Our Little Helper

Cooper has become quite the little helper of late! Today he helped take out the trash and sweep the floors.

Who wants to help mom & dad? I do!

sweeping after dinner trash time

"I can do it"

All done!

Cooper's Turn

Cooper, just being Cooper!

swinging his sword

he also used the sword like the vacuum cleaner attachment back to wielding his sword

sweet baby, no ~ big boy pushing the dump truck he would run from one side of the room to the other, and when he would pass me he would stop and say "cheese" wanting his picture to be taken! what have I created? "cheese"

he's such a happy boy and has so much energy!

Little Helpers

Greg and I had a couple of helpers today while we were getting some things crossed off our to-do lists.

Reagan heard Greg hammering and came running with her hammer ~ Cooper slept through the whole thing!

She wanted to help daddy hammer in the nail ~ she kept saying, "we're doing teamwork!"Greg said he was glad she didn't have a real hammer, because she kept hitting his finger instead of the nail Spoke too soon...she thought she try her skills with the real hammer More teamwork

Putting the cabinet in the laundry roomWhen Cooper woke up, he thought he'd help sweep up the mess Such good helpers! Look at all those cleaning tools ~ decisions, decisions...he finally got around to using them all!

It's Official

Reagan is officially a big girl now. She bought her very own princess bicycle today with the birthday money she had been saving (ok, so she didn't know she was saving it, but she sure was glad she did!). She had been asking for a bicycle for several weeks now and when we pulled up to the store, she almost flew out of her princess seat knowing what was inside!

Every bike rider must wear a helmet ~ princess helmet of course (enough pictures, let's ride!)

And she's off! Isn't she cute?

Notice she's wearing shorts ~ Greg convinced her that she would go faster if she didn't wear a dress!

I love my family!

Cooper doing his job ~ mowing the road for all the neighbors

Dad keeping a watchful eye on his princess

Cooper had to check the oil

He should have done his repairs before he left the house!

A little boy's work is never done

He is fascinated with all things cleaning (brooms, vacuums, paper towels, dust cloths, etc)

Helping Daddy

After 4 days of rain, the grass was in desperate need of cutting. After cutting the grass, Reagan always likes to help Greg sweep the clippings up out of the road.

Hope she enjoys this when she's older!

She takes her job seriously
Cooper thinks he may want to help too

No, he'll go back up the driveway

Maybe he will help after all!

Another Saturday Date

It was time once again for the weekly daddy/daughter date day ~ and of course Reagan was excited to go eat pancakes!

All ready to go

Cooper on the other hand, stayed home and did his chores! He makes the messes then helps clean them up

I think Cooper's getting the raw end of the deal on Saturday mornings, but he doesn't seem to be too upset!

What's Up With This?

Cooper seems to have an ever increasing fascination will all things cleaning. He loves brooms, mops, paper towels and wet wipes. Let's hope some of this rubs off on his sister (and dad) and continues when they're old enough for me to appreciate them to do the cleaning.

Found the Swiffer

Cleaning up the mess in the kitchen
On to the living room floors...

Is that a cookie I taste?

Cooper...The Cleaner????

I appreciate the help, but... He played with the broom for quite a while today. Making sure all the crumbs were swept up after breakfast.