Monday, August 23, 2010
"shake your groove thing, yeah yeah! show me how you do it now!"
my baby is SIX. how can it be that i am the mother of a first grader?? i am so unbelievably proud of him. we have asked a LOT of him and he has handled it all beautifully with little complaint. as the oldest of 4, we ask him to be a good example, put his brothers first, be the bigger person, help take care of them, do small chores for mommy and daddy like throwing out diapers or grabbing boxes of tissue or making sure xavier doesn't go upstairs...i forget sometimes that he's still so little. but he rises to these challenges. he loves to be in charge ("mama's downstairs, ethan, so I'M the boss.") and he loves being helpful, especially when it comes to xavier. isaiah has a really good heart. i could go on for pages about how good isaiah's heart is, but i'll leave it at that for now. i am SO proud of him.
he had an alvin and the chipmunks birthday. i tracked down a red hoodie and had roby put a big yellow "A" on it for isaiah's gift. we played "pin the A on alvin's shirt" and danced around to songs from alvin and the chipmunks: the squeakquel. we also had movie time with popcorn buckets filled with cheese puffs and smartfood popcorn. as a bonus, daddy got home early just as we came home from an impromptu birthday lunch at burger king with noah and ellie. isaiah even got to pick out a present during some one-on-one time with daddy.
isaiah specifically requested two cakes: one regular one and one to smash his face into. it was literally the only thing he asked for for his birthday, so of course he got it. there were a lot of sugar sprinkles on his face-smashing cake which failed to make the mess that i think he was hoping for. next time i will make it with more frosting and no sugar sprinkles, if not just a whole lot of whipped cream on top.
i hope you had a great birthday, isaiah! i think you did, because before you went to bed on your birthday you told me that "this was the greatest birthday. like, better than all other birthday parties together! thanks, mom." you are the best, buddy. i love you so much!
my baby is SIX. how can it be that i am the mother of a first grader?? i am so unbelievably proud of him. we have asked a LOT of him and he has handled it all beautifully with little complaint. as the oldest of 4, we ask him to be a good example, put his brothers first, be the bigger person, help take care of them, do small chores for mommy and daddy like throwing out diapers or grabbing boxes of tissue or making sure xavier doesn't go upstairs...i forget sometimes that he's still so little. but he rises to these challenges. he loves to be in charge ("mama's downstairs, ethan, so I'M the boss.") and he loves being helpful, especially when it comes to xavier. isaiah has a really good heart. i could go on for pages about how good isaiah's heart is, but i'll leave it at that for now. i am SO proud of him.
he had an alvin and the chipmunks birthday. i tracked down a red hoodie and had roby put a big yellow "A" on it for isaiah's gift. we played "pin the A on alvin's shirt" and danced around to songs from alvin and the chipmunks: the squeakquel. we also had movie time with popcorn buckets filled with cheese puffs and smartfood popcorn. as a bonus, daddy got home early just as we came home from an impromptu birthday lunch at burger king with noah and ellie. isaiah even got to pick out a present during some one-on-one time with daddy.
isaiah specifically requested two cakes: one regular one and one to smash his face into. it was literally the only thing he asked for for his birthday, so of course he got it. there were a lot of sugar sprinkles on his face-smashing cake which failed to make the mess that i think he was hoping for. next time i will make it with more frosting and no sugar sprinkles, if not just a whole lot of whipped cream on top.
i hope you had a great birthday, isaiah! i think you did, because before you went to bed on your birthday you told me that "this was the greatest birthday. like, better than all other birthday parties together! thanks, mom." you are the best, buddy. i love you so much!
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