Isaac Isms - Crafting Corner!

Isaac's  been very busy creating pictures the last couple of months, I thought I better post them. He's so detailed. I love how he takes his time when he's making things.

 Some of these were made in Preschool, but the rest were at home. He got fascinated with money and would make his own money for a while. I thought it was so cute he would put the #1 in all the corners.

Isaac made a lot of cards for Mother's Day, Father's Day and birthdays. Brett got him a giant cardboard card and he made me a really cute Mother's Day card. We did the same thing for him on Father's Day. They are such big cards! We've been doing "homework" almost daily in the Summer. He has liked his homework and loves math (yay!) but he loves art days! We've made butterflies, caterpillars, and painted rocks. 

But his very favorite was the day we made peanut butter play dough. (It looked gross!) But he enjoyed rolling it around making snowmen and eating it. Dax didn't want anything to do with it. He wouldn't even taste it! 

I found the picture of Isaac's bunny ears he made at Easter time. I still am impressed he cut them out and made them by himself. 

 Isaac made his own parachute. A balloon and a Walmart sack, genius! 

The other day Isaac wasn't feeling great but needed something to do. So I suggested we play a game. Our store bought games weren't good enough for Isaac. He went above and beyond and created his own game called, Fuzzy Rolling Ball Game. We rolled fuzzy little balls through the tunnel (or over depending on if his didn't go through) his paper course and up the ramp. We marked how high our ball rolled. Isaac won. You may have noticed his lack of shirt in this picture, well I as he is growing up, he feels that older boys don't always wear shirts to bed, so lately, he prefers sleeping in pj pants. (Isn't that suppose to happen when they are teenagers and not five?)

Isaac loves his dad. He loves play with him but mostly, he loves to tease him! The older Isaac gets and the more I hear from his family, I'm realizing Isaac is an exact copy of his dad!

We went to our first parade of the Summer at the Saratoga Splash. Isaac and his cousin Zander were surrounded by older kids who didn't get up to run and get candy, so score for them! They filled a Walmart sack half full. They were so excited!

Thy met a big headed baseball bird? I'm not sure what he belongs to, but it was exciting that he gave them high five!

 And they got weird Statue of Liberty foam hats to wear, who wouldn't want to wear that?

When Summer began and we did something we've never done, we buzzed Isaac's head. I have to admit, it was a little nerve wracking when we buzzed off his beautiful hair, but he looks darling. It's no maintenance, which we both love! And it will be the best hair do for swimming lessons!

We bought a fun slip n' slide this year. (Mostly so I don't have to worry if Dax is going to fall into the pool and the boys can still play in water.) Isaac has had a ton of friends over and they all seem to love it. Dax loves when we run his legs up and down the slide. It gives you a good workout! The slip and slide can slide two people. You can race to the finish line and get the checkered flag at the end.

Isaac LOVES when he wins it!

T-Ball just started this year. Isaac is on the fluorescent yellow team. You can't miss them! Brett is coach again. I love that little kids call him "coach!" It's so cute.

Their first practice one little boy got clocked in the eye with a bat. It was a pretty rough way to start off the season. Other then that, so far so good!

 Isaac is getting really good at hitting. He measures up 3 times before every swing. It's so cute.

Isaac's Funny Phrases:

I've been trying to be better about writing down the funny things Isaac says to me, here are my favorites!

As we were driving, Isaac told me our car was a boy car. You know what kind of car you have cause girl cars have the tall antenna's on the outside.

He squished a giant spider in the garage for me and he told me he's not scared of them and that's why I have boys! (I'm so happy for that!)

I was eating yogurt one day and Isaac informed me I was swallowing it wrong. So if anyone is wondering how you do this correctly (who knew there was a wrong way?) Isaac can explain it in great detail! 

I was painting a block and Isaac said, "mom let me paint that. You know I'm a better painter then you. You should paint up and down and side to side. Your doing it wrong." 

Isaac was playing in the dirt and he was covered in it from head to toe. He came inside and I told him to wash up for dinner. He said, "WHY CAN'T I JUST USE SANITIZER!" I starred at him while dust and dirt was falling all the ground.... I don't think sanitizer is THAT strong! 

Isaac: Mom, when am I going to loose a tooth?

Me: I didn't loose mine till 2nd or 3rd grade.

Isaac: But I want to be like Grandpa Milt, he lost a tooth right in front. 

Me: He lost a tooth cause he has a hard time taking care of them. You don't want that, now go brush your teeth.

Isaac: I do want that! I want a missing tooth and I want a gold tooth too!!! 

(It's good to have goals, right?) 

We were at Costco and Isaac got a sample of apple juice. He took a sip, smiled and said, "mmm, That will be $2.89!" It made me laugh so hard! 

Isaac was goofing off in the car and I had grabbed his leg to make him stop kicking my seat. He cried and said it hurt. He told me to never squeeze his leg again! So I said fine and apologized. Later he was hitting me with his arm and I grabbed his arm. And he said, "Mom, when I told you not to squeeze my leg again, I meant to say, don't squeeze any of my parts!" Smart kid!

Dad played what he thought was a "funny" joke on me on Father's Day. He's always waiting for me in the car, but this time he thought he would back-out, close the garage and make it look like he left. In the meantime, Isaac and I were trying to get a bunch of things together to take to the grandpas. It was raining, I was in heels, and I couldn't find the car. When we got in the car, Brett was laughing saying how funny he was. (I couldn't get mad, it was Father's Day!) Isaac looked at him and said, "I thought your joke was lame!" haha! So did I!!! 

Before Brett started his diet, we would always buy Healthy Choice chocolate ice cream bars. Isaac and his friend Trevan were joking around, trying to be silly, saying things like, "your nose is fat!" Not really understanding what "fat" meant. So I told them it's not nice to call people fat. Isaac piped up and said, "Ya! We don't! Cause my dad is just a little fat but he eats special popsicles for it!" It made me laugh. Serves us right for telling him they are just for dad and mom so we aren't fat.

After church one day Isaac said, "you know sometimes when your singing and you feel really good inside? Well, thats the Holy Ghost." Talk about melting a mother's heart!

He was getting to race me and he looked over and said, "See ya later, sucker!"

I was driving in the car and a fun song came on the radio that we were all dancing too. Dax loves when I do "raise the roof" so I did and he was copying me. My backseat driver saw this and screamed, "MOM! HANDS ON THE WHEEL!"

Isaac was whining one day and I was tired of it so I started to mock him by mimicking him. (I know, real adult like.) Then later I asked, "where's my water?" And Isaac piped up repeating what I said in a very mocking way. I starred at him in shock for a minute and he looked at me and said, "See! It's doesn't feel good, does it!" Man he's a smart cookie! He showed me!

I think daily Isaac and I have a toothbrush argument. I say, "go brush your teeth." Then he cries, "BUT YOUR NOT COMING TO HELP ME!" And then I say, I will be there to check your teeth, but you can't start in on your own. And we go round and round with those same sentences. So one day I about lost it and said, "you are old enough to start brushing your teeth. When your done, come find me and I'll check them!" (Yes, I was tired of this argument and I might have over dramatically said this and I'm sure a few other things.) Isaac looked at me and while walking off he said, "Gggg's, calm down lady!" That cracked me up!!!! Good thing he's here to help me chill!

I didn't know Isaac was feeling cold in our house this summer. (Cause it's not cold.) But he walked up to me the other day and said, "Mom, I figured out why our house is so cold. Feel this heater vent. It's blowing cold air!!!!" Guess he didn't know thats what it was suppose to do.

Isaac got a bug bite on his leg and he was very careful with it. He wouldn't sit or do anything. I was trying to read a story to him and told him to come sit. He said, "Mom! I can't sit down cause of my bump on my leg!" That bump on his leg prevented him from doing a lot that day!  

He's become such a boy now. He loves all the following "boy things." Spitting, burping, tooting, fake tooting with his mouth, and sleeping without a shirt. I really am baffled that he's 5 and already thinks all these things are funny. Isaac's great, he keeps us laughing!