Keeping Busy

Cooper eating a pickle. He loved it!

I love Cooper's new shoes! (Thanks Helen!)

He didn't care for my camera, but get used to it, boy!

Bath Babies!

More sunflower fun!

Playing Around

Playing dress up.

Grace doing a self-y. (I helped a little bit, but look how good she is at it already, Monica!)

Grace took this too!

Cooper loves to hide in Tim's closet!

State Fair

OK, so I'm tired of being behind on the blog. So, I'm going to get some posts done as quickly as I can!

We were visiting Margaret last month during the State Fair, so we made a day of it. Margaret loves the fair and horses. Of course the horses had not arrived yet, but we enjoyed the cows, sheep, and the food! We watched them hooking up the cows to be milked... man do I have a new respect for milk cows! Also, there was a cow giving birth and I just wanted to yell at everyone to stop crowding around and give her some privacy! Poor thing! :)

The M&M's people were giving away FREE ice cream all day. So we enjoyed it in the morning and the evening!

It is so sweet to see Cooper loving on Grandma.

The kids got to paint on the large mural.

More ice cream!

It was not in the plan to attend the fair, but we made it work. We were able to pay once, talk our way back to good parking, and find a way to make the stroller seat two! It was a good way to spend our day with Margaret.


Back at the Colony we love to watch the model train they have. Cooper can sign train (he is doing it in the second picture), and we loved watching for the cow on one of the cars!

Random Summer Fun

Cooper Sleeping...

S'more time with Curless' before they headed home.

And they're not just ordinary s'mores at that! For a change of pace we like to try...
Cream cheese and blueberries, or strawberry jam and strawberries, OR use a Reese's PB cup! Awesome!

Or maybe just an ice cream cone with a marshmallow in it.. or just the cone!

Our new art easel.

We visited our friends Fran, Gene, and Anna for an afternoon. Good time!

Fun AT Ben and Laura's

At the end of the week that Monica was home we headed to Ben and Laura's for some more fun.

They have great stairs for the Slinky!

And we ALWAYS love the pool balls...

And ping pong balls! Look out!!

Grandma teaching Cooper how to play.

We headed outside to fly a kite.

And played in Riley's new house.

Not with Riley, of course!

Then they got the go carts out!!

Tim and Monica... Me... taking it slow....

Cooper wants some of that action!

Let me at it!

Grace didn't like the noise, but love the ride!

Just before we left, the kids got this close to Riley! Don't they look like they are enjoying themselves?!