Tuesday, September 18, 2007




Well, Isabel has been in kindergarten for almost one month. It was a big adjustment for her at first but she's settling in now. During the school week, we have "Isabel Time". When Jake goes down for his afternoon nap, Isabel & I read together & work on her homework (with a yummy treat, of course). When she gets home from school she'll say, "Mom, are you thinking what I'm thinking? Let's put Jake down for a nap!" As you can see from the pictures above in her brown (and glittery although you can't tell from the pictures) dress, she pretends she's a "fashion" model frequently. And although Brandon & I just started to seriously limit television time, when it is on, I often walk in on her watching the Food Network channel ALONE. She knows every show on Disney & Nickelodean---but another favorite channel she could probably watch FOREVER is Animal Planet. Brandon took her to the library this past Saturday and she checked out 15 books----ALL on animals. As a matter of fact, while we were reading today, there was an armadillo in the book and she said, "Mom, I wish I could have a pet armadillo."
Let's see.....she's also playing soccer right now and loves it. For the second year in a row, she is the ONLY girl on her team----and both years (at least so far) she has NEVER said a thing about it. Last practice I had to drag her away from wrestling on the field with the boys. Brandon is not working during her next practice so instead of chasing Jake around, I'll be able to bring the camera and snap some pictures that I'll post later. Before I close this Isabel update, I should point out (or you may have noticed from the pictures above) that Isabel got her ears pierced. She begged us for a few weeks---and really, Brandon & I were both fine with it, so we took her to the mall and she got tiny, sterling silver diamond studs. She thought she was so cool because she didn't cry. She's really growing up!
BTW, Lexa has a tournament this weekend at the Orleans Hotel so I'll post an update on her Saturday. Not much is new with Jake but I'll put some pics up of him soon, too!

6 comments:

Patti said...

Her hair looks awesome in these. The resemblance is getting even more pronounced (if that's possible).

Patti said...

and your blog looks great . . .

Stacy said...

Last week we took Isabel & Jake for a haircut. Believe it or not we took about 2.5 inches off of Isabel's hair and really cleaned it up. I used to cut her hair myself to save money, but I finally admitted that it just doesn't look the same as when you take her to a real hairdresser.

Caitlin said...

Look at her with those hands on her hips - she is so cute! I love that dress. Paola and I both just said that we want it. For ourselves.

Amy said...

What a great update! I love the clothes, how do you get her to wear so many dresses? I wish! Food Network? That is hilarious.

sacramentostakeclerk said...

I hate to focus so much on her looks since there is so much that she is interested in and things that are interesting about her, but she's just so pretty! What can I say?