Hoppy Easter!

Cooper and his friend Gus made easter cookeis and colored eggs this year. If only the chickens had been better contributors we'd have used brown eggs!
The bunny hopped with his muddy paws through our house again...he makes such a mess every year!

It was a good thing this year because he hid Cooper's Easter basket in the DRYER! I'm not sure we would have ever found it without those foot prints.


Corm's was hidden near the door and Cooper couldn't resist helping him find it. They both had fun treats from the bunny...


Especially the new Puffles on a key chain!

We spent the rest of the day visiting family. There was an egg hunt and lunch at Nana's with Leejae, Brendan, and Alex (nobody was impressed with the goldfish crackers in the eggs...)

And then another hunt for treats at Grammy and Papa's house with Kaeley. Both boys got Zhu Zhu pets and are still loving them today!

It was a great day, Thanks to everyone!

WHOA...I've been a slacker!

I can't believe its been so long. I apologize!

March and April have brought rain and sun (although today there was snow...UGGH).

We went to the District Pinewood Derby. Cooper and Shawn tweaked the original car and we spent several hours with many other Tiger Cubs watching heat, after heat, after heat...
Coop's car did well, first or second each time! He got a cool medal in the end. He was disappointed to not earn a trophy but tried hard to keep his game face on for photos!



The pack celebrated the 100th year of Boy Scouting in America this year with the
annual Blue and Gold Luau!

Each den had to design a centerpiece for their table. Cooper compiled this photo essay for the creation of our den's volcano...technical help provided by Mom.

Watch out Winter Olympics 2022

Cooper took a snowboarding lesson at Gustock this week...He's one cool kid!

"Magic Carpet, here I come!"

"Phew, we both made it."
Look at that stance, is he serious or what??

"Whoops!"

He claims to have fallen 'only twice' within the hour lesson...
I guess that's the story we're sticking to!

"I learned how to turn!" he exclaimed proudly. By the end he had the hang of it.

"And up we go again!"
He never did get to show his instructor, James, the tricks he knows
(you know, the ones he can do on the Wii), but he had a great day and a really quiet ride home!

A Bobcat with a Trophy!

Cooper officially became a Bobcat last week!

He and Shawn built a Pinewood Derby car for Sunday's Derby. Cooper looked online for car designs he liked, Shawn went into the depths of the basement and returned with a car just the right shape! Add a layer of the finest finger paint, a few stickers, and VOILA!

Here's the line up for the day....

Cooper's car came in first and second place in several different heats! Here's a picture of a close one...so close!
At the end of the day he received a 1st place trophy for his Tiger Cubs Den and his car placed 4th out of 21 in the whole Pack! Off to the Regional Derby...

Two proud boys in our house!

Happy 2010

Happy New Year!

We've started off running...

finding a new daycare
Cooper started Basketball
He'll soon be participating in a Lego club after school
Corm is talking up a storm, finally saying Mom! He says it A LOT!

Last weekend he decided he wanted to make his own pizza





Yep, that's peanut butter, jelly, pineapple, and ritz crackers. YUMMO!

Ho Ho Ho

Cookies For Santa

A cookie for Corm

A cookie for Coop

"Dear Santa, 2 carrots per a randeer. Love, Coop"

Gifts, Gifts, Gifts...

and LOTS OF LOVE!

We hope you had a very merry one too!

Traditions, Traditions

Here are the photos of our annual tree hunt at Evergreen Ridge...

And the star on top!

Thanksgiving 2009

A Yummy Turkey

Two Paper Turkeys...

An Apple Pie...

And One BIG MESS!

Happy Turkey Day!

Toothless Wonder

Cooper lost tooth number two this week! He's such a pro at it already that he forgot to tell me...seriously? The holidays have him distracted already if you can believe that!

We made our annual trek to Evergreen Ridge farm to get our Christmas tree. Corm had a blast yelling "Path, path" and wandering through the aisles of trees. Cooper used dad's saw to cut the tree down himself (yikes!). We love how they put our tree through the wrapping up machine before we leave to keep the branches in tight. They even offer a chance to win your tree for free...been going for about 4 years, nothing free yet!

Pictures coming...

Visiting

Last week Cooper said, "Hey, when can we visit Uncle Ryan again?". And as his mother it is my duty to serve, so we threw ourselves at Uncle Ryan and Auntie Andrea on Sunday...they were most terrific hosts. A yummy lunch, a quick guitar lesson, quite a round of hide and seek, decorating cookies...plus some quality conversations! AND Grammie and Grampa Darling showed up to0!
Thanks a million, we had a great time! xoxo

Who knew a $2.00 bill would make a kid so happy?
Thanks Tooth Fairy!

I LOST MY FIRST TOOTH!

Hooray! It finally fell out. He never let that wiggly thing upset him until today, it was just too wiggly! It was hanging around so much that he could feel it hanging there and couldn't stand it. Shawn offered the tie it to a shake 'n go car trick; Coop said "NO WAY!". Instead he sat in the car and wiggled and wiggled it until he shouted,
"IT'S OUT!"

That teeny tiny tooth is tucked safely beneath his fire truck pillow as I type. I wonder what the tooth fairy will bring???!

BUSY updates

Ahhh...we have been so busy the past few weeks that the blog has gotten away from us! We survived Halloween and the end of soccer season, although barely, I forgot the last game. UGG. Mother of the year, I think not!

We have moved onto Tiger Scouts! Cooper's group has 3 scouts in it. They meet once a week after school. Each month all of the boys in grades 1-5 meet together to share accomplishments over the month.

Last weekend he and our neighbor delivered flyers to houses nearby asking for food donations for a local food pantry. On Saturday we went around and collected what people had left for us...despite the weather he was soooo excited. "Wow, look at all this food for the food pantry!"

The kids collected 630 something food items for people in our town that need a helping hand...quite an accomplishment!



Corm spent the last 2 weeks sick with what seemed to be a cold. I was home with him Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday but his fever never got over 102 and his nose has run off his face...it's since been recovered! He's in fine shape now and ready to go back to daycare Monday.
Hopefully our illness this season will be limited, positive thinking, right??!

Happy Halloween!

Let the battle begin!



Cooper and Corm both marched in a Halloween Parade at the school. This is the first year we didn't have to wrangle anyone into a costume unwillingly! Cooper had a class party that he says was YUMMY...





Later in the evening we trick or treated in Rochester with friends. Cormack learned how to say "trick or treat" and both of them occasionally remembered their manners! Thanks for the Halloween treats from friends and grammy's. Cooper has already eaten it, stuck the stickers, and spent the cash.. Man it's hard to keep up with him!!

More photos to come...

Fall Festival

Our Annual trip to Butternut Farm's Fall Festival last weekend was a great success!