Lied Discovery Museum

Alex and Chloe had a parent involvement activity at the Discovery Museum. They had such a blast. Their favorite area was the airplane. My kids love all the role play stuff! We will have to go there again soon!

Cooper's turns 2!

Cooper must have known it was his birthday because when I went to get him out of his crib he was wearing his birthday suit. He has never done that before so I thought it was pretty funny that he completely undressed himself for the occasion. He had waffles for breakfast and then we made sugar cookies for him to bring to nursery. His favorite color seems to be yellow and he picked it to frost his cookies. All morning long he kept saying "It's my birday!" and he was so excited. For the last six months that Cooper has been in nursery he has NEVER EVER gone without crying. So I was so happy when he willingly walked right in with Granny Denton. She has been his new teacher for about the last month. She got birthday hats for all the kids and Cooper got a little badge that said, "I am the birthday boy!".

Since Cooper's birthday fell on a Sunday this year we decided to just have a big family dinner with Chris' and my family. We had sweet and sour meatballs and homemade rolls, Cooper's favorite and of course Aunt Amber made him a monkey cake to match all his party stuff.

He got a lot of great gifts, but his favorite was his bike. Grandma always gets the best presents!! I had to pull hime off of it so that we could sing 'Happy Birthday' and he cried while I blew his candles out. I am so excited that he has his own bike now and he actually knows how to pedal already!!

Coop really is a special boy. I am so glad he had a great day!

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To get to the other side!

Because of all the construction for the railroad overpass we have a nice detour we have to take every time we go anywhere. We started to notice chickens crossing the road and have had to stop a couple of times so they could finish crossing the street. Pretty soon my kids started watching for them and then we would have to make a daily stop to see if we could spot the chickens. One day we saw about 15 just wandering around a culdesac. Chloe asked, "Mom, can we kill them?". And since the night before we had just had a family home evening on how we need to be nice to all Heavenly Father's creations I told her it probably wasn't a very good idea. So then they had their next idea. "Then can we chase them?" I figured there was no harm in that! So my kids proceeded to chase chickens and they had a great time!

The last time we stopped to visit the chickens we met the owner and he let the kids feed them. He gave us all sorts of facts on chickens and told us we could come feed them with him anytime. Since I am so scared of birds I kind of liked it when they were being chased that way they were no where near me!!

Pajama Day

This week it has been spirit week at school and today is pajama day. This is the day that my kids have been most excited for. So to show my spirit I will be staying in my pajamas all day too!

Happy Birthday Cooper!

My sweet, sweet baby! I don't even know where to begin.

You have brought so much love and happiness to our family, I am forever grateful to my Father in Heaven for sending me such a sweet spirit.You have been a complete mama's boy and at times it can be totally frustrating , but I wouldn't trade it for the world! You have the sweetest smile and can always make me happy!
You adore Nick, Chloe, and Alex and they adore you right back! Sometimes they think you are still a little baby and they think they can carry you around or make you do stuff that you really don't want to do. That is when you remind them that you are the boss!! You pretty stubborn to say the least! I love it when you do something wrong just because it is almost immediately followed with "sorry mom"! And how can I be mad after that?!
After looking through pictures to put some on here for your birthday, I am reminded of what a stinker you are to get a good picture of! You have been that way from the beginning...not looking at the camera, not smiling or both. You really are a happy little guy, you are just making it hard for me to document it!

You are a good boy and so smart. You amaze your dad and I with the things you do and say everyday!

A couple of months ago you started to say your own prayers. It is the cutest thing ever! You have such a strong and sweet spirit!

You are getting so big, so fast! I can't believe that you are 2!

You are one very determined little boy and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you! Until then, I am totally content with you being my little mama's boy, giving me such great hugs and kisses, and telling me that you love me! I know that will end soon enough!

We all love you so much!!

Hope you had a great birthday!!

Yee Haw!

Cooper loves to follow me around for the most part, so whenever I am in the bathroom getting ready or getting the other kids ready he comes in and plays in the tub. Sometimes he will bring some toys in there and just sit and play.

But his new thing is to ride the bath tub. And while he is riding he yells, "Yee Haw".

Grateful

I am so thankful for the gospel in my life. I am thankful for the direction that it gives me. I am so thankful for opportunity I have to be a mother. I am so thankful to have 4 beautiful and healthy children. I am so very thankful to be married to a good man who works so hard to provide for our family. I am thankful that we understand our roles as parents and that he is to be the provider and I am to be the nurturer. I have spent most of today letting things people have said get to me and I have to realize that I am in control of my own happiness. I know, and the Lord knows that I am trying to do what is right for our family, and that is all that matters!