Showing posts with label Isaac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isaac. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Isaac's 6th Year

This past weekend, we celebrated Isaac's 6th birthday! What a year of growth and excitement it has been for this handsome boy of mine! Isaac is a big blessing to our family! He is funny, smart, articulate, athletic, a hard worker, creative, innovative, and my right hand helper! Isaac loves to learn, loves to build, and loves God's Word! 

He has excelled in school and gotten to experience some new extra-curricular activities such as a homeschool gymnastics class and Upward basketball program. He also started piano lessons with me, although we need to get better at being more consistent with those. He thrived on being Nathan's sidekick during our big kitchen remodel that lasted 7 months of this past year. 

A big highlight for Isaac was attending Grandpa and Grandma Camp for the first time during the summer. He has also really enjoyed being part of AWANA Sparks Club at church and has amazed us all with his ability to memorize Scripture. Traveling to Texas in the fall and meeting up with cousins and relatives he rarely gets to see made for additional special memories in his year.

True to his name, Isaac loves to make people laugh! Sometimes this translates into him being super silly, and sometimes he really does do hilarious things! His chicken nugget dance is a winner. ;) 

I have loved watching him grow in responsibility and confidence this past year. He is a huge help to me on the farm with outside chores and animal care. And I can always count on him to do any job given him or run "errands" for me around the house.

Isaac's 6th year was a fun and full one! Here is the annual picture round-up showing its many great memories!

Making boats out of straws and watching them float - Isaac's idea.

Play-dough creations. Look at those cheeks! He looks so young to me compared to now!

His rocket.

"Look, Mom! We are pigs!" 
Isaac thrives on being outside and if the weather isn't too cold, Josiah is usually happy to tag along!

Daddy's big helper.

Rainbow rice ice-cream?

Kitchen demolition.

One of his hundreds of building creations.

Summer school.

A treasure I will cherish that Isaac made just for me to put on my new kitchen window sill.

Helping Daddy in the garden.

Playing games at Grandpa and Grandma Camp!

Getting ready for a cheese factory tour and water park play at camp!

First official day of 1st Grade.

The sun was bright! :)

Fun times at a children's museum.

His human skeleton puzzle.

Puttin' on a show!

Geometry at its finest.

Math-U-See

The Kiddie Tractor Pull at Bob Evans Farm Festival

Riding a pony.



More fall fun at Glassburn's Fun Farm.


Last year, his head came up to the 3 1/2 line. I'd say he's grown!

Showing me his gymnastics tricks.

Swinging with his cousin, Melissa, in Houston, TX.

Puzzle time.

They loved being together!

Learning to play Hop Scotch with Grandmommy!

Zip-lining at the park.

King of the mountain.

Hanging out with friends in their barn in Texas.

Becoming a dog owner.

Kanoodle puzzles for our puzzle boy!

A visit to the dentist.

One cool dude!

Building with his Math-U-See blocks...again!

Just monkeying around.

A one-man band.

Checking out his new Bible, a gift for his birthday now that he can read quite well and is wanting to read the Bible for himself!

Basketball was a blast for this boy!

Mr. Silly Pants

Isaac Nathan Britton
6 years old.

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Isaac's Birthday

The day started out with a present by his door from Grandmommy and Granddaddy: books, money, and a moon torch! This super-cool flashlight was the perfect item for a space-loving boy!


I was running around like crazy before, during, and after the party, so I only snapped a few pictures along the way. I wish I had gotten some closer-up shots, but here were the food tables decorated with neon-colored planets and glow-in-the-dark stars. (My mother-in-law was a great help getting these ready! They turned out much cuter in person than you can see in the picture.)

This pretend rocket ship was the biggest hit of the party! At least one child was in this pretty much the entire time!! It took me a few hours to construct, but it was worth all the time and effort to see the absolute DELIGHT it brought to all the kids, especially the Birthday Boy! Pretend play is the best!

A cute little astronaut.

Peek-a-boo!

As the children arrived, each one was given a glow stick necklace with a badge on it. Every time they completed a "mission" (a game or activity) as part of their "astronaut training", they earned a star sticker to go on their badge. During the party, the children made their own rockets and launched them with straws by blowing on them, raced to the moon, landed the lunar rover on the moon blindfolded, "repaired the space shuttle" (Lego towers) while wearing big disposable gloves, hunted for moon rocks, and did a science experiment by making "galaxies in a bottle".

We also had a lunch of hot rocket dogs, macaroni and cheese, fruit rocket kabobs, planets to munch (grapes and blueberries), space crunch (pretzels and raisins), and pickles.

The following pictures are compliments of my friend, Jessica, who was kind enough to snap some memories of the party for me!
Getting ready to blast off!

Lemon cake is his favorite!

Love that smile. :)



Time for presents!

He loves his super cool rocket launcher from Aunt Elizabeth!

Closing his eyes for the last present of the day...
(I love how Josiah is closing his eyes too!)

Getting help from a friend. :)

Seeing his BIKE for the first time!

It's sinking in...

So excited to try it out!

Off he goes!