Where Did Those 5 Years Go?

Isabelle turned five on December 29th! I can't believe she's that old... and I know I can't possibly be old enough to be her mom! She's definitely been a light in our life. There is never a dull moment with Isabelle around. She is an amazing little person and has been my best friend from day one.

Isabelle had a Barbie themed family birthday party. She decided for her daytime activities she wanted to go bowling and to Red Robin Yum. That's what she calls it, and it's her favorite restaurant. We had a fun day with just our little family. We had family over that night for her party where we added to our already full collection of new Christmas toys. She had a great time and can unwrap a gift in about .4 seconds.

The next day Isabelle had a friend party at the Chick-Fil-A restaurant. She had ten friends come and she would've liked to invite more! We played Bingo, had lunch, had cupcakes and opened presents, and played in the playland. It was an easy, fun party! We had to take Ruby to the doctor right after for an ear infection (first one in a while and I hope for no more since she almost had to get tubes last year). Overall, I think Isabelle had a fantastic 5th birthday!

Here are some special things about Isabelle at age 5!

*She loves preschool and is getting very good at writing.  She loves to make pictures for people and practice writing everyone's names. She is getting to be such a good artist and the pictures she colors are detailed and always inside the lines.

* She has a bit of road rage. Don't know where she gets it. We came upon some traffic the other day and she yelled, "drive your stupid cars idiots!"

* She says the words "freaking" and "frickin" a lot.  We were at Wendy's yesterday and she took a drink and said, "oh my heck that's a freaking good Coke! It made my eyes water!" Ya, that sounds like something I would say.

* She says her daddy is the cutest boy in the world. I agree.

* She is so excited for the new baby. She really loves babies lately and she and Ruby visit them everywhere we go.

* She is very good at gymnastics. She never stops! She and one other little girl are the youngest in their class with kids as old as nine. She does a perfect cartwheel and almost has a front walkover figured out. They're working on their handsprings now too. She loves gymnastics and dance!

* She loves to sing. She's big into Justin Bieber! She got a Justin Bieber Paper Jams guitar and a Paper Jams kareoke machine for her birthday, and she gets very into it! She did tell me that she's decided to wait until she's eleven to become a rockstar. She says she'll be a rockstar when she's a teenager and a mom when she grows up.

* She likes to watch talented kids on You Tube lately, so she's been watching some clips from America's Got Talent. Then she plays it herself. She does her trick (she now wants to be a contortionist and she's pretty good at it), then asks the pretend judges what they think. I heard her playing and one judge said, "absolutely yes." Then the next judge said, "precious, but no." She's so funny!

* She is a good big sister. She takes good care of Ruby, especially when we go to places with playlands- she's her bodyguard. She takes a lot from Ruby lately, since Ruby has started being a bit of a handful, pulling hair and hitting.

* She is still a night owl. I like that she usually sleeps in until about ten or later, but she gets really wired at night. James was gone late the other night so we were all just falling asleep on the couch (at least we were supposed to be). Ruby and I were delirious and Isabelle was doing tricks and dancing wildly. Girl's got moves.

*She has grown up so much over the last year. She is such a nice little girl! I am so proud of her!

Birthday breakfast. James made a birthday picture on her new Lite-brite.

Birthday lunch at Red Robin Yum.

 

 

She still loves horses. They're always a big hit, and she's been wanting a Maximus and Flynn Ryder.

She got $30 for her birthday! She loves money and I'm waiting til a day when we're pretty bored to take her to Toys R Us.

This little kareoke machine's been a big hit! It makes you sound like a pro.

I made her a book like I made for Ruby with pictures of her. It's so much fun to look at!

Her cake was a crown, although I thought it kind of looked like a house. Oh well, I've filled my cake-making quota for a while.

Isabelle's friends (minus her cousin Ike who was hiding from the cow). Cute kids!