This Week

After a long weekend with both Mommy and Daddy all to herself, it sunk in that school is great and all, but she still misses her parents! There were a few tears Monday morning (teacher Cory said I wasn't back to the car before she was bossing some kid around- out of sight, out of mind I guess!) but she's doing great. There were also some visitors from Kansas City to the regional office, and one brought with him a bouncy chair from Nana and GG (God bless you both!). Cooper is just one of those kids, I guess, who loves to be held for the sake of the movement. I would have gotten one here, but the price tag was more than I could stomach- literally. Em has also been moved from her crib into a "big girl" bed. After a solid week of her waking up from her naps screaming because she's somehow managed to lodge her leg in between the slates, and then couldn't get it out (I had a hard time getting it out also), I figured for the sake of her sleep and safety, it was time. Thankfully, she loves her big bed and sleeps beautifully in it. Afternoons are filled with fun times in the garden and we're harvesting our first batch of zucchini for dinner tonight! I'm not sure what we're having (our one zucchini would probably feed two families easily) but it needs to come off the vine before it gets any bigger! Em still loves playing with the dog and teasing her on the slide while Cooper just hangs out and looks at the clouds to see what they look like. He's really good at it these days!

I could totally do this all day! That one looks like Einstein's hair... yep, definately the hair.

Em, sporting her "smiley eyes," just like Mommy's... and Nana's... and Great Nana's...