Friday, March 27, 2015

The best of February 2015!

Well, I missed blogging for the entire month of February!  So, here are our highlights! 


He uses this strainer as his astronaut helmet...


We go out on expeditions dressed in our space gear because we just do, that's how we roll...


Coop participates in a program at school called "My friend, too" where they take a special needs student and pair them with a general ed student. Coop was paired with a pair of twins in Kindergarten. We meet almost weekly and as  you can tell by this smile, he enjoys our weekly dates with them! 

Coop went to a Valentines event held by a local girl scout troop.  Coop was paired with a young lady that helped him making valentines for his family and friends. It was a super cute event! 
 

February in Georgia means you're either preparing for icy weather or you're playing outside in a hose. This was a hose day. 
 

Coop loves, loves, loves to paint! 

I knitted him that scarf and he's pose in this pic makes me giggle.  It was like he was born to model scarves, haha 
 

Catch Air fun on President's day!  He was supposed to go to school that day but it was called off for the "threat of inclimate weather" instead it just rained all day.  
 

My oldest niece turned 16 at the end of February and her party was at the prettiest locale...
 

we made smores at her party, too. Basically, we ate smores for dinner. 

In true Southern fashion, Coop couldn't be bothered with the "snowy' weather (we were supposed to get 2 to 4 inches and instead it rained/sleeted with a toss of snowflakes). He went outside during our toss of snowflakes, said no, shut the door and threw himself on the floor.  It was all very dramatic...


Coop was excited to learn how to miss colors together to make new colors. It's now an obsession...
 

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Mommy and Son date!

Our local AMC does a sensory friendly viewings so Coop and I went to see Paddington last Saturday. Now, Coop is able to see regular movies (for the most part) but the atmosphere is so much more relaxed at the sensory friendly movies.  The lights aren't turned down all the way, the volume is not as loud but the most important part is that the kids are ALLOWED and ENCOURAGED to get up and move during the film.  No one glares at you because all of the parents there GET IT. 

Coop only gets to eat Sour Patch kids at the movies.  He does share, at least, lol




Kids eat free on the weekend so he's a cheap date! 

Terrific Tuesdays

I love Tuesday because Coop doesn't have school.  We go to therapy then the rest of the day is ours to do with as we please! 

Picnic

 Coop mastered this ladder at the playground...there's a lot of motor planning involved in climbing up a ladder!


Our little celebration from climbing up the ladder :) 


The menfolk

My menfolk at the playground. I love the weekends :)








Tuesday, January 27, 2015

A chilly day at the zoo!


The weather this month has been crazy in Georgia! We've had days with temps at 15 degrees (throw in a wind chill and it feels like 3) and days where it's been 66 outside!  We decided to take a day in the 50's as a opportunity for the zoo!  






I asked him to sit with the statue and inside he straddles it, haha!  Life is short...




Homemade snow

I found a recipe for homemade snow so decided to give it a whirl. Now, Cooper really enjoyed this activity but this is the one and only time that we'll be doing this activity!  He did play with it for an hour but I found this snow in the crooks and crannies for a couple of days...(the snow is made from a box of baking soda and 3/4 container of shaving cream)










A rainy walk

Coop is a sensory seeker so I try to take him out in all types of weather (as long as it's safe) so that he can explore the environment.  I'm not a mom that worries about him getting filthy and I pretty much let  him do his own thing...