Food and Fun!

Our doctor recently said we could let Cooper start trying some food! He usually watches us like a hawk when we are eating- and tries to grab our food all the time! But he wasn't exactly sure what to think when he tried some baby food...


I think he likes it!
It is tons of fun to watch these two together! They always have the biggest smiles for each other! Here they are just playing together and having fun!


One day I put Cooper down on a blanket, stepped away for a second and came back to find this!!
What a cutie pie!!

Sleepover!!

We were so excited to have Erica America come and sleep over a few nights ago! We were all so excited to see her, and Scooter just wanted her to play and play in the back yard! And she is such a good sport - she played with him for such a long time! Our neighbors have this little car and they're always riding it down the hill, so Scooter was riding it down the hill and Erica was pushing him & the car back up the hill! Then Scooter convinced Erica to ride with him on the car! I had lots of fun watching the two of them!!

I love this one- how Scooter's face says: "Yay! Let's go!" and Erica is looking like "Ah-oh...I'm not sure this was a good idea after all!"
Going down!
That was so much fun, lets do it again!

An Interview with Scooter Boy!

For part of our Father's Day fun, I asked Scooter Boy some questions about his Daddy! His answers were really cute and pretty funny!!
- How old is Dad? -- "Let's see....4"
- What is Dad's favorite dinner? -- "Rice."
- What is Dad's job? -- "Fixing walls and stuff."
- What makes Dad mad? -- "Breaking down the walls."
- What does Dad do when he comes home from work? -- "Fix the wall." **
- What is your favorite thing to do with Dad? -- "Watch TV with him."
- What makes Dad laugh? -- "I don't know."
- What does Dad do that makes you laugh? -- "Nothing...Getting chips...When he turns on the TV it makes me laugh, I believe."
- Is Dad a good singer? -- "Yes."
- What is Dad's favorite song? --"Harry Potter."
-What would you like to do with Dad? -- "Ummmmm.... Help him clean with THIS!" (hoding up the duster)
- What is the best food that Dad makes? -- "Noodles."
- What is something Dad always says to you? --"Ummmmm...."
- What do you think Dad does when you are sleeping? --"Nothing...all of us are asleep."
- How are you and Dad the same? -- "I don't know."
- How are you and Dad different? -- "I don't know."
- What do you love the most about Dad? -- "When he gets tons of things that we need."



**There was a small hole in Derek's wall, and last week he took some scissors to the wall and made the hole a LOT bigger! I kind of freaked out & asked him (...maybe shouted at him...) why he did it & he said "I wanted to see what was behind the black stuff!" Oh boy! Later Ryan asked him why he did that, & Derek said: "I don't know.... I'll think of a reason while we're driving down there." (we were just about to go to my moms house). Then Ryan told him that he (Derek) was going to have to pay to fix the wall, and he said "Uh-uh, someone like you is going to have to pay for it!" (he didn't say this in like a bratty way or anything - it was actually pretty funny!) Then Ryan told him that the money to fix the wall would have to come out of his bank account, and he exclaimed: "Kids have bank accounts?!" ha ha! Anywho... when I asked him these questions, the wall experience was still heavy on his mind!

Just Having Fun!

Here are some of the fun things we've been up to lately!!

Digging in the dirt! This kiddo loves dirt, and even if there's just a small patch of dirt, he'll find it and dig, dig, dig! This was before we got the little sandbox!

There is a hill in the backyard- it is perfect for rolling down!
Playing with his butterfly net (or as he calls it, his fly net catcher!) that Grandma gave to him!

We've had lots of storms in the past few weeks - and I thought the clouds looked pretty cool! (Scooter didn't want me to take his picture I guess!) Also, in the background you can see the fire station. When we moved here- I wondered if it would be annoying to live that close to the fire station -but it's actually really fun! ...at least when you have a 4 year old! Scooter loves watching and listening to the fire trucks! Almost every time they pull out he says "There they go to help someone!"

Cooper J! I love how he looks so relaxed, like he's just chillin'!
I really can't get enough of kiddo feet- I seriously love em! I think they're so cute!
And oh how we love those blue, blue eyes!! I love both of our kiddos eyes! It's just so fun how Derek's are so dark, dark brown- and Cooper's are super blue!!
I just thought this picture was cute!
Our cute sister, Katie, made these darling P.J.'s for Cooper, and I tried them on to see if they fit! They were still a little bit big, but they looked SO dang cute I had to take a few pictures!!
Derek loves to hold Cooper like this! And he's such a good helper - he's always telling me "You can leave Cooper with me- I'll watch him!" How cute is that?! I hope he's still saying the same thing in a few years when he's old enough to do that!!

Brought to you by the letter "D"

A few weeks ago we were talking about the letter "D," and one of our activities was this "Doggy Tea Party." I remember having tea parties when I was little and I loved them! Scooter had a good time, and so did our "guests"- Puppy and Zoe!