Isla is One

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Today is Isla’s birthday. She is one year old.

I took the day off work and, after stopping at a nearby park to take some pictures of Isla, we all drove to Como Zoo. The weather was hot and humid, just like it’s been for most of the month. We looked at a few animals; Isla pointed to a tortoise and called it a kitty. Later, we went into a kid’s play area, and she and Owen had fun playing in the water, cooling down after being in the heat.

We ran a few errands, during which time Isla slept, then quickly drove back home to prepare for Isla’s party. Her party was pretty much theme-less (since we don’t really know what she likes yet), but we decorated a little and ordered pizza for the family. Besides her parents and her brother, the guests included Isla’s two of grandparents and her great-grandma (the ones who think Isla’s birth is worthy of celebrating). In the future, I am sure we will have bigger celebrations for her but, for now, I liked keeping it understated and simple, just as her brother’s first birthday was.

Isla received some play dishes, a blue-eyed doll, clothes for the doll, a blanket for the doll, and a little toy car to ‘drive’ around in. She also had her first taste of dessert today. Like her father and her brother, she didn’t seem to think it was all that tasty.

In the evening, Owen and I drove over to Home Depot to pick up a 2×4 so that we could measure and mark Isla’s height on it. We have a similar 2×4 for Owen, and we’ve marked his height ever since he was one (and we retro-marked his birth and six-month heights). Comparing the two boards side by side reveals that Isla is consistently about an inch shorter than her brother.

Happy birthday to Isla!