almost 11

Isaac started planning his birthday plans here.

On Friday afternoon, we picked up a couple friends and headed to the bowling alley.

Isaac's buddy Daniel

                                                                    Isaac's buddy Matthew

                                                       and the birthday boy


After bowling........home for WWII cake. and a few gifts.

Thank you Daniel and Matthew!

This is the last day that you will be 10.

We love you Isaac!
Mom and Dad

Christmas Eve 2010

Isaac playing Wii Sing-it

Isaac, Isaac, Isaac

I realize that almost all of the post about Isaac are of things he says....

but really, he just cracks me up.

Yesterday, we were riding in the van on a "somewhat" long drive (that's a relative term in Guam)
and he asked me if I was glad I had all boys.

Of course, I said yes.......

and he said, "Do you think boys are easier than girls?"

Again, yes

"WHY?"

"I think girls are more dramatic"

He thought about that for a bit and then replied, 
"Am I an exception to that?"



Love you Isaac...........even when you are too dramatic!  :)

weekly funny

Isaac has turned into a kid I never imagined.

He was a crazy, busy toddler and never seemed to stay in one place for more than 20 seconds.

Now he is a total book worm and reads for hours.

He was so silly as a little guy,  that I thought he would be my class clown.

Instead, he is the class brain.

He uses vocabulary words that I don't use, (and some I don't know the meaning of)

He could probably stump the average history teacher on WWII facts.

And I feel certain that he could win, "Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader"
except that he IS a 5th grader, and the show is for adults.

I joke with him that he is 10 going on 40. 

He takes things very serious.

So when I saw him reading a book titled, "How to Fight a Girl"

I questioned him.

"Isaac, where did you get that book?"

He misunderstood my tone and quickly replied,

"Mom, it's not an instructional book, it's just fiction.  My teacher gave it to me."

helping around the house........

Isaac loaded the dishwasher for me.

It was very sweet.

He used the wrong kind of soap.

It's still sweet.

Love you Isaac!

My sweet Isaac - such a lover!

so earlier this week I go upstairs to wake the boys from school.

I step up on the trundle to be able to see Isaac on the top bunk.

"Good morning Isaac" I said as I rubbed his cheek softly.

He smiles a big smile without opening his eyes.

Gives a little stretch and then pops one chocolate eye open.....

the sweet smile stretches wider and he proclaims,  "Mom, you got cuter"

His tenderness warms my heart.

I love you Isaac.

"Does God have a phone number?"

.... Isaac asked me this morning at breakfast.

There was no one else downstairs, and we hadn't been talking about anything.

He was eating and I was buzzing around the kitchen.

I walked to the table and gave my best "church" answer, "well, no, God doesn't have a phone number - but we can talk to Him anytime, He is always with us"

"But I want to hear his voice" Isaac replied

WOW.... his words touched my heart in a way that I did not expect.

The faith of a child.

How long has it been since I longed to hear God's voice to me?

Why do I get so busy with "life" that I don't make time to listen?

I answered Isaac with another "church" answer -

about how we can hear God's voice by reading our Bible and praying

but his words have stuck with me.

Maybe today I did hear God's voice -

through my sweet Isaac.

(*photo taken Valentine's Day 2010)

the things Isaac says.......

always cracks me up!

It's hard to explain, but it's the words he uses, and the tone, and the drama!

His name means laughter, and it is oh so perfect for him!

Saturday he comes down stairs for the morning in a rush.

Bounds right over to me and says,

MOM! Zion got ELECTRIFIED during the night!"

I said, "What do you mean he got electrified?"

He replies, "You should see his HAIR!!!!!!!"

(it was so funny, and true.....so I took a picture)