Father's Day

So since Texas schools aren't in session in June, Cooper's preschool celebrates Father's Day in April. Coop made Chris some cute gifts and he completed the following questionaire showing just how well he knows his dad....

My father's name is Chris
My father is 22 years old and weighs 15 pounds
My father loves to play football
My father's favorite thing to wear is jackets
When my father talks to my mom, he calls her Mommy
My father's favorite foods are pickles and berries
My father and I love to play games
The best thing I can do for my father is make sandwiches
At work my father works.

Why I love 5 year olds

You have to love how literal a 5 year old is. Cooper was upstairs pooping in one of the bathrooms (there are two up there). He yelled down that there was a problem - he didn't have enough paper. I was sitting/sleeping downstairs with Shane on me so I told him to go use the paper in the other bathroom and that I would be up as soon as I could. So I take my time carefully putting Shane down and proceed upstairs. What do I see but Cooper running across the stairwell with his arm up in the air and in this raised hand - a piece of dirty toilet paper. Alas, my little one thought he should wipe his tush in one bathroom and then run the paper across the house to put it in the other toilet and then run back and repeat with more paper.

Ian's birthday

Ian had a fantastic birthday party at his school. 11 boys showed up to play fun games in the gym and eat cake. They all seemed to have a lot of fun especially Ian.

On Ian's birthday he wanted a special American flag cake. We made a chocolate cake and decorated it with white icing. Then we put strawberries and blueberries for the stars and stripes.

Shane is 1 month

I really can't believe how fast the past month has flown. Shane is now one month old and is more alert everyday. Some days this is good because we are starting to get smiles and he is noticing all that is going on around him. His favorite place to be is in the Bjorn while I walk around. I am definately getting 10,000 steps a day in!