Dear Isaac,
2017/2018 has been a big year for you. Right after your 5th birthday you started PRE-K at home with Mom! We had 3 other boys join us, Lucas, Zac, and Henry. Zac became your new best friend! Mom turned her craft room into the preschool room, just for you! We had lots of fun learning, 3 days a week in that room all together. At Christmas you received your favorite stuffed animal, Penthea the Panda. She's a Furreal Friend that you LOVED. You still love her, but you have many stuffed animals to spread your love out to, so sometimes she takes a back seat.
We tried Soccer in the Fall for you, but you didn't love it. We're proud of you for sticking in there with it, and when you did try, you were great! We also tried Hip hop this year, but decided we need another year or so, before you will enjoy structured sports and classes. :)
We had a REALLY big summer of travel. I took all of you kids to see Great Grandma Chapman in Utah. We stayed at her house and had a great time drinking chocolate milk every morning, playing with cousins, and spending time with Great Grandma and Bonkie. A couple weeks later we left on an even bigger trip to NEW YORK CITY! It was a fun and crazy trip with our whole family. You got to ride on an airplane for the first time since you were a baby. The Flight Attendants let you and Boston speak over the intercom. You said,
"My name is Isaac, I'm 5 years old, this is my first time on a plane, and I'm going to a Yankees game".
We had the best time with Aunt Kaz's and Uncle Erik's families. We stayed in Connecticut most the time and you had the best time running around with Dean and Macee in the party barn! We did an overnight trip to Boston, where we walked the Freedom trail, stayed in a fun hotel, and went to LEGO Land. With all of our cousins we spent a couple days in New York City. We climbed the statue of Liberty, went to the 911 memorial, played baseball in Central park and climbed boulders. We went to Bryant park, and our favorite was going to the MOMA. We got see Van Gogh's Starry Night and Monet's Water Lillies! It was awesome. After Connecticut, our little family spent 3 days in NYC by ourselves. We stayed in a fancy hotel on the Upper West side, and played in Central Park, met a Dog named Moose that we all fell in love with. We dodged a rain storm, by stepping into a cookie shop and ordering delicious cookies until the rain stopped. We Also got to explore the MET where we saw Mummies and Van Gogh's Self portrait, and the Museum of Natural History, where we saw a HUGE whale, and big Dinosaurs. We played for a while on the museum lawn, and we also found a fun city park to play at. We all agreed we can't wait to go back!
It wasn't long after we got home that you had your birthday! For your party you invited a ton of friends to Garland's gymnastics where you got to do the birthday bungee. You pretended to be Iron man on the bungee and we all laughed. This year you've become a great friend and really care about making more friends. You still love art and drawing, as well as Legos, snap circuits, and stuffed animals. And you're still the funniest kid around. You are constantly cracking us up. We love all the snuggles we get from you as well.
I even tried to convince you this year that we should do snuggle school instead of Kindergarten. I told you we could start with diaper class, then baby toys class, then Snuggle school, and then we would end with shrinking class (which would be the longest class of the day). You did NOT like that idea. :)
Just last week you started Kindergarten! You have Mrs. Fort and Mrs. Wueneeke. Mom loves these teachers so I've been really excited for you. They think you are so smart and a leader! I was happy and a little nervous for your first day of Kinder. I knew I would feel happy if your day went well. Right when I dropped you on the playground you gathered up a big group of boys that you know and got a game of tag going. Everyone wanted to play with you and it was fun to see you be such a leader. I was so happy to see you making lots of friends right away. You even invited a little boy that had no one to play with, to come play with all of you. Mrs. Fort said you did awesome on your first day, and felt so happy! We missed having you at home though, and I gave you LOTS and LOTS of snuggles as soon as you got home.
This year, is my year of Isaac. Because it's the year you start all day Kindergarten, you have an extra tender spot in my heart. I miss you and your sweet, creative energy here at home. Every day Daddy and I are so grateful that Heavenly Father gave us the sweetest, funniest, brightest, funniest, Zekeyboo!
Happy Birthday sweet boy! This year you're going to do great things!
Love,
Mama.
