flashback friday

i look at isaiah now and can't believe he's already done with first grade and going into second. whenever i look at that boy, this is what i see....

i see my sweet firstborn baby boy at his second birthday party. mouth full of cake and drool dripping down from his mouth and onto his shirt. sitting on my lap...yes, that's right. he's sitting on my lap. could you imagine if this boy sat on my lap right now? his bony behind would give me a charlie horse, for sure. and he was an only child...wait, what?! it's so hard to remember having only one child! but, according to this photo, there was such a time.

it's hard to believe that this moment was captured over five years ago. but i'm so happy that i took this moment to remember it. thanks, flashback friday.

happy, happy friday!

i hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. xo

peace out, first grade!

my oldest boy is now officially a second grader! time is seriously flying. when people used to tell me that the baby days would go by fast, i never thought it would be this fast. 

yesterday was his last day of first grade and here he is with his teacher.

every trimester, each teacher selects three kids from their class to receive an "ace" award for one of three categories: Academic excellence, Citizenship or Effort. i'm beyond proud of my boy for earning the ace award for academic excellence for his last trimester of first grade. when his teacher gave a short shpeel about why he was chosen, she said, "i've watched him all year long and he has been such a sponge. he takes in anything new that i teach him and demonstrates knowledge of the information immediately." this mama was in tears, sitting in the back row of the school cafeteria. what can i say? that's my boy!

there he is getting his award from the principal.

  

the three students from his class chosen to receive the ace awards.

i am one proud mama.

and isaiah is one proud student.

this made me flashback to last year, when he also received the ace award for academic excellence at the end of his kindergarten year. {please excuse his ridiculous haircut. every kid has to have one at some point in their childhood, right?}

we started a tradition of commemorating the occasion with a graduation cake each year.

flashback to last year's cake. the ladies in the bakery always get a good giggle when the mister tells them what to write on the cake.

linking up with tia and flashback friday! come join the fun!