Our 4-YEAR-OLD!!!!

This past week was filled with birthday festivities. Cooper is a boy he gets WAY excited about everything...and a birthday...well that tops the charts! We counted down FOREVER, and finally the big day arrived!


We had his "friend" party at McDonalds on Saturday before his birthday. I actually won this party (including happy meals, cake and icecream for 10 kids) at a silent auction for $21! Cooper had so much fun. We had a Sponge Bob pinata too...at Cooper's request, and can I just say it was a GREAT way to get rid of the rest of his Halloween candy! We are doing this every year! :) His favorite present from the party was a Spiderman Web-blaster.

Then came the actual birthday. We started the day with a pancake shaped like a 4.


Then, when Dad came home for lunch we opened all of his presents.

Gunner picked out a Transformer...and a Spiderman figurine for his friends party. It was so cute how he really "picked" what to get him, and was excited when he opened it.


For his bike we did a treasure hunt. He was SO excited at each clue...and then came the bike out the back door. "Oh my gosh! Look at my cool bicycle!" We spent the afternoon playing his games, and with his toys...took a nap...and then when Daddy got home, we headed to dinner at his favorite restaurant, Chuck E. Cheese...BUT....IT WAS CLOSED FOR RENOVATION! How dare they! So we did the next best thing close by, and ate at the mall and rode the train and carausol.


Then we dropped Dad off at Cub Scouts, and went to use his birthday money from grandparents to buy the additions to his Imaginext Pirate ship at Toys R' Us...BUT...THEY WERE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT! So he decided he wanted some more Magna Morphs like his Aunt Artie sent him...BUT...THEY DON'T SELL THEM! So we settled on a sports nets set with hockey sticks, cones, soccer ball, etc. He and Gunner have had a ton of fun with it! We picked up Dad and decided we would stop by Target to check for his Imaginext additions...BUT...THEY WERE SOLD OUT...and no magna morphs either. POOR KID!

We did get the icecream cake he requested from Cold Stone, and headed home. After the Happy Birthday song, it was more time with his new toys. Despite the minor setbacks, I think between the friends party, and the family time, he had a great birthday. We just keep thinking...are we old enough to have a 4-year-old?!


We love you so much Cooper, and you bring so much fun and energy to our lives! Thanks for always telling us you love us, and being a good helper with chores and with Gunner. Thanks for always reminding us to read the scriptures and pray, and for helping Gunner learn to pray. We know you really do have "Jesus in your heart" as you told the doctor today. You are getting so big!