A few weeks ago at preschool, the class was discussing sea life. Starfish--or as they are properly known, Sea Stars--were talked about. Isabel came home wanting to know even MORE about them. She most specifically wanted to know how they eat. So...Spencer helped them look up Sea Stars online and, together, they learned all kinds of things about them (They have no brains! No blood!). They asked Spencer to print the information off and Isabel proudly carried it off to preschool to show her teacher. Well, the teacher took it one step further and had Isabel present the information during circle time. :) She told Isabel, "Isabel, I will probably remember you forever and ever now! You will always be "Isabel: The girl who was only five years old and did a research project on Sea Stars for preschool!". Isabel, of course, was overcome with both embarassment and pride. :) Me? Mostly pride.
Her next research project was not nearly so...intellectual.
Isabel: "Mommy, can you show me where you keep those one pointy shoes that you sometimes wear to church?"
Me: "Sure. Why? Are you going to use them for dressup?"
Isabel: "Well, I was just looking in my Fancy Nancy books about ways to be fancy and I saw a picture of something fancy and it was shoes like those."
Me: "Ooohhh. Okay, um, let me get them down."
Isabel: "See Mom, look right here (pointing to a picture in one of her Fancy Nancy books). Look how FANCY she is!"
Research into how to be fancy. So cute. And so funny. And so...Isabel.
We Do the Zoo.
Last week, my mom took a day off to babysit Keeler while I was teach parent at preschool and we all headed down to the zoo for a lovely afternoon.
Keeler was a little suspicious of his first zoo trip. Well, mostly of the stroller I think.
Enjoying ice cream at the end of our afternoon at the zoo with grandma.
Keeler. Just being adorable.
Keeler doing what he did for 75% of our zoo trip. Sleeping. In the wrap. In his cute giraffe sweater. (In honor of the giraffe baby born just days after Keeler.)
Milo and Isabel checking out the elusive Red Panda (Grandma Kim's new favorite animal).
6 comments:
Maybe Isabel can help me do research on my new favorite animal! The kids are so cute and smart! And...I love the zoo!
What a brilliant daughter and extraordinary daddy to take her to the internet to research right away.
Perhaps her Grami Tami can come up with something as well! Watch the mail.
Your kids are both so stinkin' GREAT! I don't know too many 5 year-olds, but they pretty much seem like the cream of the crop!
What's with the hippy wrap? Ha ha.
Isabel is a crack up.
I LOVE that Isabel is doing research on being fancy. If she keeps this up, she will be SO fancy by the time she's an adult. I can't wait.
I'm telling ya...the more you write about Issy...the more it's like reading about Eden. Her kindergarten class is learning about ocean life and she comes home everyday with new facts and she wants more info. She had picture day last week and I was helping out in her classroom and she was hands down the fanciest one in the class. She picked out every detail of her outfit. She got lots of compliments it was hilarious.
Oh and that Keeler is so freaking A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E!!!!!!!
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