What's for Dinner?

A new fascination with the refrigerator has begun. Cooper loves to rearrange the Coke bottles and whatever else he can get his hands on. But, at least it keeps him occupied and happy while I'm preparing dinner every night!

He's figured out how to get the locks off the cabinets

This looks good
If only I could figure out how to get the lid off of this....

Caught me!

Hi mom!

This would look good here

Sweet Heart

No other words needed!!

Cute Reagan story ~ we happened to be following her doctor home one evening (he lives in the neighborhood across the street) and here's the conversation that followed:
Mom: Look Reagan, Dr. Brooks is in that truck
Reagan: Where's he going?
Mom: I guess he's going home.
Reagan: Does he live beside us?
Mom: No, but he doesn't live too far away.
Reagan: Not two far away? Does he live one far away?
Mom: Yes baby, he does live one far away!

Upside Down

Two of Cooper's favorite things ~ being upside down and walking backwards. Just look at his face in these pictures!

(Sunday) School of Hard Knocks

Cooper and his friend Andrew are quickly becoming the tag team duo in their Sunday School class. Cooper is one day older than Andrew and they are like bulls in a china shop when they are together. They love to wrestle each other, make noise, but their favorite thing to do in class is eat!!!

Cooper just knocked Andrew down

Taking a break from wrestling
Flirting with Kate (she's 4 months older than Cooper)

Playing tug of war with Andrew's shirt

"We're just playing!"

Back home in his new favorite hiding place

Helping mommy cook dinner

They're Here!

Cooper now has molar teeth on the left side of his mouth (if you're facing him). This tooth has been a little more of a struggle coming in ~ he didn't want to eat as much and was just a little grumpier than normal. Looks like the right side is ready to pop through any day now!

Cooper vs Sweet Potatoes

What else can you say? I think the sweet potatoes may have won!! Cooper likes to feed himself nowadays, and sweet potatoes aren't finger foods!!

What a mess! You probably can't tell by the picture, but there is enough green beans, squash, zucchini and sweet potatoes on the floor to feed a small army!

Gotta love him!

Can you see the sweet potatoes in his eye lashes?

Saturday

It was a nice day outside (although a little windy), so we decided to take advantage of it and play outside.

First, a snack must be had

Cooper playing soccer with daddy
Fun in the sun!

We came inside and played a little game of baseball on the Wii

Reagan was a very good pitcher

Greg taking a few swings

Date with Daddy

Today, Reagan and Greg had their 2nd daddy/daughter date. They had breakfast at McDonald's and enjoyed lots of good conversation!!

Wii Love It!

I've casually been looking for a Wii Fit for a couple of months now. I happened upon one Friday and thought it must be fate ~ I should buy it now. Normally, I'm not an impulse buyer, but I was on Friday! Since I don't have time to go to the gym, I'm bringing the gym into my house! Reagan has had a fun time with it too! Hopefully, this will get me in shape for our upcoming beach trip in May!!

Dinner with Cooper

This is what dinner time is like at our house...

Cooper finds a few new toys to entertain himself

Who knew shaking up Coke bottles could be so much fun?
If only he could get this bottle open

If he can't have a Coke, how about a Sprite?

This is why dinner takes so long ~ a few words between every bite

But he's just so cute!

And now a few words while eating his fruit

His appetite is back. Tonight he ate 3/4 of a grilled cheese sandwich, 2 adult sized helpings of fruit salad, and 2 Nilla wafers.

Snow Day

School was closed again today ~ this time for snow. We had less than an inch of snow on the ground, but any excuse to close school and stay home and play, right? When Reagan saw the snow this morning, she asked, "is it Christmas again?". When I told her no, it's just snow, she asked, "is it a holiday?". Well, kind of ~ they are out of school!

Had to get a picture before the snow was disturbed too much

She couldn't wait to go outside
Doesn't that look like fun?

When can we go outside?

Getting their 1st look at the snow

Cooper's not to sure about all this stuff.
Try not to notice the pink gloves on him that he had to borrow from Reagan

Shoveling the snow off her slide

Can I help?

Are you freezing out here like I am?

Helping Reagan clean off the slide

Whoopsie!!

She had a great time playing in the snow

Her main goal was to fill up her bucket with snow My snow bunny

Boots are in ~ feet are warm again!

30 minutes of dressing in layers of shirts, pants, socks, boots, hats and gloves...

20 minutes of play in the snow!!