Field Day 2009

Here are some pictures of Cooper's last Field day as a Pre-Schooler! It was a very warm and beautiful morning full of fun games. Logan had a great time as well!

And a yummy lunch with his teacher!

Swimming with Zada, Ian & Jo Jo

Happy 5th Birthday Cooper!

Cooper celebrated his birthday in many ways this year.The first was on the 24th with The Twiddy Family...We BBQ'd and Jehana made him a McQueen cake, which he thought was way cool! He got some really cool gifs from his aunts and uncles and of course Grama Nina spoiled him too! Thank you everyone!

On his Birthday, we celebrated with my family. Of course that was fun too! Especially since it landed on Memorial Day this year. We went to the park and played baseball, had a BBQ, and a water balloon fight. See Memorial Day post for pics.

On the day after his birthday we brought cupcakes to his class and sang to him there!

Memorial Day and Happy Birthday everyone!

Cooper's Birthday fell on Memorial Day this year, which made it a perfect day to celebrate everyone's birthday. As always we went to the park for some fun times.

Logan discovered baseball this summer and loves the idea of being able to hit the ball and play catch. Look at that concentration. Now if I could only get him to forget about his love of soccer. I see alot of rainy Saturday mornings in my future. At least with baseball they cancel the game when it rains.What a beautiful day for a water balloon fight! Brenna couldn't make them fast enough!

The Cousins!

Of course no BBQ on Memorial Day would be complete without Cupcakes!Happy Birthday Everyone!

This was my favorite picture I took today.

Shopping Buddies!

Mr. T & LJ
Can they BE any cuter?

Kindergarten Round-up

I went to Kindergarten roundup tonight....... I can't believe my baby is going to be a Kindergartener next year, AND he's going to the same elementary I went to growing up. The school seemed so much smaller than I remembered it. I only got teary a little bit...Next month we'll meet his teacher, and I'll be sure to post pics.

Movie Day!

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!

Mama and her little man!

Me and my little man...

Northwest Trek

Today we went to Northwest Trek with the Smith Family. I decided to take the family picture first so that we would have happy boys, and I wouldn't have to hound them later. The first thing we did was take our tram ride. It was a 45 minute ride through the park where we were able to see Caribou, Bison, Rams, a moose, swans & ducks. Of course not only were my little men in heaven, but James loved the whole thing. Especially spotting deer and drooling over a large herd of dream elk. You know the kind with antlers that would be the honor of any proud hunter.

After our tram ride we were able to go on through the rest of the park on foot. It was fun to be in the woods and still see animals from a safe/fenced area. I thought it was better than the zoo. The boys would run up ahead to the next exhibit and on a rare occasion sit on a bench waiting for us. They were always in sight, just so excited to see everything the wanted to run. We stopped mid-way for a picnic lunch and then on to more animals. At the end of the day we went to a learning center and LJ posed next to his favorite animal.
Once again we had a great time as a family and with our friends. We will most definitely come back here again.

Paw Prints!

Jim and Jeannene have been doing some work out it their backyard this spring, and Cooper noticed that a big Dinosaur had left it's prints in the dirt. He was so excited that he had to show everyone! Of course Logan was totally excited about that! I kid you not, until that hole was fixed we had to go out the every time we went to visit Grama & Grampa Twiddy

Breakfast in Silence

Logan found James' ear protectors and decided to have a quiet breakfast this morning.

Zoo day and the missing tooth

We went to the zoo today. The Beluga whale was gone. Sad day. These are the only pics I'm posting, because how many times do you really need to hear about the zoo?

The real story is the missing tooth. Cooper had yet another tooth loose. All day we kept checking it and telling him that if he pulled out his tooth we'd get an icecream cone. After dinner we went to check again...it was gone. "Cooper, where's your tooth?" Without missing a beat... " I ate it."

Icecream it is. Tooth fairy dismissed from duty.

Being Goofy & Growing up!

One of our favorite places to go as a family...(okay mostly James and the boys) is the Sportsman's Warehouse in Federal Way, and pretty much everywhere else on the I-5 corridor. Anywho. I've always wanted to get the boys to sit on the elk outside and take a picture. This is the closest Cooper would get to sitting by the elk.

Logan would sit on the elk, only if daddy went too. So it was a chance for us to be a little goofy.
Later on it was some serious business. Since Logan did so good in a bunkbed at the Great Wolf Lodge, I thought it was about time for him to have his own big boy bed. So we got the toddler bed out of storage today and set it up. He was literally growing out of the crib, so this is perfect for him. He's so independent and loves the idea of getting out of bed on his own.
5-22-09- Logan is doing really good with the toddler bed. I was worried that he'd have trouble staying in bed, but am pleased to announce that once he's in bed he actually stays there all night. Unless he needs Mommy or Daddy now he comes in by himself for some loves and we go right back to his bed. I love it!

Mini-Vacation to the Great Wolf Logde!

We just got back from our mini-vacation to the Great Wolf Lodge. It's an outdoor themed hotel/indoor water park! We had so much fun. The boys loved every second of it. The water slides were just half the fun. Our room was decked out like a camp site. The boys had their own "separate" tent with bunkbeds.

Bed time was fun, and after an evening of water slide and swimming they slept so good. We all did in fact! We were able to go with our friends "The Smiths" and the boys played in the pool and moms and dads took turns taking the older boys on the Big slides. My camera weirded out on me so I didn't get any shots of us at the park, but my friend took many of us, and as soon as I get them, I'll post them below.

HERE ARE THE PROMISED PICTURES!
THANK YOU JEN!!!

Bouncy Place Field Trip

We went to the Bouncy Place today for Cooper's field trip and we were able to invite our good friends Jennifer, Nick, William & Hailey. It was so crazy, I didn't really get any good pictures but I did get a video of Logan bouncing with Ms. Deanna.

Cooper really didn't want to sit still for pictures, but really do you blame him...he wanted to have fun. James and I got into the action as well. We had alot of fun. Here are some pictures, like I said they are not the best, but it proves we were there.

Here's a picture of Logan being a goofball in the back seat on the way home. Cooper wanted to ride with Jennifer and Nick wanted to ride with us. It was fun swaping kids for awhile.Once we got home Logan wanted to hold Baby Hailey. What a fun day.