Madeline gave me a PHILADELPHIA CHICKEN!! I was so excited.

The fun is just beginning!

When Daddy came home from work, I got to open a lot of presents. I opened my packages from Mommy and Daddy, Madeline, Nanaw and GrandTom, and Dan and Nikki. Then we had pizza for dinner.

I was much more dainty.

As you can see here, they got right to business.

We've just finished singing "Happy Birthday" to me. Actually, I did most of the singing. I am the talker in the class, after all. The boys were just anxious to eat their cupcakes.

Here I am sharing cupcakes with my friends.

Aren't we cute?

I got to lead the class inside, since I was the birthday girl and all. Holding my hand is my friend Michael.

I'm flying!

You can see that I managed to have a little fun.

Sorry I've been so remiss in my blogging efforts. My Grandmama and Granddad were here visiting last week, and as soon as they left, the whole family caught a cold. We've been quite busy! Let's go back to March 21: my third birthday. Mommy and I made a batch of pink cupcakes, and then we took them to school. Mommy stayed with me so she could take pictures, and she got to see me playing on the playground with my friends. I was so excited that I could hardly concentrate on swings, though, and kept running over to Mommy and Madeline to check in.

I had a PINK! CAKE!

Happy Birthday To Me

And to baby Kathryn Ruth, who was born early this afternoon! She weighs 7 lb, is 18" long, and has strawberry blond hair. Ryan says she and her Mommy (Sarah) are doing well. This time next year we'll be having TWICE AS MUCH pink cake!

I'm in the SKY, Mommy!

Enough about that baby sister. It is time now for a photo essay on ME. Isabel. The star of the show. The owner of this blog.

Up to no good

Lately I've been taking every opportunity to get into mischief. Yesterday, for example, I woke up before Mommy, and instead of climbing in bed with her or using her potty as I normally do, I went downstairs and found a package of Girl Scout Cookies. They were delicious, and gave me enough energy to keep going with very little food for the rest of the day. On the occasion you see captured before you, Mommy had to use the potty. I usually try to keep her from doing that, but this time she slipped through my fingers. For reasons that I will keep to myself, I got out all my clean sippy cups and lined them up on the counter. Then I got some eggs from the refrigerator. It looks nice, don't you think?

:)

 

What a smile.

That's our Chubblies. As I am fond of saying whenever Mommy or Daddy jokingly sings "Every Chubble makes a sound," Mahline is not a letter! 

This is how Madeline looks when she gets very excited. Her fisties are opening and closing as in the sign for "milk," she's bouncing, and she is saying "Ooooh, ooooh!" in a gutteral and slobbery grunt. 

She who only smiles for Mama

Madeline and I have a set of matching dresses. We've been trying to take portraits together in them for two months now. So far we have made four appointments, only to cancel them when one of us woke up sick. We even went to one appointment, but Madeline saw the photographer and immediately broke into tears. Maybe we'll get some together before we grow out of them. For now, you'll have to be sated with just Madeline in her dress. 

Blow, Daddy, blow!

I can't let her be alone in all the pictures, though. 

A new audience for an old pinwheel

I recently got out my purple pinwheel (bet you can't guess who would buy me such a thing) to play with. Madelne caught sight of it and just could not contain her giggles. It made her laugh SO HARD. I love making my baby sister smile!