issy turns 6

isabella celebrated her 6th b-day on the 19th of sept. as per tradition, i make the special birthday person's favorite breakfast to start off the day. issy chose her very favorite strawberry crepes and bacon. luckily for us, we love them too! because she was born in the morning...5:55 am to be exact she gets to open her presents early in the day. this is also a good thing because she will not stop asking when she can open her presents and so after awhile it gets a little annoying.

because she is a "little princess" she dressed in her princess dress for the special occasion!!

the only thing issy specifically requested for her birthday was a giant lollipop!

emma made issy a homemade purse out of an old pocket from ned's jeans.


a new friend of ours gave issy some izze grapefruit juice soda, it was yummy!!

a princess can always use some make-up!

issy requested to go to the aquarium for her b-day outing. it was a fun afternoon.

that evening we invited our new friends from our neighborhood over to help us celebrate and sing to issy for her birthday. because issy doesn't like cake, i made her some chocolate chip cookies for her celebration. it was quite a show though when it came to blowing out the candles. as you can see, she threw a huge fit, even crawling under the table, refusing to blow out the candles because she was scared of fire. it was quite embarrassing, funny and exasperating all at the same time! eventually, with help from mom and dad she blew them out!

happy birthday issy!!

stop and smell the roses

another issyism

during sacrament meeting, more specifically during the sacrament: she said this for all to hear!

issy: why do we need to take the bread and water EVERY day?(then she huffs and puffs tiredly)
dad: don't you remember what i told you last week?
issy: yes, but i don't need bread and water to remember jesus, dad! i can remember him without it.

now that i wrote what she said, it doesn't seem as funny. but man we were all busting a gut. i think it was HOW she said it that was soo funny.

after church, during dinner:

mom: how was primary?
issy: good.
mom: did you whine when you didn't get a turn?
issy: yes, i was sad and cried and wiggled in my chair and didn't listen.
mom: i hope you didn't
issy: yep, i did!

what am i going to do with this kid??? on a side note, she did get up on her own, after expressing a desire to give a talk like everyone else, and bear her testimony. she was an example to her siblings, who later got up and bore their testimonies as well!! maybe there is still hope for my little rebel!!