Cooper Turns 2

April 24th, this past Saturday was Cooper's 2nd birthday and his party. We had a Cowboy Party. Due to rain, we had his party in the garage. It actually turned out pretty good...Cooper had so much fun! Nana and Pop were here for the party. We all participated by putting on our cowboy gear!

Cooper's birthday breakfast!

Collier was taking a nap...

Aunt Jerri, Cousin Ann Marie, and Cousin Gabe visit for Spring Break

We had such a wonderful week with Aunt Jerri and our cousins. The boys, Cooper and Gabe are 4 days apart in age. They played together. And, of course, the girls had a blast. Unfortunately, it was only warm the first they got here so we played outside that afternoon. Monkey Joes was so much fun too. I think the boys had more fun than the girls... On Thursday of the visit, we had a picture made. Whew! Getting 5 kids to take a successful picture was a lot of work. Jerri and I felt it went really well, no one was crying in the picture....we say SUCCESS! Nana and Pop wanted a picture of all the grandbabies. Hopefully, they were happy with the picture! We also went to the Children's Museum while they were here. There were 2 special exhibits going on...Barbie (great for the girls) and Bob the Builder (great for the boys). We were there for over 3 hours and basically just saw these 2 exhibits. There was also a great big slide from the second floor to the 1st floor. We all slid down, even Collier, in mommy's Baby Bjorn. We were very sad to see them leave...the house was so quiet. Cannot wait to do it again!!

Easter...way late post

Easter was a great day with our family. We really focused on why we have Easter, especially for Campbell. She has a little book about Easter and can read it to us. So, today we asked her what happened on that first Easter and she said, "Jesus has risen, He is alive." So cool hearing that from our 3 year old. Who knows, we may ask her tomorrow and she may say something else but atleast she has an idea.
So, the Easter bunny did come to our house and left goodies for all 3 kiddos. Cooper kept opening his Easter eggs and eating jelly beans although we asked him not too...ha! ha! We decorated Easter eggs...super messy...not so much fun for mommy...but Campbell and Cooper had a good time. We also had an Easter egg hunt at one or our neighbors' house. It was a lot of fun!

Campbell's First Official Spring Break

So, Campbell goes to preschool 2 days a week. This was her first official spring break so I wanted it to be a super fun week, especially the days she goes to school...Tuesday and Thursday. Day 1 (Tuesday), we packed our lunches and went to the park...it was a bit windy and a little cool but we ate our lunch and then played at the park. Then we went to McDonalds and both Campbell and Cooper had their own chocolate shake. They drank them in the car while mommy fed Collier. Cooper has barely had naps this week because we have been gone so much, poor guy. We got home, Cooper took a short nap and then we were back at it...outside again. We are sooooo excited that we have been able to play outside this week. On Wednesday (Day 2), we went to story time at Barnes and Noble (our first time ever) and it was really great...songs, puppets, books, arts and crafts. Then we went to the pet store and saw the kitty cats and birds. We met a friend at Chick Fil A for lunch and played for just a few there. After lunch, we went to our neighborhood park and played with some friends for an hour and a half. Nap time for Cooper...short nap time! Campbell wanted to go eat lunch with her Daddy during her Spring break so that is what we did on Thursday (Day 3). This takes a big chunk of the day because it is a 40 minute drive each way. We had lots of fun walking the halls of Lilly and visiting with people. The highlight of the lunch trip is that we have to park at the visitor center and take a shuttle over to Jeff's building. You should have seen me getting 3 kids on and off that shuttle...not pretty and not quick! We have had a great week but I am so tired...it is exhausting having this much fun. Tomorrow (Friday) we are going to meet one of Campbell's classmates at the park and then come home and decorate Easter Eggs! Another 80 degree day in Indy!

Yummy lunch at the park

Jacket and sweatshirt...now, we are ready to play

Yummy...did i mention they drank most of it