Isabelle had her 4th birthday?!
This felt really big to me...:(. I didn't plan the party...she did! We had princess napkins, zoo animal paper plates and bubbles. The balloons were pink, and white. Already she is becoming her own person.
I am so thankful to have these last couple of years home with her before she is off to school. And thanks to the Kindergarten deadline changing...I get one more year...and she gets one more year helping me with the boys;).
She continues to surprise me daily with her intense curiosity for nature, her body, even maps and her need for Jesus. The other day she advised me that not only do butterflies come from caterpillars but moths do too. She asked me if it was true that our tongues were muscles. She continually shows me her 'exercises' and takes pride knowing that her food choices are 'healthy'. Recently she asked me about what happened to people when they died. We talked about how our spiritual bodies go to heaven but our physical bodies stay here on earth. She informed me that 'Jesus does not live in Arkansas Mom, he is only in heaven and can not come get me here'.
What an incredible job I have.
She told me she wants to be a mom just like me. I asked her if we could shop together and eat lunch when she is a mom. She said 'yes' AND she said we would sew together too. Although I feel myself holding on to all these sweet moments I anticipate watching her grow from her prek days to being young lady. Thankfully she still loves snuggling at night, playing with my hair and she is not too big to think wearing clothes her mom made her is cool.
One more thing...she is an amazing big sister. She is gracious, her little 'motherese' comes so natural. She is protective of them, she loves teaching them, giggling with them, she anticipates when she will see them and that she pays special attention to each of them.
