Our Weekend.

We had a fabulous weekend at the Johnson household!  Filled with fun, friends, family and busy times!

We are still working on this thing as I mentioned Friday, but unfortunately it didn't work out over the weekend.  

Saturday was a very fun and good day.  Tim had to umpire some baseball games for a big tournament that was going on in town this weekend, and the kids and I did our chores so that we would be ready for the rest of the day.

Then I took Cooper to see Planes Fire and Rescue. This is the only picture I got, but this boy is so into the movie, he didn't even notice me taking the picture.

Saturday evening, my friend Jill brought her two boys, Max (Cooper's age) and Wyatt (Katy's age) over to play.  The boys definitely had a blast together.  This is a picture Jill took of them riding Coop's car.

On Sunday, we missed church due to lack of sleep, but were very busy after all of us finally woke up!  We got some retakes of Katy's birthday pictures taken, went grocery shopping, went on a picnic with Stephanie, Kampbell and Andrew, took the kids to a splash pad and playground and then home for more playtime for them/chores for us.

It was a busy and fun filled weekend for sure.  I just cannot wait for more weekends just like it.  Cheers to this week also - swim lessons, dinner with friends and more fun with my kids and hubby are on deck for us, what do you have going on this week?

Cooper's 3rd Birthday Party

Prepare for picture overload….

Saturday October 6^th, 2012, we had Cooper’s Circus Birthday Party.    There were many in attendance, and it was a lot of fun.  The kids played with each other, they played on the trampoline, they played with the bean bag toss, they played with Cooper’s toys, they just played.  We ate, we ate some more, and we visited with folks that we haven’t seen in a while and others that we see nearly daily.  I think his party turned out to be pretty successful.

Ryan (RyRy) the juggler.  As the party was winding down, Ryan found enough room to actually perform for the crowd.  Everyone loves watching juggling.

Opening presents.  The pumpkin (From Bill & Mary) was filled with Tim’s not so favorite things, lol.  A Stanford tshirt and a Giants baseball.  Then there was also a Snoopy doll, which Cooper just loves.

Thomas the Train pillow for his big boy bed, from Great Grandma Heil.  J

Cooper’s friend Jackson (my friend Shannon’s son).  He decided to wear a clown nose.  One of the first kids to actually try it on.  Brave soul.

Digging right into the cake.  That boy loves chocolate.

Picture with Mommy and Daddy after blowing out the candles.

Posing with the awesome cake.  (Can you tell he’s already had some M&Ms?)

Julia and Gabby, two of the three neighbor girls and Cooper’s buds.  (Alexis couldn’t make it, boo!)

Party fun.  Layne and Larissa playing with Nana and Pappa Shawn.

More party people.  Mary with Kampbell (Soup) bottom left, Erica and Mel with Addison (Shannon’s daughter) Ryan and Steph, Jill and Jason and Max (Cooper’s best friend) and Layne in the middle of the room.

Janna and Julia, digging into her treat bag.

Grandma Gwen trying on the clown sundglasses.

Larissa going all out in the hat, glasses and nose!!  Oh, and our still open and dirty pool in the background, yuck!

All the kids fighting over the balls.

I couldn’t believe I got them all mid jump!

More trampoline fun.

Max and Jackson checking out the bean bag toss.

Larissa was brave and put her head inside the clown face J

Somebody got sleepy.  Cute Soup!

I just had to share this picture again, aren’t we just the cutest?  Three clowns!

Pappa Smith and Cooper when everyone had left, playing on the iPad.

Finally trying on a nose and a hat!

Nana spoiling Cooper with MORE sugar!

Look at that precious little girl.  She is getting so fun!

Smiley Soup.

Mom, Shawn, Coop and me!  3 generations.  Missing Grandma Heil…

Grandma Gwen, Grandma Kieran, Grandpa Norman, Pappa Smith and Coop and me.  4 generations.

Well, I told you picture overload!  If you made it through all of those, I’m proud of you!  I think everyone had a pretty good time, at least I did.  All of the hard work was definitely worth it! 

I’m so thankful we do not have a crazy full weekend this weekend – visiting the zoo for Zooboo on Saturday, church on Sunday and I think that’s it!  AMAZING!  I hope you have a great Thursday, I can almost taste Friday, it’s almost here!!

Pictures

I'm going to share a few random pictures with you from the past week. 

Last weekend, Tim and I decided to tackle cleaning out the garage.  It was terribly gross again, and there was no room to walk, so certainly no room for a car.  So, Cooper was out with us a lot.  He decided he'd play in his "toot, toot, chugga, chugga, big red car."  He didn't want to drive it, he only wanted to sit in it.  And of course, he's got his batting gloves on.  Cheesing it up much Coop?

Kampbell (Soup from here out) is one month old!  Isn't she a cutie pie?  I've gotten to see her two times this week!  They've been over to the house the last two nights and I'm going to get to see her again on Saturday, *excited!*  I just love snuggling with her and giving her kisses :)

The little boy doing his studies on the way to the babysitter today.  He loves his "computer" and he calls the dog "Blue" from Blue's Clues even though the dog's name is Scout.  Oh well, we hope this is helping him learn his alphabet, but I doubt it.  

Last Sunday after church we went to Ruby Tuesday to eat lunch.  Cooper loves getting these big ole cups from restaurants.  He thinks he's such a big boy! 

Cooper and Max.  Best friends.  Yesterday was Max's last day at the sitter's house.  Next week he's headed to preschool and they'll be forever separated.  It's going to be tough on both of them, but I know they'll be fine.  Jill and I are going to make sure we get them together at least once a month to keep their friendship alive.  This was a picture I took yesterday at the beginning of their last day together at the sitters.

What fun have you gotten into over the last week?

TGIF and Happy Weekend to you all!

Monkey Joe's for Max's 3rd Birthday

I love birthdays.  I love holidays.  I love celebrations.  Anything to spend time not at work and with those that I love is awesome to me.  So when Cooper’s friend Max invited him to Monkey Joe’s to celebrate his third birthday, we said yes without hesitation. 

Max’s mom, Jill, works with Tim and me.  Max and Cooper are roughly 4 months apart in age.  Max and Cooper go to the same babysitter (at least until August).  They are great buddies.  Max is super cute when he calls Cooper “Coopy” and Cooper is pretty darn cute when he tries to say Max.  He isn’t great with those x’s yet. 

Monday was the big day.  We were going to pick the boys up early and head to Monkey Joe’s for a bounce house playdate.  My, oh my, did those boys have fun!  I cannot wait to take them back there together again. 

Since Max is older, wiser, and more adventurous than Cooper, he taught Cooper how to be a bit more independent  on the bounce house slides – which was great for Tim and me, because we didn’t have to carry him up those stairs this time!  Score!

We stayed for about an hour and a half, just enough time to wear those little legs out!  I’ve got tons of pictures, so bear with me as I inundate you with them now….

The first bounce we call the "warm up zone" because it's for toddlers and it's filled with lots of fun animals.  dinosaurs, alligators, lobsters and other fun creatures.  They stayed in there about 2 minutes before moving on.

 Like I said, about 2 minutes...  Next was one that had two slides and some tunnels.  Tim and Jason (Max's dad) went in with the boys.  Cooper was pretty hesitant at first, but once he warmed up, it was all fun and games from there. 

Tim carried Cooper up the first slide.  After that, he did those stairs himself.  I wasn't about to fall carrying him this time, he's getting too big for that!!  Look at that Max, he's so patient waiting climbing those stairs so slowly so that Tim can get Cooper up there...

 They finally got up there!

Two seconds later they were down again!

Looks like Tim had just as much fun as Cooper to me.

Then it was my turn.  Please ignore my crazy eyes, I get this way when  excited. 

Cooper's first time down the slides all by himself.  He looks a tad bit scared.

We knew everything was okay when he got off that slide with this face.

There they go again.  Look at those little legs making those giant steps!

How cute is this guy?  He was a happy camper after his plunge downward!

They finally moved onto the next bounce house, this one looked like a pirate ship on the outside and had a treasure chest and sail column inside.  The slide though, looks like all the rest.  This one wasn't as tall, and they both seemed to enjoy it just as well.

Jill was the first adult to try this slide out.  I think she slid right into that sail column, and then the rest of us did too....

Tim's face right before he hit that column!

My turn!  Oh, and Cooper went with me too!  We held hands as we went down. :)

Back to the warm up zone for a little break!  And time to tackle some animals. 

Moving right along to yet another...  Look at that happy face.

On this one, they "fought" each other with these posts.  They did a lot of falling all over one another.

Then, it was time to get ready to go.  Someone was showing how much fun they had.... And someone was not too happy it was time to go home.  Can you tell which is which?  HMMMMMM.....

One last thing before we left.  Max's present!  We got him a bubble bucket and a huge thing of bubbles.  If you've got a small child and they like bubbles, I highly recommend these bubble buckets.  They don't let the bubbles spill if the bucket is tipped over.  The only way I've gotten them tll is by turning the bucket completely over for 30+ seconds.  Whoever created this thing was a genius!

Woah, I told you I had a lot of pictures!  If you made it this far, you deserve a medal!

Happy Hump Day Everyone!!