5 Year Old Stats

 (unprompted, this smooch!)

Both gained over 3 inches in height in the last year!

 

Sam:
Height: 42 1/4" (36.7%ile)
Weight: 38 1/4 # (33%ile)
BMI 15.11 (39%ile)

Anna:
Height: 41 1/4" (25%ile)
Weight 33.9 # (10%ile)
BMI 14 (15%ile)
(She's a skinnie-minnie, but following her curve like she has for years)

Questions at 5 Years Old!

I asked Sam and Anna these 21 questions at 2 1/2 years old,  3 and 4 years old.  Here are their 5 year old answers! My plan is to ask the same questions every birthday from now on and see how the answers change.  Answers in black were what was said at 2 1/2, answers in blue are what Sam and Anna told me when I asked them the same questions on their 3rd birthday.  The red anwers are what was said at 4 years old and green is currently what they think at 5 years old:
 

Key:  2 1/2 Years old: Black  3 years old: Blue  4 years old: Red 5 years old: Green

1. What is your name? Sam [last name] Sam Jacob (last name), Sam, Sam Big Girl Anna [last name] Annabel (last name), An...Elsa, Anna.
2. How old are you? Sam- two, three, four, five Anna- I two, three, four, five.
3. What is your favorite color? Sam- red, orange, green and blue, green and blue Anna-red (keep in mind I did not ask both of them at the same time), purple, pink purple and green, pink and sparkly
4. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Sam- bacon, oranges, waffles, scrambled eggs Anna-fruit, dinosaurs (we sometimes use a dinosaur cookie cutter when we have french toast), waffles and cereal, sprinkled waffles
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Sam- bacon, grilled cheese, basanga (lasagna), brunch (breakfast for lunch) Anna- mac and cheese, mac and cheese, apples, noodles
6. What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner? Sam- bacon (notice a trend?), noodles, pizza, breadsticks Anna- no response, spaghetti, noodles, brinner (breakfast for dinner)
7. What is your favorite snack to eat? Sam- apricot (fruit strips from Target), gummy bears, cookies, marshmallows Anna- apricot (same thing), grapes, (yogurt) covered raisins, marshmallows
8. What is your favorite fruit? Sam- watermelon, oranges, oranges and apples, apples Anna- apricot, peaches, apples, grapes
9. What is your favorite vegetable? Sam- corn, carrots, carrots, corn and broccoli, corn Anna- french toast (?), corn, broccoli, carrots
10. What is your favorite thing to drink? Sam- water, milk and water, milk, Icee Anna- water, milk, milk, chocolate milk
11. What is your favorite animal? Sam- elephant, lion, giraffe, elephants and giraffes Anna- lion, polar bear just like you (mama), fish, kittens
12. What is your favorite toy to play with? Sam- elephant, lion stuffed animal, magnatiles and legos, animals(stuffed) Anna- mama (she likes to pretend everything is a mama, including pinecones, pieces of food, etc.), trains, cape, Elsa
13. What is your favorite book to read? Sam- duck book (Little Quack), lots of animal books, princess books, Leo the Lion Anna- Monkeys Jumping Bed, Curious George (and Friends), Frozen books, Crocodiles Need Kisses Too
14. Where do you like to go? Sam- Grandma's, library, Noodles, ice cream shop Anna- Grandma's, Grandma and Grandpa's, Noodles, Water Park
15. What is your favorite song? Sam- Grandma (? Maybe he meant singer?), animal song (I made up an animal alphabet song), ABC song, Good morning song (at preschool) Anna- Jesus Loves Me, alphabet, Let it Go, Let it Go
16. Who is your best friend? Sam- Anna, Anna, Anna, Matthew (a school friend) Anna- Sam (everyone awww all together now), Sam, You! (pointing to Mama), Alaina, Jaycee, Matthew (all school friends)
17. What is your favorite thing to watch on tv? Sam- watch Thomas on tv, Animals Help Rocket (Little Einsteins episode), Little Einsteins and The Jungle Book, Odd Squad Anna- Thomas, Bambi, Frozen, Odd Squad
18. What do you want to be when you grow up? Sam- in the dirt, Daddy, a daddy, a zoo keeper Anna- no response, Grandma, Elsa (noticing a theme...?), Mommy
19. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Sam- play basketball (we don't have a basketball or a hoop), build a snowman, shoot the rocket launcher, play tag Anna- play in the sandbox, go to the playground, playing in the sand, play with friends
20. What is your favorite thing to wear? Sam- diaper (on the second day of potty training, hahaha!), animal shirt, new socks and my zebra shirt, shirt with lots of animals Anna- shirt, dancing shoes (dressy shoes she calls her "dancing shoes"), Elsa (dress up) clothes, Ariel nightgown
21. Who is your favorite person? Sam- me, you (pointing to Mama), my Daddy, Anna Anna- ... (then Sam interrupts: "Sam is!"), Mommy... and Daddy!, Elsa, Mommy, Daddy and Sam!

Argh! When did I blink and now have 5 YEAR OLDS???

Sam and Anna turn 5 years old TODAY.  My little peanuts are now old enough to be in kindergarten- the grade I teach.  They are not little babies nor toddlers anymore.  They are smart, kind and talented- and make this mama so very proud. 

From this 5 years ago:

 To this:

We celebrated their birthday this weekend with family, today at their preschool, and will have their first ever friend party next weekend at an indoor playground.  They are certainly growing up before my eyes.

We had a dog and cat theme for this year's family birthday party:

We also decided to go to a water park the day before their birthday, since it fell on a school day this year.

Although I miss the little babies they were, I can't wait to see what joy these two will bring us in the next five years!