San Diego Highlights- Part 2

A sweet moment between brothers...

















....I did say "moment" right?

















In order to put on his cousin Audrey's socks, Ian had to take off every stitch of clothing he was wearing...except his own socks. Hmmm...




















Coop was thrilled to have a slumber party at his cousin's house.

San Diego Highlights- Part 1

Beach Time

Nothing like the beach for hanging out (and giving smooches)

Can you see how BIG this hole is???

Why I Love My Husband

So, this blog- the link attached below- is one I've stumbled across before, but I have to say, this post made my fall over laughing, because really, you could change the names to Chris and Gretchen and it would be about right.

http://www.amalah.com/amalah/2005/08/ikea_jones_and_.html

Author's note: I was going to title this post: Why I Love IKEA, but really, it's more a reflection on the patience &tolerance (most of the time) of my hubby. I'll tell you about the sheep, goats and turkeys another time...

This is the first night Jasper's ever asked to sleep with Cooper.


Dressed for the day. I asked Cooper what he needed to put on before going outside, and he said, "shoes!!" So, here he is...

Soccer!!

And, I stumbled upon it and wondered if it might be a match for Cooper. It's advertised as an adaptive soccer program, but the age range is 5-19, so I thought it might be something Cooper wasn't ready for yet. But hey, it's free, so off we went...
Cooper LOVED it! He talked about it the whole way there:
"Cooper play soccer. Like big boys!"
"And Barney and Wiggles play soccer, too!"
"No, probably not," I say.
"Oh darn..." (My new favorite Cooper phrase.)

We get there, and there are our friends Amy and Max. Let me just say, here, that Cooper talks about these two more than anyone else in our lives (sorry grandparents..). I know he likes Max, but frankly, I think he's in love with Amy- in fact, as we left, he had to hold her hand (nevermind the water bottle.."Move that!" he declared.) And then when I tried to hold his other hand he says, "No, just one" [hand].
Finally, at the car, he tried to talk us into a trade: he'd go home w/Amy and he'd volunteer his spot at our house for Max. The only way we got him out of Max's carseat was to promise a pizza date with them next week.







But, back to soccer...he had a blast- his buddy, Lucy, is terrific, and he still hasn't taken off his soccer dress--- I mean shirt (somehow we wound up with a youth large.)
So, there's this program: Top Soccer http://whatcomsoccer.com/Youth%20Information/TOPSoccer%20flyer%202010.pdf


Hurray! (and thanks to Amy for actually bringing her camera

Love My Sink...

So, there are a few reasons that the sink is one of my favorite parts of our new addition:
1.It's huge and deep, so you can fill it full of dishes and it looks like your kitchen is totally free of dirty dishes from across the room.
2. It's brown- the color of coffee, compost, and most other grubby things, which means I rarely have to scrub it.
3. But maybe the best reason is that it's the perfect playpen for Ian- who has to have the water running at all times when he's in the bath.