Troublemakers for Life

Coop + his cousin Ethan= trouble!

A Sweet Moment

This may look like just another ordinary picture to most of you, but let me point out the pivotal point.  

Carter is sharing his special, can't-live-without-it, sleeps-with-it-every-night blanket with Coop.  Normally he would not let Coop lay a finger on this coveted blankie but he even went so far as to put it on his feet for him.  Now that is brotherly love!

I wish I could say that this happens a lot...but I guess we're still learning how to be kind to each other. 

This is a start!

Look, I'm just like Daddy!

I came upstairs the other day to see this.  

He had put Caleb's clothes on and said, "Look Mom, I'm just like Daddy now!"

Along these same lines, Cooper has been told by a couple of people that he is now The Man of the House while Daddy's gone.  The other day, he took that to heart when I told him he couldn't go outside and he quickly responded, "Mom, I am the man of the house so I get to decide!"  Wow, what do you say to that?!

J-E-L-L-O

Jigglers!

We were at the store and Coop insisted we get the blue Jello so we could make it at home.  

But 4 hours is a LONG time for a 4 year old to wait for something to be done!  I can't tell you how many times he asked if it was ready.  Oh well, it was worth the wait and we all had a good time.

Silly boys!

Its official!

We now have green grass!

Not yellow, not brown, but a nice, bright green.

Before

Before from the opposite side.

And some little trees too!

Bring on the summer!

A Fluffy Fro

This is what he looks like after nap time.

It makes me smile :-)

April showers bring...sledding?

APRIL 30, 2011

Woke up to this outside.

Decided to make the best of it...

...and went sledding with the boys.

We had a blast!

Random Pictures

You know those times when all you have is your camera phone?  Well, heres a modge podge of pictures from the last few months.  Some of them need captions and some of them don't need any explanation :-)

Disney on Ice

Hike to Battlecreek Falls

Technically this is from Caleb's phone sent to my phone.  One of his sales had this dog.  Can you even believe how big that thing is?  I want one!

Rainy Days

What do you do when these roll in?

Build a fort of course.

 And read some new library books.

Watches & Redo

I saw these cute felt watches on a blog and decided the boys would love them so...I recreated them.  Wasn't too hard and I just think they are dang cute.  Boys need accessories too!

I've been working on decorating Coop's room and one of the things was redoing a dresser we received for free from a friend.  Sorry about the before picture, I had already taken out all the drawers before remembering to take the picture and I did not want to put them all back in just to take them all back out again.  So imagine the dresser a fake light tan wood with drawers and silver knobs.

BEFORE

AFTER

 I spray painted it creme and then distressed the edges with distressing ink.  Then I put a couple coats of polycrilic on to seal it.  The knobs are from hobby lobby and I think they totally make the dresser!  I love how it turned out!

I love summer time projects.

Hiccups

The other night while on skype with Daddy Carter got the hiccups for the first time.  He was trying to sing "5 Little Monkeys" for us but kept getting distracted by the interrupting hiccups.  We thoroughly enjoyed watching it!

PS  At the end, did you like when he wanted to sing a song about Jesus so he started singing, "5 little Jesus' sitting in a tree, teasing mister alligator can't catch me..." I sure love this kid! 

Mud Monster

What is it with boys and mud?  Coop spent literally 2 hours pretending he was the mud monster.  He got filthy, caked in mud, and loved every second of it.  And really, so did I.  That's what kids do right?  Clothes can be washed, kids can take baths, and that is what a kid's life should be.  Full of fun, dirt, and imagination.  I'm grateful for days like this where I can watch Cooper enjoy being a care-free kid and feel myself let go a little.  It reminds me about what really matters.  Not material things, but the people and experiences we have that make our life happy.  

I will say that I did quite enjoy hosing him off after all this...

Today was a good day :-)

Thankful

This is mainly for Daddy to see because he wasn't there to witness the cuteness firsthand :-)

I was impressed with how many new ones they came up with because we had already been discussing this for probably 5 minutes beforehand without the video.