Words of Wisdom

Isaac on trying new foods: "you should just try something even if it doesnt look right."

Isaac funny

The other night we were playing a game as a family. We had recently bought an add-on to the game and were figuring out the new cards. Todd was confused about one of the new cards and kept questioning me about it. I had played the card at a friend's house and knew how it worked but Todd kept arguing about it. After I explained it for the third time, I asked, "do you get it now, oppositional-boy?"


Isaac pipes up with "yeah Dad, you are reminding me of me!"



Also Isaac just loves Grover doing the Old Spice commercial....


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First day of School

Isaac started Kindergarten this year at a public school. He is doing pretty good so far. We still have some sensory kinks to work out. I think that he has a really understanding teacher so hopefully we can get him adjusted soon.

I am back to subbing, and actually started on the first day of school too. I have been keeping pretty busy, so I have not had much time to get things done around the house. But that is ok, I like to be in the classrooms.

Summer Wrap Up

Here is Isaac's "jet ski" hair! He loved going to the cabin and riding the jet ski for hours at a time!

You know it is hot out when the dog lays on the air conditioning!!

Isaac funny

A conversation from this morning...

Isaac: how long until we get to go and pick up my friend?

Me: a few hours

Isaac:how many minutes are in an hour, and how many seconds?

Me: 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute. so what's 60 times 60?

Isaac: An hour.

Spring?

It really feels like spring around here. It was 70 degrees today, and warm yesterday too. We went for a walk yesterday around our neighborhood and visited with several neighbors that we haven't talked to since fall. Isaac and the neighbor girl have played together two days in a row now; riding bikes, playing soccer, playing baseball, and throwing snowballs. And the dog is too wet to be allowed in the house, so it must be spring!!

Isaac funnies for March

Isaac's class is making a chart about "lion" days and "lamb" days for March. As he was explaining this to me, he adds, "then at the end of the month, the winner gets to eat the loser. I hope the lion wins, then it will get to eat the lamb!"

At OT the other day, Isaac was supposed to throw beanbag fish into hoops. The therapist tells him, "here are the fish, can you get them in their tanks?" So he starts throwing the fish with out much luck. One fish hit a hoop but bounced out. The therapist encouraged him with "that was good, Isaac." So he responds with, "Yeah at least it got wet! It should be ok for a little while."

Career goals

It is always amusing to talk to children about what they will be when they grow up. At 3, Isaac wanted to be a road train truck driver that hauls basketballs through Austrailia. At 4, he commented that it would be safer to work at McDonalds, since you could pinch your fingers in the drive thru window at Hardees. Not that he wanted to work at a drive thru, he wanted to be a "destruction" worker.

Now the other day, he was asking all kinds of questions about compter games and programming computers, so now he has decided that making computer games would be a lot like playing all day so maybe he will do that when he grows up.

It will be interesting to see what he really ends up doing.

Chicken Nugget Sandwiches?

The other day when I picked up Isaac after work, we were visiting about his day and he told me he had macaroni and cheese and chicken nugget sandwiches for lunch. so I just had to ask, so you put your chicken nuggets on bread? (I figured he wanted to be like his father. Todd is constantly putting anything he eats on bread to make a sandwich.) He replied with, no mom, my babysitter made sandwiches out of big chicken nuggets! I had to try not to laugh at him...he is too cute...

Monopoly Mania

Todd and I were playing Monopoly Deal this weekend, and Isaac was playing with our Monopoly City board and buildings. He really likes all the little buildings. Isaac kept asking us questions about the Monopoly Deal game until he finally joined "Todd's team". Still that wasn't enough to curb his curiosity, so we finally dealt him his own cards. Well two games later, Isaac has the game almost completely mastered and has won both games. He only needs help with a little bit of the reading. I think Isaac is completely hooked on the game because he has played around 6 or more games of it since then. We even had to play it twice more this morning after breakfast. I think it is great since Todd doesn't have that much time to play games with me. The older Isaac gets the more games he can learn to play with me!

Funny words

Isaac has decided that he likes to say funny words repetively just for the fun of it....last week was "Bazing-ga". This week's word seems to be "milk-a-whata". I can't decide if it is entertaining or annoying.

Parent Teacher Conferences

We had Isaac's conference last week. He is doing so well in school. Todd and I are so impressed and proud of him. His teachers say he is enthusiastic to be in school, and stays busy, making good use of his time. He completes every project. He is creative, often times adding his own details to the projects.

Because so much of their day is activities that don't involve a "take home part", I wasn't aware of some of the work that they were doing. Let me just say that I am impressed with the level of work that he has been doing.

Way to go, Isaac!! And a big Thank You to his two wonderful teachers!

Lowe's Math and Paint Colors

One day, Todd and Isaac went to Lowe's to pick up some primer to start painting the family room. While Todd was reading the primer to figure out how much to get, he told Isaac that they will need 2 gallons for one coat. So Isaac asks how many coats they were going to do. Todd responded with "2". Without even pausing to think, Isaac responds with, "well we will need 4 gallons then."

Also while there Isaac decided to pick out some paint color. Well he picked an orange that he just loves. Later at supper, we were discussing paint colors for the basement. I gently tried to tell Isaac that we may not use the color that he picked because it is up to the mom and dad to pick the color. I told him that when he got older that he and his wife could pick the colors. Todd added, "actually Isaac it is usually the girls that get to pick the colors." Of course Isaac didn't like that idea and said the he would just tell his wife "the way it goes." So I just had to ask. "really how will it go?"

Isaac then explained to me that he and his wife will have 28 rooms and they will each get to pick 14 colors. Wow that will be a big, colorful house.

Frog Friend

One night I had a book talk meeting. When I came home I found a very sad little boy. I guess he and his Dad had found a frog friend in the yard but Dad wouldn't let Isaac keep the frog. But they did take pictures of him...here is one of them....






Anyone else thinking what I am thinking? Yeah, why was the frog on my kitchen rug? Todd said that it was too dark to take a good picture outside! LOL

All Boy

I have heard how boys can have huge appetites but I thought it didn't usually kick in until the teen years. Well the other day we went to McD's and Isaac insisted that he was hungry and wanted a double cheeseburger AND chicken nuggets. So I caved and got him both. He ate it all plus some of my french fries. Wow! Maybe he will start gaining weight this way.....

Play Date Funny

Isaac had a friend over today for a playdate. They were playing "pretend" and this is the conversation that followed.

Isaac: I am a turtle, here is my shell. What are you?
Friend: I am a fox. This is my house. I am going to take a nap in my house.
Isaac, the turtle, also found a house.
Friend: I am coming out of my house now to find something to eat.
Me: What do foxes eat?
Friend: Turtles.

We all cracked up at that!!

Labor day weekend

I know I am way behind on this but I had to recooperate...hee hee...

We spent Labor Day weekend at my Aunt and Uncle's cabin. It was a blast! They have a great place, with plenty of room to park our camper. My parents brought their camper too. We did some jet ski riding, boat riding, four wheeling, walking, watching movies, and lots and lots of eating! We even had a couple of camp fires. It was a lot of fun!

Here is Isaac on the Jet Ski with my cousin....He just loves her...(no, they are not really crabby, they are cold, and were putting the jet ski on the trailer when I took the picture.)

Stacy's tricks.

Stacy has always known a lot of tricks, but it is just recently that Isaac has been able to get her to do them. Here is one of the harder ones to get her to do....I know it is hard to see Stacy by the blue chair but Isaac is putting a piece of dog food on her nose and she has to wait until he says ok to eat it.

Painting

Isaac enjoys painting wooden things. Here he is hard at work...

the finished product....

2nd Tooth Gone!

Our lunch conversation yesterday:

Me: Isaac, where is your front tooth?

Isaac: what do you mean, mom?

Me: Umm, it is gone. Did you lose it at school today?

Isaac: I don't know, maybe. I think I did outside, but I was running too much to notice where it landed.