Sunday, December 11, 2011

Adventures at Sea World


We celebrated Aubrey's upcoming 4th birthday at Sea World over the weekend.  We had been talking about going over the summer but never made it because of the record-setting heat we had a few months ago.  We thought this would be a fun and special way to celebrate Aubrey's birthday.  She's been telling everyone about it for the last few weeks and was very excited to go.


We didn't have the best weather, but were still able to have fun.  It was pretty cold, so at least we look festive with our coats and hats, but it also rained for most of the afternoon. 

Luckily, we were able to buy a rain cover for the stroller.  It kept the cold wind and rain off of Cooper!

Aubrey checked out the map while we waited to go into the park.

Cooper's new nickname is Trooper Cooper.  He was so good the whole time we were there.  He watched a few shows and slept through some others, but he didn't seem to be bothered by the cold or the rain.


We got to see a live Sesame Street Show. 

And we got to watch Polar Express in 4-D.

This is when the rain started and it never let up, but every one's still smiling!


Hot chocolate and cookies can make anything better!

We got to see Shamu, or actually about 10 of them!  It was really neat to see these huge animals be so gentle and graceful.   

The best part of the day was meeting some of the Sesame Street characters. We'd seen a few out and, we kept asking Aubrey if she wanted to take a picture with them, but she said no, she only wanted to see Abby Cadabby.  As we were leaving the Shamu show, we saw Big Bird, Elmo, and Abby taking pictures, and we asked Aubrey if she wanted to go see.  Of course she said yes!  When it was our turn, she ran straight to Abby, but still didn't want to take a picture alone. 
It was definitely an adventure, and we told Aubrey the next time we go back, it won't be cold or raining!  I can't believe my big girl is almost 4!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Halloween



We had a fun Halloween this year.  Aubrey was so excited about all of the Halloween fun!  She helped me clean out the pumpkin so we could carve it. 

Last year Aubrey wouldn't stick her hand in the pumkin.  She told me it was gross. 

The Finished Jack-O-Lantern

Aubrey had a great time trick-or-treating and getting to pick a piece of candy after dinner for the next few weeks.  We went to a few houses in our neighborhood and headed home to pass out candy to the rest of the trick-or-treaters.  Aubrey dressed up as Silvermist (one of Tinkerbell's fairy friends) and Cooper was Mickey Mouse.

Can you see her excitement in this picture?

How about this one?

You can definitely see it here!

Cooper was rubbing his eyes before we left.  He was a troooper!  I ended up carrying him home.
Taking pictures of two children is hard work sometimes.  For every 1 or 2 good photos of the two of them smiling and looking at the camera, I get lots of these...






But they still make me smile!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Monday, October 10, 2011

Catching up from September

Here are a few pictures of what we've been up to the last month and a half...
All smiles!

Fun with butterfly wings!

Just flying around

We've been cheering for the Tigers!  #1!





Sometimes it's that not easy getting a good picture of the two of them!
Cooper's slowly getting around more and more.  He rolls himself all around the mat, can push up and will reach and pull to get what he wants.  It's not going to be long before he's crawling, but I'm not wishing for that to happen just yet...



He's also cutting his top 2 teeth.  He had a rough night last week.  He was running a mild fever and was up every few hours (which is not like him), but he woke up smiling the next morning and they haven't seemed to bother him since. 


Over the weekend we attended Creek Fest at the museum and library down the road from us.  It was fun.  We met up with Kate (Aubrey's friend from school) and her family.  There were games, face painting, and crafts.

Getting a butterfly.

This is the only picture I got of Kate.  She never stands still!

Cooper and Claire had fun, too!  Claire is Kate's little sister and is also in
Cooper's class.  They are 2 &1/2 months apart.
Last one... I asked Aubrey to make a card for Pops' birthday last week.  She's very good at writing her name, but I had no idea she could write so many letters!  I started spelling out the words and I looked down to see this...

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

A few more pictures from August


Cooper loves playing in his Exersaucer.



Especially when Aubrey is close by to entertain him!

Aubrey still asks to hold Cooper.  We try to oblige as much as possible.

French braids have become the new fashion statement in our house.