Happy Birthday to my little manchild! He turned 3 yesterday. He is all big on me now. I love it and yet it makes me sad that he is growing up so fast!
We had a blast with him all day. We kinda started his birthday Friday night. We went to the new movie 'Up'. It was a cute show we thought and Coop had a ball with his cousins and grandparents who came too. Then on Saturday morning, Cooper helped me to decorate his cake while we ate M&M's for breakfast. After talking with him all week on what he wanted at his birthday party, offering to make him a baseball cake or bug cake or different games and things to do, he informed me that he wanted to have green punch and a cake with green frosting with M&M's on it and ice cream cones. Easy enough right? He also wanted to play Duck Duck Goose. I mean how simple was that for me to prepare for?
My sister, Jackie, was a sweetheart to open up her home and fun back yard for his party. She has a nice big yard with a trampoline, large play set, sand, rabbits, chickens, and tons of room to run. We invited some friends and cousins to come and play. The kids had a ball. I am not sure why on Coopers birthday it is always a chillier summer day. You would think that on June 6 it would be a great day to have a pool party, but each year we try and it doesn't work, but thats okay cause we always have fun anyway.
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Here are 10 things I love about Cooper right now..(there are a whole lot more than 10, but I thought I'd say some that are fun about him at this time of his life)
1. His sense of humor. He loves to laugh and tease. He has the most adorable smile that can be so mischievious sometimes. He makes me laugh all the time.
2.His language. Like aweons (aliens) He runs around shooting the aliens or saying "I'm an aweon, I'm an aweon!" and we are supposed to shoot him. Or how he calls girls or boys 'Hims'. 'Him is my friend' or whatever. I love it.
3. His independence As frustrating as it can be to me sometimes when I am in a hurry and its easier for me to just do it, I love that he likes to do things 'all by myself'. He is such a good kid who likes to help out whenever he can. He likes to put on his own seatbelt, and roll the windows down himself, and cut his own food, and he did tell me a couple weeks ago...
Me: 'Cooper when are you gonna make your own bed?'
Cooper: 'Um, when I'm 3 Momma. Yeah, when I'm 3 I will make my own bed'
I love it! We will see how well this goes.
4. His memory This kid got his fathers memory. He can tell you everyone in his lifes favorite colors or pretty close. He sees something purple and he tells me how that is Grandma's favorite color. He can tell you Clints, mine, his gmas and gpa's, some of his friends and so on. He also can remind you of many things that have happened and the words that were said. It can be real funny, but I really gotta watch what I say and do, ya know?! He remembers people names really well too. He likes to know their names and he remembers them real well. Glad he didn't get my memory cause it isn't so good. Ha :)
5. His questions He is the king of 20 questions right now. It is kinda funny. 'How you do that, Momma?' 'How the cat eat its food?' 'How you make that food?" etc... They pretty don't stop all day and he really is interested in an honest answer too.
6. His prayers I love letting him say prayers on his own to see what all he says. Clint found a toad a couple weeks ago in the road and brought it home to Cooper. We kept it for awhile. Every night, even though it is gone now, he has to thank Heavenly Father for the toad that dad got for him and that daddy could catch it in the road. (He actually called it a tato frog because he kept calling it a frog, so I said it was a toad frog and he got the a little mixed up with a potato bug and combined them all. Kinda funny). He also likes to thank Heavenly Father for everything else he can see when he peaks his eyes open, like his trains and his baseball and any other item he sees. Little children are so simple minded and it is such a good reminder to me.
7. His love of foods based on who he eats them with Here is what I mean. My mom and dad watch a few mornings when I teach and dad loves a good breakfast with sausage and stuff. Coop is a carnivore and loves this ritual. He loves sausage, but when I cook it for him at home I have to tell him that it is 'Grandpas sausage' to get him to eat it. He only like sausage that is grandpas, not ours. Also, he loves to eat crackers at my sister Debi's house. If we are buying any we have to buy some like 'Debi's' or I give him some in a baggie to eat while on a walk or something I have to tell him that they are Debi's crackers cause he only likes those kind. There are some things that he only eats at certain peoples places. He will only eat Mac n Chz at Aunt Debi's. He is a goof and very particular about things. What a goof!
8. how he acts out his stories He is so funny when he is telling you something. If he ran fast somewhere or someone else did and he is telling you about it he runs fast in place or for a few steps and pants like he is out of breath. He likes to act out with facial expressions and movemnets whatever it is that he is talking about. It is quite entertaining!
9. his love of green If it is green, 'his favorite color', he likes it. We have dyed his milk green, bought green shorts, green foods.. If he sees something green he lets me know that he likes it cause it is his favorite color and he likes it. So funny. He like cereal if it is in a green box or has something that he likes on the box. I can get him to eat some healthy stuff cause of the package!
10. that he loves me and tells me all the time He is such a loving little boy. He will just randomly give me a big ol' hug and tell me that he loves me. He will do it to others too, but I love to hear it from him. I also love that every night when we lay down to go to sleep, he goes through the day and thanks me for all that we did. 'Thanks for watching a movie with me' 'Thanks for going swimming with me' 'Thanks for making me cookies' or whatever it is that stuck out to him that we have done. It sure makes a mom feel good when they are thanked!
I love this little guy! He is the light of my life. I am excited to see how he is with the new little sister coming this fall. Thanks Cooper for lighting up our lives with your energy and happiness! I LOVE YOU COOPER! Happy 3rd!
