The Anderson Family: Growth spurts

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Growth spurts

I think Holiday is having another growth spurt. Dance class resumed last week and I could barely get her ballet slippers on her. Two weeks off...that's all it took. Her dresses are shorter on her now as well. They still 'fit' her though and it's still leggings season so they will still work until warmer weather hits. So I will change her size to 5T and her shoe size when I figure out what it is. On a funny note, the other day when David picked Holiday up from Pre-K she was singing, "What does the fox say?" For those of you who don't know what that means I'm sure you can find that video on YouTube or something. When David played the video for her at home she was pretty excited about that. So now I hear that phrase being sung around the house more often, by either David or Holiday. Johnny still fits his 2T fine, his growth spurting has been more cognitive than physical. He has so much vocabulary now. He's getting much better at communicating his needs. And man, Oh man, does this boy like cheese. And spaghetti. And bananas. And cheese. And apples. Did I mention cheese? He is such a good eater. Man...the kids are so different. He's been REALLY into books lately and the Thomas the Train books seem to be his favorite. Last night he dumped all the Thomas train tracks set out of it's plastic bin and crawled all in there with a blankie and a Thomas book and stayed in there for quite some time 'reading' his book.

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gramlinda said...: The kids are growing so fast, both physically and in knowledge.; January 9, 2014 at 4:32 PM

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Johnny's Sizes

-Phasing out diapers and wearing undies
-Currently size 4T

-Need to check his shoe size, has one pair of tennis shoes, boots and flip flops.
-Has summer wardrobe set. He'll need pants, long-sleeve shirts, winter weight pajamas, and socks in the fall. Probably will need a coat since we didn't get one last year. Jacket seems to fit for now.
-Loves trains-trains-trains, legos, balls, blocks, cars, Thomas trains, stuffed animals, music toys and board books. Still very tactile. Loves to color and read books. Very into Elmo, Blue's Clues and Thomas the Train and generally tv shows with music involved. He likes to do a happy dance to music. Also loves to play outside when he can. Did I mention he really loves trains?

Holiday's Sizes

- Holly is size 5 or XS depending on where you shop. If getting leggings I recommend a size 6 since she tends to fill those out.
- Shoe size 11.5, has boots, 1 pair of dress shoes, tennis shoes, ballet slippers, flip flops, sandals and tap shoes. Last summer she got new shoes at the beginning of summer camp and by the time school started her feet grew a size. So shoe size to be revisited before she goes back to school.
- She has a jacket and all the summer wardrobe necessary. She has a couple pairs of jeans, short sleeved shirts and short sleeved dresses. She will need long sleeved dresses, leggings, undies, and socks. Will need to check if her coat will carry through the winter.
- I'm not picky about colors, but Holly is a girlie girl. She doesn't care for jumpers too much either or scratchy tulle skirts.
- Some of Holly's interests include but are not limited to: Sesame Street, Yo Gabba Gabba, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, Mickey Mouse, Super Why, Blue's Clues and animals in general. She loves to color, puzzles, books, stickers, legos and toys she can generally play pretend with. Holly also enjoys simple craft projects like ink stamping, painting and gluing projects. She really enjoys playing outside too (but she has more than plenty when it comes to toys to play in the sandbox).