Sandwich Birthday Boy (minus the bread of course)

 My kids are all completely different!  Karson is a natural born leader, overachiever, and has always acted well above her age and made sound decisions (traditional 1st child).  Miles is compassionate, social, and has always been completely content with having to do things he doesn't want to do (typical 3rd child).  Then, there's Isaac, our colorful and unique (middle) child, sandwiched between Karson and Miles.  Isaac thinks outside the box - in fact, he'd take the box, cut it up, add some flair and stuff it under his bed so his mom doesn't throw it out - and is a free thinker and speaks sarcasm better than me.  In fact, we were at a tournament this weekend in Sevierville, and I came across this t-shirt.  Too bad it wasn't kid-sized.

It's sometimes hard to harness all of Isaac's energy, and he has a lot of it - could be all the Cokes he drinks, although I buy Caffeine-free.  He's a happy kid though and likes to snuggle.  He had a fever most of last week, and all he wanted to do was cuddle.  Ever since he was tiny (and still is quite tiny), he's been such a loving little guy.  He used to jump out of his toddler bed in the morning and run down the hall and get in bed with me.  He's actually been doing that the last few days.  I love it and him!  I came across this picture of him (from preschool) - adorable! 

 

He's incredibly smart (and apparently short) and recently won the spelling bee at Plano and will compete in February at the Warren County Spelling Bee at St. Jo.

 

  He's also part of the quick recall team and Science content (testing) area this year.  The QR team had their first event against Alvaton last week.  It was evenly matched, and their team won one and our team won one.  Those meets always make me feel incredibly stupid =/.  Isaac did really well and answered a couple of questions for his team. YAY!

 

Trying new things (unless it's his idea) simply isn't his forte.  I don't think he's difficult, he's comfortable.  BUT, there are some things that I've made him do which have been good for him (like Academic team).  He initially didn't want to apply for Warren County's off-site advanced/gifted program 212 Academy.  I forced him to apply and made him write the essays.  He was selected (and few are) to be a participant this year and really enjoys it.   If you've been given a brain like his, you need to use it.  Thankfully he does use it, he's always been a book writer, puzzle worker, movie maker, and artist!   

I love following 212 on Twitter because I get to see pictures of Isaac during his time there.

 Today, Isaac celebrates his 11th birthday.  It takes my breath away that he is already in 5th grade and only has one more year before middle school - not even possible. I didn't realize we were going to have a BLIZZARD this weekend or probably could've planned a party this week (since everything has been cancelled).  But, he was supposed to have a basketball game tonight, Spelling Bee tomorrow night and other things going on this week, so I hadn't planned any sort of party.  Plus, I wanted to wait for basketball to be over and was thinking it would end this week or next (who knows now).

Birthday Cinnamon Rolls to start the day.  Well, that, and Isaac lost a tooth! NICE! After a birthday lunch at Wendy's, Matt took him to see the movie The Boy.  He loves scary movies and couldn't wait to see this one.  He and I went to see The Forest last week. 

We went to Zaxby's, his favorite restaurant for dinner.  I ordered him a completely iced cookie cake from The Cookie Store, another fav!  Pap, John, Laura, Seth, Ben, Pops, Meme, Evan and even sweet little Mae Kathryn joined in for dinner.

HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY ISAAC!  WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!