So after dinner we decided to open gifts first and then have cake and ice cream. Enjoy!
Excited to get some new gifts.
First a new safety helmet.
Mommy’s favorite gift for Isabel…an iron-on shirt of Lula!
“A Nemo game, Daddy!” she says.
Final gift…a new Big Girl Jesus bike!
The bike has flowers and doves all over it and the first thing I thought of was…
“It’s a Jesus bike! How cool is that!?!”
I think she likes her Jesus bike!
With help from Daddy, not to ride into anything…
a ride around the kitchen/dining room before cake.
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you – Isabel
Happy Birthday to you!
You have grown so much this year…the year ahead has so much new growing to do! We can’t wait to see what God has planned for you!
Remember God loves you and we do too! We love you, Ladybug. Happy Birthday!
Our birthday celebration for our little ladybug! Happy Birthday! Enjoy!
The birthday girl is awake!
A birthday girl breakfast; waffles and fruit.
Mommy and Isabel. She spent the day playing with pre-party balloons and decorating her own cake which she thought was so cool!
She decided not to go with cupcakes this year and went with a cake instead. She chose milk chocolate cake with milk chocolate frosting and flowers for the decoration.
Gino did the flowers and sun. Isabel put the candies on and I did the wording and ribbon along the edge.
Let the celebration begin!
I bought this balloon kit at Wal-mart that came with a small helium tank, balloons and ribbon. So while Isabel and I went to get Gabbi from the train, Gino stayed home and filled a handful of balloons! She was so excited!
A birthday girl dinner; she wanted PB&J for dinner but after a few ideas from Dad and Mom, she decided on spaghetti (w/meatballs) again this year.
More learning of shapes and sizes with Pooh and friends. Enjoy!
Oval.
Crescent and star…again both pages have minimal coloring in the areas that need to be colored.
This was a matching and pasting project.
I cut out all the shape for her because they were so small.
Shape recognition.
Smallest to largest.
Her number writing skills need a bit of work since her 2’s look like 1’s and her 3 on the honey pot is backwards. But she did it!
Follow that pattern.
This was so fun to watch her do; the large gift on the top in colored because “it has paper on it so no one can see what’s inside”, she says. The short gift on the bottom is a bit big but it has a smiley face in it! She really enjoyed this one and I enjoyed watching and listening to her do it!
Last one…follow the pattern.
She drew each correct shape/color but then had to color each one in.
(Each shape is completely colored in compared to when we first started the book…)
Great job Isabel and congratulations for completing your shapes and sizes!
Last year for Isabel’s “almost 3″ party in January, my parents got her some early learning workbooks with Pooh bear and friends. I’ve pulled them out over the past year and worked with her on colors (which she already knew but was good review), shapes and sizes, letters of the alphabet, and numbers and counting. Along with those skills, she had to follow directions, and do some cutting and pasting. These past few days marks the end of 2 of the books; shapes & sizes and colors. Enjoy!
Circle.
To get her started, I did the blue one.
Square.
Which if you notice…I actually did for her because at the time, she didn’t understand what to do…I should have waited.
Triangle.
Notice her coloring at the time we started; she never would fill in the area to be colored. In her mind, I think, she just needed to color the number 1 yellow, the number 2 blue, and the number 3 red – nothing more.
Rectangle.
Again, I did the dot to dot and I should have waited.
These last 2 pages are shape recognition review.
When Gino started working on Isabel’s table, we decided in secret that he would also make a cutting board for Gabbi for Christmas. Enjoy!
Cherry and maple blocks being glued together.
After the first drying, Gino cut them, flipped them with the end grain facing up,
and then…
…glued them together again.
Then he rounded the corners, planed, sanded, and then sealed it with a salad bowl finish (which means it’s safe and non toxic!).
The finished cutting board top.
The finished cutting board bottom; it has rubber feet to keep it from slipping.
Christmas Day
Gabbi with her new cutting board.
Isabel is getting excited for Christmas this year; tonight she was enjoying playing with her k’nex while I was making dinner.
I’m surprised the “non slip gripper” stars on her socks are facing the right direction (down) usually she likes them facing up!
“Stars on top, Momma.” she says.
