The Fanning Four

Happy 6th Birthday Bethany! Happy Birthday to our sweet girl!! You weigh 43.5 lbs. and you are 43 inches tall You are about to start first grade. You are in the "Gym Bugs" level at gymnastics but are only one star away from moving up to level 3. You started soccer this year on Saturday mornings and your brother is on your team this summer. You love anything pink or purple, Hello Kitty, princesses, legos, baby dolls, and art projects. You love to play outside and you saved up money this year and purchased your own scooter. You love to swim and took swim lessons this summer. You are a little fish and spend more time under water than above. You love to play dolphin in the pool. Your favorite food is pizza even though you take the cheese off because you are allergic to milk. Your favorite foods are spaghetti, ham, chicken, any fruits, salad, green beans, and PBJs. You also love dessert! :) You want to be a Mom, babysitter, and dentist when you grow up...

Happy 5th Birthday Caleb!!! You are 42 inches and 38 pounds You finished preK and will be starting Kindergarten in one month. You can count to 100, say your ABCs, know all your shapes, and colors, and spell and read on a first grade level. You continue to love computers and the Ipad- you say you want to use the computer to be funny as your job when you grow up. You like playing with your sister, going swimming, going outside, reading books, playing Uno, and playing dress up. You like Transformers, Mickey Mouse, Curious George, and Frozen. Your favorite foods are cereal, spaghetti, PBJ, bananas,and M & Ms. You like to drink water, fruit punch, or chocolate milk. You love to make people laugh, do silly faces, and act goofy. You are in gymnastics and just started soccer one day a week also.  You love to be tickled. You took swim lessons and are just starting to swim on your own. You like for your room to be clean and you love looking at the calendar each day to se...

Well, just two weeks after Caleb's half birthday and now we have Bethany's. She is 5 and a 1/2! Here's what life is like for our sweet pea: 1. She is 43 inches tall and weighs 41 pounds. 2. She is in kindergarten. 3. She is in Gym Bugs in gymnastics and currently has 7 stars- she needs 18 to move to the next level. (Now, Feb 21, she has 12!) 4. She LOVES art! She collects "treasures" from the playground and uses them in art projects. 5. She also enjoys legos and will spend at least an hour working on a project. 6. She likes pink, purple, hello kitty, and baby dolls. 7. Her fav food is blueberries. 8. She loves to listen to her Daddy read and they like to push bedtime back a little in order to read together. 9.Speaking of reading, she is doing a great job learning to read! 10. She enjoys going to Awana and Treasure Kids (children's Church) and loves God and knows He loves her. 11. She has a very sweet disposition and is the typical rule-following,...

Little man is 4 and a half today!!! I like to celebrate the half birthday with half a cupcake for the kids. Life is worth celebrating and when you're an itty bitty, the half is important too! So here's what it's like to be Caleb as a 4 and a 1/2 year old: 1. He's about 40.5 inches tall 2. He weighs about 38  pounds. 3. He is in preK and goes 5 days a week. 4. He likes Curious George and anything having to do with the Cars movie. 5. He continues to love Ipad and computer. 6. He can read all of Bethany's kindergarten sight words plus some and he's becoming a great speller also. 7. He's a pretty good eater but still prefers carbs (cereal and crackers especially) or anything else. And the boy LOVES to eat! 8. He is in Tiny Tots in gymnastics and has really gained a lot of strength and balance. At home, he likes to pretend he is the gymnastics teacher. 9. His vocabulary grows almost every day and his words are becoming clearer also. 10. We think he ...