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Spruce Goose
McMinnville attracts tourists for both their wine vineyards and the Evergreen Aviation Museum, we were there for the latter. It is the home of the Spruce Goose (Hughes H-4 Hercules) which is the largest flying boat ever built and has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history. This is also the name of the cafe we flew…
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McMinnville, Oregon
For Memorial Day weekend we headed down to McMinnville, Oregon with some friends. Given Nicholas’ lack of excitement for time in the car we decided to try our luck at the 1.25 hour flight instead. Daddy introduced Cooper to thumb-wars on the flight down. Cooper was saying and signing “all done” just as you can…
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Sleepy Boy
It has been a week and we believe that is close to being able to call it a habit… Nicholas has slept from 9pm-5am for one week straight now. We marked this day with removing the pack ‘n play from our room and doing all diaper changes in his room now. Daddy gets up at…
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Saying Nicholas
With the complicated words and phrases Cooper has started to say we are happy to report that he now has a brother he calls Nicholas instead of baby. It was like a switch clicked and he instantly stopped calling him baby and continues to only call him Nicholas now. It sounds more like “Nick –…
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Tacoma Narrows
We have an upcoming trip to Oregon planned for Memorial Day weekend and wanted to try another family airplane ride to see if this will be an option for the trip. We flipped Cooper’s car seat around so he is now backward facing in the front seat of the plane. This is the same way…
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Nana Week
The boys were so excited to see Nana. It is getting really fun to see all of the unique things Cooper remembers about Nana and have him ask her for them as soon as she gets here. He loves to see her wear her glasses and sing “Ladies Ride”. Cooper’s current favorite book is “Goodnight,…
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Bellevue Botanical Gardens for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day with my boys and Nana. I wanted to get outside and go somewhere new, Bellevue Botanical Gardens was our destination. We make an annual trip to the gardens in December to see the Christmas light display, but we had not been to see the gardens in bloom. Cooper is a little timid when…
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Counting
http://youtu.be/d7Ldx3axnOY A friend shared that she and her son count the stairs as they climb them. We thought this would be a great way to introduce Cooper to counting too. We typically count the stairs as he scoots down them on his bottom. Looks like the 1-10 words and order are starting to stick, especially…
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Home Alone
Cooper loves to play with these oven gloves. He has found hours of entertainment in shaking people’s hands and saying “nice to meet you” to today reenacting a “Home Alone” face.
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Best Playground Ever
Cooper was in heaven. We found a playground next to a construction site. Diggers and swings, our boy didn’t know where to go first.