A Day in the Life of Isabelle

I figured her day had to be more exciting than mine.  It turns out it was!  I don't really know what time Isabelle woke up, because she colored for a while before she came in and woke us up at about 8:30!



Here we are watching cartoons. 
Sadly most days in our house start out this way.
Not Sundays of course, we are late enough for church without TV.

 

After the TV wore off we thought we'd make some banana bread.

First peel the bananas like so...

Then make sure you get all of the dough off the mixer.

You better get a sample, all great chefs do.
 I can't stand banana bread dough, but Isabelle loves it.
Cookie dough, cake batter and brownie dough on the other hand - YUM! 
Have no fears if you eat food from my house, that spatuala did not touch the food again!



Finished product - just perfect.

Now its time for school.
She got 100% on her spelling test today.
cats, pigs, beds, bugs, tops, and best!

Time for some food.
Too bad the only thing she would eat was kimchi.

Piano practice went great.

She also had her piano class this morning.

Isabelle is so excited for her performance next month!

All work and no play make Isabelle a cranky girl.

Play away :)

Off to TKD. 

She loves it when she gets to be the leader.

I wonder where she gets that from???

But seriously, her TKD instructor is sooo good looking.

I bet he has a totally awesome wife back at home!

Good form kiddo! 

Clean up, clean up, everybody clean up.

Ahhhhh.  Thats much better!

Reading is becoming a daily habit.

I am so glad she has started enjoying it.

Finally, eating her banana bread and watching a bedtime movie.

She is a great big sister, most kids would freak out if their little brother was stealing their snack.

Throw in about 20 potty breaks, carrying her brother around, chasing the cats,

and visiting with Grandma...I don't know about Isabelle,

 but I am ready for bed!

If we didn't have Isabelle in our lives it would be

pretty boring around here!

BOOK REVIEW: THE HORSE AND HIS BOY

The Horse and His Boy
Written by C.S. Lewis
Number 3 of 7 in the Narnia Series
Number of pages: 224
Number of stars I'm giving: 4

I loved this book.  It was a very quick and fun read.  If you don't have any children interrupting you every ten minutes it will only take one day to read.  If you have children but ignore them from time to time it will take two days to read.  If you have children and are a perfect mom it will probably take you 3 days to read.  In my case it took two days to read.
The reasons I didn't give this book 5 stars was because I didn't feel like it was as much of a pull between good and evil like "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" was; also it didn't make me want to be a better person like "Les Miserables" does. 
In this book you fall in love with the little hero Shasta. All of the trials he has to go thru in life make your heart strings pull for him.  You will laugh, be excited, and if you are a baby like me you will probably cry just a little too.  My favorite part is when Shasta is speaking to Aslan.  When you understand the symbolism there I don't know how you could not cry.  The fact that the Savior is there for us whenever we need Him, even if we don't realize it, is an amazing gift.  Also I loved the way this book shows the Saviors mercy and His justice.  It also teaches us that we should always choose to be merciful.
I can't wait for a couple more years when Isabelle and I can read it again together.  Prince Caspian: Here I come!