Sharon's Birthday

We ha a party for Sharon on Sunday. It turned out to be gorgeous/hot day. We barbequed chicken and had a good southern b-b-q. Great party, wonderful friends.
The only pictures I got were of Sharon opening her gifts with two helpers.

Cooper and Luke

Two best buddies. Luke comes up to Cooper when he gets hurt. Luke also loves to sleep with Cooper on his bed. I let Luke cuddle until I go to bed and then put him in the kennel.
Luke sleeps all night now, no more night wakings to pee :) This week he woke up twice puking and then ate it :) Ahhh labs, they are so food obsessed. He is a good boy, we love him so much.

New Bed

We finally put Cooper's new bed together! We bought him a loft bed with a space underneath to play. We put it together before our vacation but were sent two of the same pieces so the bed part was put on hold. We finally finished it last night and bought a mattress from IKEA.
He likes it a lot but it is too high for him to climb in and out at night when he has to go potty. We decided to keep the mattress on the floor at night and then put it in the bed during the day so he can climb up and down and play on it. Last night, I woke up at 5:45 to let the puppy out and Cooper was sleeping in the dog bed and Riley was sleeping on Cooper's bed :) He picked out the green sheets (his favorite color right now).

Pictures from the weekend

We had a fun time on the beach and it was Luke's first time at the ocean. He had a blast playing with Riley and Cooper. He was exhausted by Sunday.

Ocean Shores, WA

We spent the weekend visiting Oma and Grandpa in Ocean Shores this weekend. The weather was pretty great, mostly sunny skies and warm. We went to the arcade Saturday and played miniature golf plus air hockey and of course the truck driving game. It was Cooper's first time at mini golf. He didn't want any help hitting the ball and had a good time after having a tantrum on the third hole.
We ate great food, spent some time at the beach and swam at the country club pool. It was a short visit and lots of fun!

The Beaver Dam

A few funny things

I wanted to document some of the things Cooper said during his birthday party. We had a great birthday party, the bouncy house was a huge success. However, Cooper was a bit overwhelmed throughout much of the party. He asked Janet if she would take him out front, "just the two of us where it is quiet." He wanted to snuggle with Mommy and/or Mama because "it is too loud." I thought we would have him open the presents after his friends left because he was overwhelmed but he didn't like that idea. He wanted to open the gifts while his friends were there so we did it while everyone was eating. He opened several gifts before the kids realized what was happening. He is very much a one-on-one kid, he doesn't like the group atmosphere. It is great to know this about him and maybe next year we will have a smaller gathering.
At the end of the party, when we were home, he looked at Sharon and I and said, "Mommy that was a pretty cool birthday party."

This week Cooper had a Nature Detectives Camp at a nearby preschool. This is an outdoor camp, M-F for four hours. My mom was still in town on Monday and Tuesday so we had some prime shopping time while Cooper was at camp. Wednesday he had a hard time in the beginning of camp because Nona left to go home and Mama was gone in the morning for work. He ended up having a good day, I called and spoke to him on the phone. We had his final day on Thursday because we are visiting Oma and Grandpa in Washington this weekend. Each morning Cooper informed me that he didn't want to go to camp, today was by far the worst of it. I brought him anyway and he seemed to enjoy himself. I think he enjoyed himself once he was there and it definitely wiped him out. They played some great games, made a treasure map and fairy houses, Cooper's was a small beaver dam.

Gifts from Japan

Cooper received some great gifts from Uncle Jeffrey and Aunt Chikako. Lots of Cars2 stuff and some yummy treats for Sharon and I.

Cooper's 4th Birthday

What a day! We had Cooper's party yesterday, the 16th of July. We had a firetruck bouncy house and Janet set up a kiddie pool with hot tub water. It was a lot of fun, the kids had a blast bouncing all day. We did the pinata towards the end of the party and it was great to see the kids take a whack at it.