The Mini Cooper, Colt 45, and The Finale: 2007

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Ohio State 14, Michigan 3

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It's another year and another win for Ohio State Head Coach Jim Tressel, who is now 6-1 against that school from up north.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

We went out yesterday for some Xmas and professional photos. The boys at times were less than enthused to be there. Cooper was more interested in playing with Legos in the lobby and Colton wanted to explore. Sitting still for a few minutes was simply not an option for these two. Luckily the photographer was a true professional was able to make a diamond out of coal.

Some of the photos that didn't quite come out the way we hoped.

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As I said some came out really well. Here Cooper reads "The Polar Express". The kid is a bookworm. He absolutely loves books. When asked the other day if he would play football, the answer was no. When asked if would play baseball, the answer was no. When asked if he would read books, the answer was yes.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Halloween

It's been awhile since the last post. I've meant to post several times in the last month, but I guess time moves twice as fast with two boys instead of just one. Even though there are some really good photos I've wanted to post, I'll stick with some from tonight's trick or treating.

Cooper was a shark and Colton was a penguin. They both had cute outfits, but it seemed everyone loved the penguin outfit. We couldn't go anywhere without people saying "Look at the cute little penguin!" Cooper wouldn't always wear the shark mouth hood up so some people didn't know what he was.

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Limo trick-or-treat style. Kids have it so easy these days.

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We stopped into see cousin McKenzie.

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The boys eventually decided to rough it and forego the limo. In this picture Colton drags his bag of candy on the sidewalk.

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Cooper wouldn't let me take too many pictures of him in the shark outfit, but I was lucky to get this good one.

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Cooper enjoys his spoils.

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Hopped up on sugar.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

A Day Out With Thomas

Micole and I took Friday afternoon off to take the boys to ride the rails at "A Day Out with Thomas". We told Cooper that we were taking him and then showed him the website and he sat and stared at for a half hour.

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Thomas pulling into the station.

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Before it came our time to ride, both of the boys enjoyed navigating the maze.

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Neither of the boys wanted anything to do with Sir Top M. Hat

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Cooper really enjoyed the ride and afterwards said to me "Thank you, Daddy."
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After we got back to the station, Mommy and the boys stopped to take a few pics in front of Thomas.

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We ended our trip with a visit to the gift shop and the boys got a couple more trains for their evergrowing collection.

A little funny story - On Saturday Pappy and I went to see UC play Miami University in football. While I was getting ready in the bedroom that morning, Cooper walked in and asked "Wat ya doin, Dah-e?"

I responded, "I'm going to see Pappy."

"Mom-e too?", Cooper queried.

I said "Nope. Just daddy. We're going to see a football game!"

Right then, Colton walks in the door and proudly says, "Fute-Bowl!". He doesn't know many words, but he already knows football.

Friday, August 17, 2007

My Heart Melts

Cooper just said for the first time ever, "I love you, daddy", which phonetically sounded like "I luv u dah-ee".

As a special bonus, he's never said it to Micole. It's kind of a freakish occurrence, because he is a total momma's boy. I'm #1 for just a little while.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Happy Birthday, Aunt Kelly!

The cupcake aftermath.

It was everywhere. Tables, couches, chairs. It's kind of like going to the beach and finding sand in places you didn't know you had.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

It's Potty Time!

We had to bribe Cooper with stickers to get him on the potty. The first time that Micole gave him a sticker after getting on the potty, she told him that every time he gets on the potty he gets another one. He walked right over and got on the potty again.

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Now we just need to get him to actually go on the potty.

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Colton with a little 5 o'clock shadow.

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Clean shaven.

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Cooper can be a really good kid when he's not beating up on his little brother (or as the case has been lately when he's not biting him). When he doesn't want to share, he is very territorial with his toys. Of course, much of the time Colton wants to be Cooper's shadow. I admit that I will fiendishly enjoy the day a year or so from now when Colton finally pops Cooper a good one. That day is comin'.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Feeling Minnesota

It took us about 14 hours to drive to Minnesota to see Aunt Kelly. We had to stop for a couple of hours to take a nap and another hour to get breakfast. Cooper was a little cranky, but all things considered it wasn't a bad trip. Many thanks go out to the DVD player, which made this entire trip possible.

I like Minnesota. I don't think I would like it in the winter, thought. I'm used to inches of snow, not feet of snow. I think I could get accustomed to good camping, fishing, and partying on the lakes. There's supposedly 10,000 lakes, but I've only accounted for 5 so far.

Yesterday we spent most of the day at the Mall of America. So many things to do, so little time.

The boys playing at Legoland.

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Dinosaur legos.

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The amusement park in the mall.

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Cooper throwing the first of two fits at the mall. He wanted to play with a train at a toy store, but it was time to be moving on. He just layed down in the mall. Some people thought he was sleeping. One older gentleman said, "It's amazing how comfortable he makes it look." At least Colton was extremely well behaved the entire day.