isaac and i decided it was time to to a little holiday cooking. he helped make the cookie dough, by reading numbers on the recipe and counting out the ingredients. and by sticking his fingers into sugar and licking them. both were very helpful. then, we got down to the fun part… cutting out the […]
isaac
the new “no thanks”
last night, i had a handful of peanuts and i offered some to isaac. he casually replied, “i’m good.”
another isaac-ism.
yesterday, after a drawn out battle over taking a nap, isaac informed me that i “was on his last nervous”.
christmas wishlist.
me: isaac, what do you want for christmas? isaac: nothing. me: i thought you said you wanted “hiro” the train? isaac: i do want hiro the train. me: for christmas? isaac: no. for my train set.
conversations with the boy…
isaac has been pretty much cracking me up lately. due to his grasp of the english language and his little independent self, some funny conversations arise… conversation number 1:background: isaac is pretty much potty trained. the only time he ever has an accident is when he’s in the basement playing with his trains. and it’s […]
Bedtime conversations.
Isaac is now in a “big boy bed” (our old queen matress on the floor), so we can use the crib for Lidbom baby 2.0. this means we end up spending a lot of time “helping” him unwind. Last night, I was laying in the dark with him. He was wearing some snowman footie jammies […]
state fair.
sunday, after church, isaac and i jetted off to raleigh to visit sarahpowers and make a trip to the state fair… here are some shots of our adventures. sweet motorcycles:obligatory merry-go-round ride:airplanes:first ever ferris wheel ride. (side note: it cost 5 tickets ($5) per person to ride the ferris wheel. for the mathematically challenged, it […]
helping (smashing into) dad.
on saturday, derek went out to hack down our ridiculously long lawn and isaac went out to help. and by help, i mean try to ram his toy lawn mower into the real (dangerous) lawn mower. he’s obsessed with smashing into things….please disregard the overgrown garden in the background.