In the mood

We have wonderful sunshine today. That along with a warmer temperature, and beautiful trees changing color, has put me in the mood to blog a bit.Today I took Cooper to a lap-sit story time at the library. With puppets, songs, and books, who wouldn't love it? He had a great time. We checked out some books and a couple of DVDs as well. It was great to meet some other moms and kids Cooper's age. We will go every week, and I'm excited about it.

Cooper was asking for his friend, Tyler this morning. "Ti-yer". So, he got some play time with "Ti-yer" after our time at the library at the park. Thanks for the fun time, Mary!

This past weekend I was hopeful for some fun times at a yearly festival, called the Swiss Festival. They are known for their apple fritters and fried cheese, yum! But, from Friday until yesterday afternoon it rained, and was gloomy. Because of the cold and rain we went to the home of a wonderful family here, the Miller's. I'm sure our time here will allow a whole blog devoted to this family, so I'll delay an explanation of them until a further date. The next day there was a break in the rain so we decided to go for it. As soon as we pulled into Sugarcreek (where the festival was) it started pouring. SO, we didn't get the fresh air, yummy food, and photo opportunities that we had hoped for. Instead, we were just stuck with this picture of Cooper, on the way to the festival. The bright side: I have a whole year to work up and appetite for apple fritters and fried cheese on a stick!

We are putting Cooper through the phases of becoming a "big boy".

Step 1: Big Boy Haircut

Andrew cut Cooper's hair, and Cooper did well. He was really scared of the clippers and the sound, so I had to distract and hold him still as much as I could. I was only able to get these pictures.

Step 2: No Pacifier

These pictures were taken the night before we started taking the pacifier away. He has started laying on the couch...so sweet. Anyhow, we are cutting the pacifiers a little bit at a time until he's done with them. So far, so good. He doesn't want them in his mouth, but does hold onto them. Nap times are the hardest, but he has been sleeping through the night well.

Step 3: Potty Training. This is a world we have not yet entered, but will be in the next few months.

Yesterday I got two packages of clothes in the mail. So nice to have some weather-appropriate clothing.