Kochman Family

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …