Pumpkin Patch Express - Part 2

Cooper and his Daddy in front of the HUGE pumpkin!

Decisions, decisions! Which one should I choose?

Having fun in the corn maze!

Pumpkin Patch Express - Part 1

Cooper is currently in love with anything to do with trains so we thought it would be a good idea to take him to ride the "Pumpkin Patch Express." It was a huge hit! We got to ride a train to a field that was setup as a pumpkin patch. They also had tons of kids activities there also! And they were all for kids Cooper's age so he had a blast!

Here's a picture of our "ride" - ha!

We rode in an interior car on the way there. Here's a picture of Coop waiting for the ride to begin.

Family picture taken by the train conductor.

Coop met a buddy on the train! He and this cute little guy talked and played the whole way to the Pumpkin Patch.

More pictures to come in Part 2!

The Joys of Raising Boys

Cooper has been attending a Mother's Day Out program since July and he LOVES it! I have never gotten a bad behavior report from his teachers. That is...I haven't ever gotten one until today. When my mom went to pick him up from MDO both of his teachers brought him out and asked my mom if we were letting him watch wrestling at home. Wrestling?!?! Neither myself or my husband have EVER watched wrestling. College football, yes, but not wrestling! Turns out Cooper has been going up to his classmates, grabbing them around the waist and body slamming them to the floor. He's also trying it on his teachers, who are two of the sweetest ladies you will ever meet. I was mortified! My little angel did that?!?!?! I started thinking about where he could have learned this. The only TV shows he watches are Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, The Wonder Pets, Sesame Street, Bob the Builder and Thomas...and I've never seen Mickey and Donald performing wrestling moves on each other. But, I do kind of zone out when it's on, so I guess that could be a possibility, right? Nah...probably not. Could he be picking it up from college football? We do tend to cheer (loudly) when our team makes a tackle. Also, my husband will throw Cooper on our bed (which he LOVES)...could that be it? Or could it just be from being a rough-and-tumble little boy? I really don't know, probably the latter of the three. Maybe he is wanting to be the "Hulk Hogan" of his generation, I don't know. I just know that the wrestling is going to have to stop! We can't have him terrorizing everyone with the threat of being thrown to the ground. Besides, I have much bigger aspirations for him. Cooper, let's stick to careers like becoming the scientist that cures cancer or President of the United States, ok? ;)

Oh, the joys of raising a boy - it's the BEST job and I wouldn't trade it for the world! :)

Toys & Shopping

Here's a few pictures of Cooper in Target a few days ago. Whatever store we are in we have to look at toys! We took him to Toys R Us for the first time this past weekend and he was in HEAVEN! He spent 20 minutes playing on their Thomas the Tank Engine table. Here he is pushing what he calls a "tractor" through the toy aisles. LOL!


Nothing goes together better than a pink shopping cart and Star Wars Lightsabers! Ha!

He loves those Lightsabers but he isn't letting go of his tractor/shopping cart! :) I love this funny, silly little boy! He is always doing something to crack us up!

Cooper - 22 Months Old

I haven't written a monthly update on Cooper in a while so I thought I would do one just so I have a record of what he's been doing.


Cooper - Here's what you've been up to:

-Favorite TV Shows: Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder, Chuggington & Jack's Big Music Show. He still will occasionally watch Wonder Pets and he also like Little Einsteins.
-Favorite Foods: Bananas, Apples, Corn Dogs, Corn on the Cob, Pizza, Chicken Fingers, Yogurt, Grits, Oatmeal, Pancakes, Mac & Cheese, Veggie Sticks, Applesauce.
-You know all of your animals & animal sounds.
-You recognize a lot of letters and know what sounds they make.
-Your vocabulary is VERY extensive! It seems like everyday you are saying new things!
-You LOVE puzzles and can do them all on your own.
-You love playing with Matchbox cars and will "drive" them around the house for hours!
-You love to color with crayons! Next, we are going to try painting!
-You still go to MDO 3 days a week and you still LOVE it! The Tumblebus comes to MDO one day a week and you really look forward to playing on it!
-We spend a majority of the evening outside. You love playing with your puppies and playing in the sandbox.
-You love popsicles but usually end up feeding part of it to the dogs!
-You love going to the park to play! You are so independent! You climb up the slides and slide down all by yourself.
-You love people and never meet a stranger! You have the happiest, most outgoing personality and love being around people.
-You are such a joy! I can't imagine our lives without you in it! You make us SO happy and we love you SOOOO much!

Climbing & Football

Maybe it's just a little boy thing but Cooper loves to climb. He pushes a chair up to our kitchen counter to climb onto it, he climbs onto the back of the couch, he climbs up on our bed (which is impressive because our bed is kind of high), etc., and it makes my heart skip a beat when I turn around and he is eye level with me. Ha! Here's an example....

This was just his first try. He can actually get onto the top of it to sit now. Any question on why we call him "Monkey"? Ha! He's such a funny kid and keeps us on our toes!

On a different note...on 24 days left until college football begins! These arrived last week - Roll Tide! I can not wait to go to the games! Fall is my absolutely favorite time of the year! Besides football, the leaves are changing, the local pumpkin patch opens, etc. Also, it starts getting cooler, which is nice since the temperature here has been high 90s - with a few over 100 degree days - for a while now and the humidity is awful! So, the cooler weather will be appreciated! Also, I'm already into planning mode for Cooper's 2nd birthday in November (which is always fun for me!). I can not believe that he is about to be 2 years old!

Cooper's New Favorite!

Cooper loves yogurt. Past favorites have been Danonino and YoBaby but we found a new favorite the other day...Trix yogurt! He LOVED it and made such a mess that we had to take some pictures to share.

Note the hand covered in yogurt. The spoon wasn't getting it into his mouth quite fast enough so he dunked his entire hand in the cup!



YAY for deliciousness! Note the blue goatee. Ha!

He just can't get enough! :)

After he was finished it took a while to clean this up! It was EVERYWHERE! All over him, the table, the floor, his chair....it was ridiculous! But the yogurt covered cuteness and his enjoyment was worth the 30 minute clean up! ;)