Happy Birthday, Cooper!

Can you believe my brother would have been four this year!  He's almost as old as me!

We went and visited Cooper for his birthday on Sunday.  Mom was really worried because it was supposed to rain all day, but we got lucky and it didn't rain at all.  The sun even came out for a bit!

I drew Cooper a special picture and taped a real picture of me to it.

We brought him our traditional balloons and Cooper flowers (also known as calla lilies).  But we had to mix the lilies up with some daisies because we didn't have many lilies grow in our yard this year.

 
 We ate our traditional cupcakes.  Mom made mint cupcakes this year.  YUM!

We also took our traditional pictures by Cooper's headstone.  I took this one of Mom and Dad.  Not bad, huh?

I got Sydney to smile in these pictures by squeezing her neck.  She thought it was hilarious.

But after a few squeezes, her face started turning red and we decided we'd taken enough pics.

And finally, we ended the visit by running and playing.  I love to visit my brother and can't wait to see him again.
 

We miss you every day, Cooper, and wish you could be here with us!

Sky High

Syd and I went jumping at Sky High today.  It was soooooooo fun!  I know two videos of us jumping might seem like a bit much to post, but I know the grandparents will love them, so here they are.

The first is just Syd.

The next one is the two of us together.

I can't wait to go back!

An Appple a Day

Mom was going to use an apple as part of Family Home Evening the other night, but I got to it first.

You can stop taking pictures of me eating the apple, Dad.

Ready for the closing prayer.  Make it quick so I can finish my apple.

I think I did pretty well for my first attempt at eating a whole apple.

Syd the builder

I've discovered that stacking blocks is actually more fun than knocking them down.

Preschool Graduation

Yesterday was my preschool graduation and celebration.  It was so much fun, even though I had to wear a tie.  The AM and PM classes sat on a stage while the teachers called us up one at a time to give us our diploma and tell everyone a little bit about us.

It was kind of hard to sit still while they talked about ALL the kids, so I had to entertain myself a bit.  Thank goodness I was one of the first kids to get my diploma and was able to use it as a telescope.

After everyone got their diplomas, each class stood at the front of the stage so the parents could take pictures.  It kind of took a while for us to get all lined up.

I know it looks like I'm using "the force" in this picture, but I'm actually just waving at my family.  You can tell that all of us kids were ready to move on to the celebration part of graduation.

Oh, look, after a dozen pictures (which I won't force you to look at here) Dad actually got a shot of almost all the kids smiling!

Time to celebrate!  We had lunch in the gym.  I didn't really feel like eating...I just wanted to play around--especially with this fun balloon my best crazy friend Logan gave me.

Me and my friend Ammar:

My friends Ava and Maxwell:

One mom made these really cool brownie graduation hats.  It was a little small for my head.

Me, Logan, and Maxwell.  I loved running around with these guys outside when preschool was over each day--rain of shine.  (And Ammar too)

(And in case anyone is wondering about the necklaces we're wearing, Ms. Erin was handing them out to all the kids.)

Me with Ms. Colleen and Ms. Erin:

Me and Ms. Jennifer:

I wish my best friend Amelia had been there so we could have our picture taken together, but she's in Utah now and I hope I visit her some day.

And here is me and my family who I love so much.

I'm sad that preschool is over because I'll miss my teachers and the toys.  But I can't wait for Kindergarten!

Not much

We haven't been doing much here, so these are just a few random pictures from the past couple of weeks so you can see just how little excitement there is at out house.

Can I just say that Baby Einstein shows are THE BEST EVER!  I love them!  Although, it sure can be exhausting watching them.

Ty loves bath crayons.  Mom won't let me use them anymore because I eat them.  Why is it okay for Ty to draw on our faces with crayons but not okay for me to take a little nibble off one?  (By the way, that is not a crayon in my mouth, but a plastic fish.)

I'm starting a new fashion trend.  Don't Ty's shorts look great with my rain boots?

Here's hoping I'll have more fun things to report next time!  Ty and Dad are going on a Father/Son campout this weekend and it's supposed to rain, so we should have lots of good pictures from that.

This and that

Just wanted to catch everyone up on a few random things around our house.

Mom made mini cake donuts and they were so delicious.  They're best if you eat the glaze first.

Ty and I got McDonald's for dinner one night and we got to eat outside because the weather has been so great!  Of course, I would eat outside even if it was raining because I love the great outdoors.  I wanted Ty's chocolate milk.

But he decided to share his french fries with me instead.

I love french fries, but when he wasn't looking, I managed to get my hands on the milk.

And I love chicken nuggets as much as the next kid, but I recently discovered corn on the cob, and when I saw Mama and Dada eating that, I knew I had to have some too.  Mama was kind enough to give me her cob.

Mother's Day was on Sunday.  I didn't really get it, but Ty sure seemed to be excited about the day. 

He made Mom breakfast in bed all by himself. I can't wait till I'm old enough to do that.

If Mom looks a little tired in this next picture, it's because Ty was a little too excited about serving her breakfast in bed.

I was already awake anyway, but I think Mom was hoping she would get to sleep for another hour. 

Oh, well.  The breakfast was worth it.  I know cuz Mom shared it with me.