Keeping Up With The Wakens

Avery Anne is now 6! I can't believe how quickly she is growing.


Avery has been in Kindergarten this past year and really enjoys it. She is working on writing sentences and is learning how to read. She brings little books from school that they have been working on and I love listening to her read. We are working on sounding out words and its neat to see her mind develop. She is also really good at math and starting addition and subtraction. We really enjoy her teacher Mrs. Garcia.


Avery has just started taking piano lessons. She really wants to learn to play the violin. But we thought piano would be a good start. Her teacher, Shalisa, plays piano and violin so maybe in the future she will be able to play violin.


Avery is a competitor. In her mind everything is a race. We are working on the fact that it is ok to not win or to come in last. Its a work in progress but she is getting better. She likes to play games, board games, or makes up games. She likes to be the leader and create different games or ideas to play with. Around younger kids, like her brother, she takes charge in what they do, but around kids her own age she seems to listen to what others want to play.


Avery loves to be outdoors. She is learning to ride a bigger bike and will hopefully be able to take the training wheels off this summer. She says she's too scared but I think when she realizes she can go faster with the wheels off she will love it. She likes to swing really high, and jump on the trampoline.


She also loves to color and draw. I love the animals she makes and the pictures of our family. She always draws her Daddy with curly hair :)


Avery's favorites:


Food - bbq chicken pizza, chicken nuggets
Cereal - Lucky Charms
TV - Paw Patrol, Littlest Pet Shop
Movie - Monster High films
Song/Music - I am a Child of God, Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks album
Color - pink and black


Stats - 40 lbs, 43.5 inches tall (25%)

My sweet little man is now a 4 year old!




New and exciting things are happening for this little guy. In January, he became a Sunbeam and is now in Primary. He shares his class with 4 other boys and we often hear from teachers how sweet Phillip is and how they enjoy teaching him. Phillip was also accepted into the Preschool Program for District 12 and will start this Fall at Riverdale Elementary with Avery. We are very excited and proud of him.




Phillip is still my sweet little boy and always tells me "good morning," and "I love you Mom" everyday. We like to eat breakfast together so even if I am not feeling well on a day or sleep in a little he will wait to have breakfast with me.




He is still a little engineer and likes to take things apart or build things. He loves helping others, especially his Dad, and likes to work with his Dad in the basement, garage, garden, yard, or work on cars. He likes to feel included and calls Phill, "my buddy."




Here are Phillips interests:


Favorite color - blue
Favorite food - hot dogs, chicken nuggets.
Favorite TV shows - Paw Patrol, Transformers: Rescue Bots
Favorite Song - Once there was a Snowman, Pompeii by Bastille
Favorite Movie - Planes: Fire and Rescue
Favorite Cereal - Cocoa Puffs




He loves wrestling with Phill and playing with his big sister, Avery. His also likes riding bikes and is learning to ride a bigger bike, jumping on trampoline, and swing on the glider on our playset.




At his 4 year check up Phillip weighed 31.7 lbs (10-25%), and 40 inches tall (50%)


Phillip is getting really good at number recognition and is so far up to 20. He is working on his alphabet and still struggles with the "K" and "G" sound. His Primary teachers, Sister Martin is a speech pathologist and has given some ideas to help him with these letters and sounds. He likes to cut paper and is starting to get into drawing pictures.


We love our sweet little boy! He is such a blessing in our lives.