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Sensory Project Fail
I love getting sensory activity ideas from the Fun at Home With Kids blog. This one was filed under the super easy sensory ideas. It was really easy to whip up the soap with a little water in the mixer to make a dense soap foam that Cooper loved splashing in. He is getting better…
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Stairs
During PEPS today at Amanda’s house the kids found the stairs and chased each other up and down them for a long time. Cooper is still learning to go down the stairs, but with Austin and Madeleine showing off their expert skills he will learn quickly. Cooper loves to go visit Ben and check out…
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Water Fun
Cooper was very happy playing with ice cubes in bowls of water while I worked on some outdoor chores. We later met up with the wonderful Jen and Zoey to check out the splash park at Grasslawn. This place was perfect, some shade and the fountain area was small enough to only keep younger kids…
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Celebrating 7 One-Year-Old Birthdays!
In birth order: Nolan, Hannah, Austin, Cooper, Jack, Luca and Madeleine What a celebration! We got together as a PEPS family to celebrate the big first birthday milestone. Thanks to Erin’s great ROYGBIV idea (indigo was later substituted for pink due to the closeness in color to violet), we had a rainbow themed party. We…
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Welcome Home Daddy!
We survived the 9 days, but it is so wonderful to have Daddy back home again! One of my favorite videos from Rob’s trip was of him and Cooper Skyping, it is so great how technology keeps you connected even at such a young age. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBH05fdjRdM That evening we got a babysitter and Rob and…
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Meeting New Friends
One of the biggest benefits of staying home with Cooper is having so much time together to explore and meet new people during the day. Today we headed to Bothell Landing park to meet my friend Theresa, from high school, and her 3 kids. Her youngest son is 3 months older than Cooper and running…
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Popcorn Popper
We know our time is limited, but right now Cooper has only discovered one cupboard door opens in the kitchen. Within this cupboard he only plays with the yellow plastic popcorn popper top. Bizarre, but we will take it! We tried another blogger kid project this afternoon by mixing finger paint together in a baggie…
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Not So Happy
After capturing mostly smile pictures of Cooper it seems only fair to show his not so happy side. These tears happened while I ran downstairs to switch out the laundry. In typical Cooper fashion, the tears faded as quickly as they started when I got back upstairs. Fortunately, not connected to the sad face above…
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I signed!
What an exciting day! After months of signing to Cooper, today he signed back. He asked for more food during lunch. I have decided I need to start actually doing some of the very creative kid activities I keep reading about on blogs. After his afternoon nap we set out some kitchen items for Cooper…
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Time to Celebrate
We started the weekend out right with two birthday parties. Luca, from Cooper’s baby group, was hosting a dual birthday party for him and his dad. Then that afternoon we headed further south to celebrate Uncle Mike’s birthday. We are so happy that Cooper appears to have no fear of dogs unlike his Mama. There…