The Bean is NINE

This March we celebrated Isabelle's 9th birthday. Her last year before double digits and Ben and I cannot believe that our first born is already 9 years old. Ben signed up to be the WatchDog at school on her actual birthday and Isabelle loved having her dad by her side all day. She thought a roller skating party would be a blast and so we got to work planning another fabulous event. She picked matching neon shirts for all of her favorite friends and she was so excited when she found wild knee socks in her budget too. We met at our house for a little dancing and snacking and then made our way to Sk8 Town for hours of skating fun. Isabelle was definitely not the best skater, but she kept trying and by the end had made great progress. Since Belle isn't a big cake eater, we opted for ice cream instead and followed up our skating with dessert at Baskin Robbins. It was the perfect day spent celebrating our favorite 9 year old and we are so grateful that she has so many cute friends to share time with.






Isabelle at 9 years old is very confident and happy. She loves to play sports and excels in soccer and basketball. She leads the 3rd grade girls at Creekside Forest in Mileage Club and although she is skinny mini, she has passion and loves to be active. Isabelle also loves ballet and shows some real promise in class. She always is excited to go to dance class and we spend time EVERY SINGLE DAY dancing. Isabelle is very smart and school is easy peasy for her. She rarely studies and also rarely misses anything on her tests. She is well liked by friends and seems to have the whole world in the palm of her hand. She still has a very soft spot for animals and has been over the moon with Grandpa's new dog Kee becoming a member of the family. Isabelle is a good example to Olivia and although she struggles to not ALWAYS correct her little sister, she is most of the time patient and kind to her biggest fan. We often feel overwhelmed parenting sweet Isabelle since we are learning as we go and I know that the coming months and years are going to be a big learning curve for us all. Can't we just freeze her at 9? We love you, Isabelle. You are a giant ray of sunshine in our family.