Our boy is four years old going on 15...or sometimes 35.
We celebrated with pizza and games at Chuck E Cheese with family. Isaac had so much fun playing all the arcade games. Then we came back to our house for presents and chocolate cake!
Isaac at 4 yrs old
Weight and height are in the 25th percentile.
Pretty much confirmed he has asthma. Lame.
He absolutely loves preschool...and batman...and sharks. This kid knows his shark trivia. Take it from someone who knows. Don't try and correct him unless you want to embarrass yourself.
He is such a great swimmer, and loves diving under the water and using his goggles to see.
He is obsessed with ages, and constantly says things like "When I'm (insert whatever age he thinks is appropriate), I'm doing (insert whatever activity he is currently not allowed to do)".
Embarrassing age conversations
Whispering very loudly in church "mum, mum look behind you" "why, what's behind me?" "AN OLD LADY!". To be fair she was about 90.
A middle aged woman was trying to calm Scarlett down while I was getting Isaac changed after swimming lessons. "Well actually, Scarlett doesn't talk to old ladies." (...this is actually not my child that I'm dressing...)
He still pushes every button he can whenever he can, and is always keeping me on my parenting toes. He breaks every parenting strategy. The 1-2-3 method worked well for a while, then he would start saying "I'll just do it when you get to 2". So now I count down from 10 or 5 depending on how quickly I want him to do or not do something. Him and Mia are really great at counting backwards.
I hear a lot of "Seriously mom?" "Ugh I'm so sick of this kind of mom." "You have to be a good mom and let me do what I want" (to which I reply that that would
not make me a good mom) "When I'm a dad I'm going to let my kids eat as much chocolate as they want." Sorry son. That's gonna be grandma's job. Muaha.
He has the mouth of a very moody teenager. Luckily I'm so past the stop-you're-making-me-look-like-a-bad-mom stage, otherwise I'd think we'd be hermits. He's become very acquainted with the taste of various hot sauces. Soap used to work.
When he asks me if he's allowed to do this or that and I give a vague response he says "Well is that a yes or a no?"
He likes to answer in code. The other day "yes" was fruit loops and "no" was chips, so he would answer the question by saying "fruit loops" or "chips. Sometimes the code is actions, sometimes hand signals.
He loves his sisters, but still fulfills his big brotherly duty of getting on their nerves.
He likes to spell, and ask me how words are spelt.
He can write his name.
He is really good at remembering songs and loves to sing.
As always, he is full of energy and loves to be running, climbing and playing.
Birthday Interview (unaltered answers)
Favourite colour: Black
Favourite animal: Shark
Favourite thing to do at home: play with Mia and Scarlett
Favourite food: chocolate
Favourite movie: lego batman
Favourite book: my shark books
Favourite TV show: sharks (shark documentaries, shark week shows)
Favourite tree (he made me ask this): pine tree...no prickly trees
What do you want to be when you grow up? ummm... batman so I can fight bad guys
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| He ran down the sidewalks with holding his cape out like wings during trick or treating. |
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Who is your best friend? Keenan
What are you scared of? zombies...no wait vampires
Here's to another year with this witty, goofy boy!
