Class of 2023
After a quick ceremony, we loaded up the kiddos and left for Sun lakes.
And a yummy lunch with his teacher!
Cooper's class had movie day today. We went to the school and watched "Curious George". Camyrn was spending the day with us so she got to go too, and we even had popcorn and juice!
Once we got home Logan wanted to hold Baby Hailey. What a fun day.
Cooper's balance and attention span was so much better this year. He had just a little bit of help from Ms. Deanna on the beam, but for the most part did everything else by himself. I was amazed at how well he listened and followed directions. And he was good at taking his turn.
His favorite part of the beam was the end when he stepped off and said "TA DA!"
Here's a video of Cooper and MacKenzie on one of the obstacle courses they did.Logan really wanted to get in there and participate with the big kids, but we were told he was too little. That didn't stop Ms. Erin from taking him on the beam, and rolling on and jumping off the mats. Thank you Ms. Erin for entertaining LJ while I helped Cooper and take pictures.
Today was the annual ECE roller-skating field trip. Lets just say that this year was much better. Cooper was able to balance a little better on his own, which means I shouldn't be as sore as I was last year. He wanted to fly solo...I even contemplated putting on skates, but after the Hokey Pokey, CT was ready to leave.
It was fun having an hour or so with just Cooper. I think he had alot of fun. The lighting wasn't very good in this video, but enjoy anyway.
Today we went to a Thanksgiving Potluck w/ Cooper's class @ school. We got to see the Turkey with all the family feathers on it. It was so cool. Cooper's feather is in the top right corner. 
We were also able to enjoy a yummy Thanksgiving lunch with all the trimmings. Here's a picture of all us mid-mouthfull.
Afterwards we had time to talk with the other parents, while the kids played with the toys.
Cooper had fun with all the musical instruments...at one point, he was playing marching band with a few of his friends.
The Smith family used to have a tradition of the men doing the dishes after a holiday meal, I didn't have to ask Cooper, he just started doing them on his own...good boy! 
We had lots of fun at this month's get together. Thank you, Ms.Deanna, Ms. Erin & Ms. Karlan.
ate his plain.
We went to the next station and made a ghost sucker. While Logan...
ate an apple.
We tried making a turkey, but that was really difficult to do without cooperation from Cooper. I brought the supplies home to try again later. Ms. Deanna helped Logan make a pumpkin craft, while I helped Cooper.
And yes, Logan is eating an apple (same one) again.
Cooper wanted to ice another cookie, so Logan and I went to the coloring station. This was the first time I allowed him to use markers. It was so cute to watch. He was singing a song the whole time he was coloring.
Towards the end we played put the nose on the pumpkin.
Logan's nose was low and Cooper's nose was high. 
We had lots of fun at the craft day. Ms. Deanna even sent more apples home with us. On June 13th (Friday the 13th) the last field trip of the school year, the ECE classes went to the Bouncy Place. It was pretty cool and there were alot more inflatables than any other place we've been. Only drawback was the floor was all concrete. That makes for alot of slipping.
Thankfully the other teachers were helping Cooper up the big ladders, while I chased Logan around the place. And then I would help Cooper and the teachers would chase Logan.
They were both worn out from an hour of running, jumping and sliding. I was exhausted as well. Next time we'll bring James!
Today was definately a family fun day! James' schedule permitted him to come and in hind sight I was grateful for that. The Auburn School District has a wonderful Pre-School program. Cooper has progressed so much since starting the ECE program in October. This field day gave us as parents and families to see the progress of the kids since the beginning of the year. Each Station allows each child to show either a fine or gross motor skill. The early teachers that evalutated Cooper were impressed at how much he has progressed, not only with his motor skills, but his Speech as well.
This was cute. They would wave their streamers to the music and freeze when the music stopped. You can see on the ground the little parachute wands. After the song the teachers just let the kids take off and run the field to make the parachutes open.
Logan loved this! I tried to take the streamer away, but I couldn't, so the teacher said he could have it as long as he wanted.
Logan wasn't too interested in the coloring station or was he willing to give up his streamer from the last. So we just let him loose and he was moving and groovin' to the music and waving to his hearts delite.
As you can see, Logan loved the tunnel. Only one problem. He doesn't like the feel of grass so he wouldn't crawl out! 
As you can see, Logan had no trouble sweet talking the teacher into an assist at the hoops. Cooper was really good at making baskets. We need to work on his dribbling skills though, there was some serious traveling going on. At one point I was playing defense with Cooper, he kept trying to get around me and just as I was about to let him pass he got smart and went for the other hoop.
This would be my boy making circles around himself. It turned out to be a good one though. Logan was upset, he was put in the stroller for the next three stations.Bicycle/Scooter/Tricylce Station
We obviously need to work on this area of his development. Good Sport Dad!
Bean Bag toss Station.
Look at that form!
Here we can see Cooper still needs to work on his balance and jumping.
