Funny Story

I always wonder if the whole "adoption" thing makes any sense to Cooper at all. Tuesday when we got home I jumped on facebook (of course) and didn't really pay attention to what was on tv. Apparently Mary had been watching the Discovery Channel. So this show comes on called "Freebirthing". I would highly recommend that you watch it if you happen to see a repeat. It's about all these hippy-type women who give birth at home - no midwives, doulas, etc. just their husband and maybe a toddler or two. Anyway, it was interesting. Cooper comes walking in and starts watching too. After a few minutes he looks over at me and says, "Mommy, I think you would cry if you had to get a baby out of your tummy. I think that's why you wanted to pick your babies."

I think I picked the best 2, what do you think?

Cooper's Thanksgiving Program

Cooper had his Thanksgiving Program today and it was precious. The kindergartners were the pilgrims and the preschoolers were the Indians. Cooper had a starring role (of course). Mrs. Jones said she knew she could count on Cooper to do a good job (proud smile). He and 3 other kids said:

"We are the Indians, as you can plainly see.

Here are our tom toms and there is our tee-pee!"

Cooper's Indian name was "Flying Eagle". They sang lots of songs and a narrator told the story of the first Thanksgiving. So cute!

Two Big Birthday Celebrations!

Wow! We had a big weekend. We took a quick trip to Tennessee to surprise Nannie for her 60th birthday. EVERYONE was there - Andy, Tracey, Dallas, Rusty, Kristin, Sophie, Lucy, Conner, Emma, John Conner, Charlie, Dana, Carson & Caroline - and of course Nannie, Paw Paw, Mimi and Johnny - did I leave anyone out? It was so much fun. Everyone trickled in Friday night so Nannie just kept on being surprised.

Mimi's Crew...

Nannie's Crew...

Cooper and Emma spent the night with Nannie and Paw Paw and heard lots of "Paw Paw" stories about Miss Spivi that kept them in giggles. Saturday we all hung out and the kids played. Saturday night Mimi cooked a huge supper and we celebrated Nannie's birthday. Sunday we ate a huge breakfast and celebrated Sophie's 1st birthday. Then a few hours later we went back to Nanna's for a huge lunch - ugh, I'm still stuffed!

What a great weekend!!!

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Libby has started babbling a little bit lately, mostly da-da-da-da. I've decided that it's time for her to start talking. Last week I was in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico - which I affectionately refer to as "Dirt-ville". I left on Sunday and came home on Friday. The whole time I was gone, do you think ANYONE in my family would talk to me? Um, no. Cooper would reluctantly get on the phone and say, "Mommy, can you come home now? Thanks. I love you. Bye." and every time I tried to talk to David, he was asleep. I guess the time change hit my house pretty hard. Then I get home and try to ask everyone how the week was - fine. fine. Libby is my only hope!!!

Saturday morning Cooper, Libby and I went to Waffle House (I think Daddy was over "parenting" at this point). I think Libby ate as much and me and Cooper (and Cooper eats a lot at WH). She ate some waffle, hash browns, pears and apple juice. All good southern girls love Waffle House.

After WH we went to the grand opening of our new playground. It is so nice. Cooper had a great time. Then we finished off the day with a haircut. That is normally a bad experience but even though we had to wait an hour(!) he was pretty good.

Speaking of Libby eating - looks like we have a little mouse in our pantry...

Bad Timing

Not the best year for these t-shirts but I couldn't resist...

Halloween Fun

This week was especially busy with all our Halloween activities! Thursday night we went to the Boo Bash at the country club. Cooper had a great time running around with all his friends. They had a costume contest, yummy "kid" food, and a haunted house.

Libby and Maggie hung out together in Mag's stroller while the big kids played...

Friday Cooper had a costume parade at school. The pre-school and kindergarten kids wore their costumes and paraded through the lower, middle and upper schools. I was surprised when Cooper chose to be the Flash for Halloween since he's not a mainstream hero these days. When we paraded through the school the upper school kids said, "cool, he's the flash" and the lower school kids said, "who's he?"

Friday afternoon we FINALLY made it to the pumpkin patch. I'm glad we waited because it was a beautiful and warm afternoon.

Friday night we trick-or-treated in our neighborhood. It was much less busy than last year but that worked to Cooper's benefit - he got LOTS of candy. Now if we can keep him from eating it all at once!