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.