Nicknames: Kenna, Nenny, Nenners, Nenner Benner, Nen, Buddy, Peanut (I think she is actually called Nenny at home more than Makenna)
Weight & Height: She has really thinned out this fall/winter and has actually lost some weight. Her appetite isn't quite what it used to be. She weighs in right around 45 lbs (she weighed around 48 lbs last summer).
Hair: Long blond wispy hair that is starting to get darker, especially in the front and underneath. She has a patch of hair on the back of her head that is actually producing wavy/curly hair! The rest of her hair is still straight as a board, but she has some beautiful waves in the back. She's either going to love this or hate this when she gets older. Seeming like she's 14, she has also mastered the skill of tucking her hair behind her ears :)
Favorite foods: Makenna continues to be a good eater for us, but hit kind of pickier streak in the past few months. She still eats more of a variety than most kids, she just seems to not be interested in food. She just doesn't seem to be as hungry. In the past she always ate amounts that just baffled people around her but now she's eating more age appropriate amounts.
Favorite Drink: Mostly she just drinks skim milk, water and watered down apple juice. Since it's winter, she also gets to indulge in a cup of hot chocolate after playing in the snow and she LOVES that!
Favorite toys: Fairies! She is a fairy flitting around our house with fairy wings on pretty much every day. She has a strong imagination and she is constantly playing fairies and princesses. Other than that, she is really into arts and crafts right now.
Favorite stuffed animal: Duckie
Favorite Books: Nothing in particular right now... she likes to read something different everyday.
Bedtime: We start getting ready for bed by 7:30 and she is usually in bed by 8:00. She falls asleep very fast nowadays.
Wake-up time: She is still my power sleeper... most days I have to wake her up at 8:00 or shortly after for preschool. She LOVES to sleep in and will actually ask us not to wake her up on the weekends so she can sleep more :) Sounds like we have a teenager living in our house! Over Christmas break she even slept in until close to 10:00 a few mornings!
Naps: Nonexistent - Who could be ready for a nap after sleeping that long at night??!!
Favorite person: I would say her best friend is actually Maryn. They have become best friends and they often tell mommy to leave them alone when they are playing together upstairs :) I love to see the bond they have formed and their little friendship develop.
Latest Accomplishment: She can now count past 100! I think she even made it to 120 one night! She is also working quite a bit on addition and subtraction and really enjoys working on that. She can now write all the letters in the alphabet (uppercase) and can do a majority of the letters in lower case as well. She wrote the entire alphabet for me on a piece of paper the other day and she is starting to write various words as well. She has also developed a strong interest in geography and can locate quite a few states on a map.
Likes: Comfy clothes (the jeans come off almost immediately when we come home!), being a helper friend at preschool
Dislikes: Staticky hair, bad dreams, having her hair pulled back
What gets said about Makenna most often: What a great big sister she is going to be to the new baby... she talks about the baby constantly.
Best known for: Being a good kid and her contagious enthusiasm
Fears: Definitely bad dreams. She had a horrible dream a few weeks ago and she talked about it for days. To this day she still continues to pray to God every night before bed and asks Him to keep her safe from bad dreams. I would almost say this one particular nightmare kind of haunted her. She made me and Josh promise that we wouldn't tell anyone what she dreamt about. It took her more than an entire day to tell us the full story of the dream... I think she had the fear that her dream would come true or she would get in trouble for dreaming it if she talked about it.
Favorite shows: She doesn't care for a whole lot of TV shows except maybe Martha Speaks on PBS. Outside of that she likes getting to watch the occasional Princess movie or Barbie movie. She watched Mulan for the first time this weekend and thought it was awesome.
Health: Makenna has had a very rough winter. She has had the stomach flu twice, strep throat twice and she's had to get a wart frozen off a few times. Poor kiddo. Unfortunately the stomach flu is my fault since I was the first to get it at our house each time :(
How she's like Daddy: ACTIVE! I would say 5 out of 7 nights of the week our after dinner activity is wrestling/rough housing with Daddy in the living room. She goes non-stop! On the nights we don't rough house she typically wants to do a pretend triathlon!
How she's like Mommy: She is a nurturer and a little mommy. Not only does she love telling Maryn what to do and being a mom to her, but she loves taking care of others in need. The other night Josh just mentioned something about his knee aching and before we knew it she was walking in the room with an ice pack. This is not uncommon for Makenna. She is always thinking of ways to care for others. She will be a great little Mommy to the new baby as well.
Interesting Tidbit: Makenna is our super sensitive child. She can cry at the drop of a hat. We have to really watch how we discipline her because she has such a soft heart. Discipline is a necessity and we will never waver on that, but we need to discipline her in a different way because just even slightly raising your voice with her will crush her spirit. Even times when she's not necessarily in trouble, we'll just be correcting her, she will run off to her room crying and upset thinking she disappointed us. This is definitely something we are working on because we know Makenna needs to be able to take constructive criticism better to function in the real world.
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