Bathtub fun :)

Coop is at such a fun age and I just love introducing new things to him every chance that I get so I bought him a pack of bathtub crayons the other day and he loves them :) He's entering into that age of wanting and enjoying to color (not in the lines obviously!) so I knew that this would be an activity that would be right up his alley :)

I love this pic! He throughly enjoys making huge waves, too! Especially when he's able to drench mommy, too!

I'm guessing that Elmo is hungry? lol

Cooper is learning his colors and I asked him which crayon was red...

And, he knows how to write his name!...Yeah right, he's 2!

Time moves so quickly!

Normally, I say that statement in reference to Cooper but for this post it's in regards to my oldest niece, Caitlyn, who turned 13 last month! I remember the day she was born as vividly as I remember the birth of my two babies. I remember how I was pulled out of computer lab (I was young and still in college, lol) and that it had been snowing the previous day. I remember thinking how young my sister was and that she was about to be a mom...

Caitlyn had her first girl/boy party for her 13th so we headed up to my hometown to spend the day with her. It was a long day for Cooper since we weren't at home for naptime, the party didn't end until 9 and we had an hour drive home but he still had fun :)

Cooper is smothered with affection by his 3 girlie cousins. Sometimes, he likes it, other times, not so much...

Cooper wearing off some energy...

A little nature hike :)

He helped mommy with the balloons, lol...

Okay, he mostly just played with the balloons ;)

Mess free painting!

Yes, one more idea totally from Pinterest that has brought so much fun to our home! I'm not going to lie, it's a rare day when I'm brave enough to pull out the paint and let him play freely, but this is something that I can do every day and breath easy!

So simple, one large ziplock bag, put a few globs of paint inside, seal and tape all sides down to the table. On pinterest, the lady taped a piece of paper underneath the bag but his table is white so that doesn't really matter in our case...

I leave the bag of paint on the table for 4 days at a time and he'll go back time and time again for a little fun!

Hide it!

Hide your chocolate, yo!

A weekend indoors...

OY VEY, Coop has been sick all weekend long. Yesterday, he had (still does) a horrible cough (I think it's allergies) so we hunkered down with our Albuterol and made the best of a Saturday indoors. Then at 3 am this morning, we woke up to a pitiful Cooper in his crib surronded by puke. Did I mention that I served him pizza for dinner last night. Oh, dear Jesus, it was horrible. And, did I mention that today is my wedding anniversary? It's been a crazy weekend but being a parent is going from one adventure to another!

To entertain ourselves yesterday, we played with some beans...

Some puzzles...

and, created a masterpiece :)

Luckily, our sick days have been on windy and coldish days so we haven't missed any outdoor fun :)

Friday adventures!

Two things I love, my mom's group and living 15 minutes from the city. There is so much to do and we have awesome friends to do them with!

We have an annual pass to the aquarium so we headed for some fishy fun with our friends yesterday. We always have a blast but Cooper was just really, really into it! He even sat through the entire 3D Deepo movie! He danced with the music and clapped when the movie ended. He even walked most of the day so our stroller actually spent most of the day in stroller parking :)

28 months!

Today the weather is beautiful so we ate our lunch out on the patio. It was great being in the fresh air and listening to the birds sing! I thought it would be a fun way to celebrate Coop's 28th month on Earth :)