat: Jason's Deli

Favorite thing to do at school: P.E.

What is your favorite thing about where we live: I get a baby sister.

Just around the house

It's been hard to get back in our routine after the holiday break . . . at least it has been for me.  We have Wednesday nights at church where Scott and I teach mission friends and I help with 5 year old choir, but other than that, our evenings are pretty uneventful around the house.  I really like the time to just hang out with our family and not have to rush off to sports practice or other commitments.  The kids were having some fun in the ever popular clothes baskets one night:

Alaina has been having fun  crawling around with her sippy cup hanging out of her mouth.  I'm not sure if she's got the hang of getting any liquid out of it, but she sure does like to chew on it!

Even though we've been enjoying our evenings in at home, I am ready for Spring and for it to stay light out later.  How much longer do we have?  I think a while . . .