The Mini-Cooper

Here are some pics from the past few super fun days!:

Coop LOVES his new “Making Mudpies” outdoor kitchen set!

Working hard in the backyard

The King of Mudpies!

Coop gets ready for his art class at Gymboree Sing and Play

Making a puppy mask

Making a kitty mask

Coop shows off his kitty mask!

Coop loves making arts and crafts!

At the park after his art class…and he found himself a walking stick, of course!

I love it how Coop has his own phrases, like his signature phrase that he says every single morning when he wakes up, “I had a goodnight day!” A few of his other phrases that crack me up are, “Can I (do this…something, like watch television before we leave to run an errand) for a quick while?” and “for long days” when something takes a long time. So adorable!

Love, Mommy

JANUARY 14, 2012:

Back at the Landa Library park (our favorite!) doing some swinging

JANUARY 15, 2012:

Mom and Dad got to teach Cooper’s Sunday School class, and we had lots of fun! Here is Dad showing the kids how to do some watercolor paintings of the story we read to them about John the Baptist

JANUARY 16, 2012:

Mom and Dad got to go to Cooper’s Little Gym sports skills class showcase today-that means that we got to go into the gym area with Cooper while he and his classmates showed us some of the skills they have been learning in their weekly class…Coop did a great job, and we had so much fun!

Coop getting ready to show us his soccer skills

Trapping the ball

Showing us how he kicks the ball through the goal

Coop has some mad soccer skills!

The class shows us how they can follow directions

Playing golf! Coop LOVES golf!

Working on his swing

Coop shows us his wide receiver football skills!

Showing us how he tackles! HE LOVED this part!

Giving his instructor a high-five…what a great class today! Mom and Dad were so glad that we could watch as Coop showed us all of his awesome sports skills! He is a natural, for sure! Coop LOVES to go to his school…today he even packed his favorite cars, trucks, and tractors into his backpack so that he could bring his backpack with him to “school”. We are so glad that we found this great class at The Little Gym!

Love, Mommy

Cooper had his three year portraits taken this morning, and they’re AMAZING, as usual!

Here is a peek of the Scutt Family New Year’s 2012 card…Cooper is so adorable!

Love, Mommy

Today it was a beautiful 75 degrees out in San Antonio! So, of course, Mom and Coop headed to the Landa Library (our favorite park and playground) so that Coop could get some fresh air and exercise. What a beautiful day! Here are some pics from our day at the park:

Coop rides his new scooter at the park

Swinging

Just hanging out

Cutie pie!

Another beautiful Texas sunset!

Love, Mommy

Here are some pictures from the tail end of our trip to MN:

Cooper celebrates New Year’s Eve 2011 with his favorites…cupcakes and play dough!

Coop and Auntie Mick hanging out on NYE

Aunt Lee, Grandma, Aunt Mick, and Coop being silly on NYE

It snowed quite a bit on New Year’s Eve…so Coop got to do some late night shoveling!

Grandma’s pretty tree

Mom and Coop doing some shoveling together

Happy New Year from Mom and Coop!

Coop at Aunt MIck’s house on New Year’s Day 2012

Coop and Grandma go sledding…this is how they went to get the mail!

Coop LOVES to shovel!

Good job, Cooper!

Taking a bubble bath in Grandma’s tub

Playing with Great Aunt Shelly at her house

Grant, Cooper, and Kevin playing together at Aunt Mick’s the night before we head back to Texas…Coop will miss his cousins SO much!

ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT ON JANUARY 4TH, WE DID A LITTLE SLEDDING AT THE PLAYGROUND BY GRANDMA’S HOUSE:

Mom and Coop sled down the hill together

Coop in his winter garb (he won’t need this outfit in Texas, that’s for sure!)

Beautiful snow drifts

Grandma and Cooper

Gram gives Coop a push

And he’s off! He loves it!

AT THE MPLS/ST PAUL AIRPORT…ON OUR WAY BACK HOME TO TEXAS!:

FUN ON THE AIRPLANE (COOP IS SUCH A GREAT TRAVELER!):

BACK IN TEXAS-IT’S 70 DEGREES AND MOM IS WEARING A TANK TOP! YIPPEE! FROM SNOW TO SUNSHINE IN ONE DAY!

Coop and Mom (and Dad, too!) had so much fun in Minnesota-Cooper really loved some of the winter activities there and was happy to see his MN family, and of course, Grandma Kieffer. But now we are glad to be back home in Texas with Dad-we can’t wait to do some outside activities like go to the park and have some picnics…warm winter weather is fun, too!

Love, Mommy

Here are some pics from the past few days of our MN vacation:

Coop shows off his lantern (and his Nerf gun from Dad, too!) in front of the tree, December 26th

MOM, DAD, AND COOPER GO TO NICKELODEON UNIVERSE AT THE MALL OF AMERICA ON DECEMBER 27TH:

Dad and Coop on the log ride!

They got SOAKED on the log ride! So much fun!

On the “Big Rigs” ride

Cooper drives his first bumper car ever!

And he LOVED it, of course! He went on this ride at least three times!

A view of Nickelodeon Universe from the third floor of the Mall of America

Coop waiting to get on a ride in his Spongebob Squarepants baseball hat

Dad, Coop, and Spongebob

Coop gets to meet Spongebob and Squidward (characters from the show “Spongebob Squarepants” on Nickeldoeon) in person!

BACK AT THE MALL OF AMERICA WITH COOP’S GODMOTHER, NATALIE ON DECEMBER 29TH:

Cooper and Natalie on the Ferris Wheel

On the “Blue’s Clues” ride

Coop and Natalie building with Legos at Legoland

Godmother and Godson!

Coop posing with the Justin Bieber cutout (he LOVES Justin Bieber’s music!) Some ladies walking past when I took this pic told Coop that he looked just like him!

Love, Mommy

HAPPY FOURTH CHRISTMAS, COOPER! Here are some pics from Cooper’s very Merry Christmas! (starting early in the morning through the evening party at Aunt Lee and Uncle Tom’s house):

Santa found Cooper at Grandma’s house! Cooper just could not figure out how Santa and the reindeer had been there sometime last night…and Cooper didn’t even hear them! That really bothered him alot

Santa brought Cooper a recorder!

And…ta-da!…Santa brought Cooper his giant lollipop, too!

Loving his lollipop…Cooper was a good boy this year, that’s for sure!

Santa even brought Cooper a chocolate toolset!

Taking a chocolate break

Santa filled Coop’s choo-choo train stocking, too!

Riding his new scooter from Grandma Kieffer around the house

Looking at the Christmas tree through his new kaleidoscope

Opening up his new Caillou books (notice his new lantern from Santa-Cooper ADORES that-it is one of his favorite gifts from this year-it is an indoor/outdoor lantern that he takes everywhere with him, so that he can “light the way”)

Making a pizza with his new pizza puzzle

Presents, presents, everywhere! Cooper is one lucky little boy!

Coop in his Christmas outfit-on our way to Aunt Lee and Uncle Tom’s house, where our entire extended MN family gets together every Christmas Day! Exciting!

Mr. GQ!

Grandma, Aunt Mick, and Dancy at Aunt Lee and uncle Tom’s

Coop and Uncle Jeff

Coop entertains some of his family members with his piano skills

OUR MINNESOTA FAMILY!

We had so much fun with our MN family members this year-we’re glad that we were able to make it up here this year! Merry Christmas, everyone!

Love, Mommy

Tonight Cooper celebrated his fourth Christmas Eve! After his big 3rd birthday bash, Mom, Dad, Coop, and Grandma headed over to Auntie Mick’s house. We ate some scrumptious food made by Aunt Mick, and Coop got to open up some gifts with Kevin, Grant, and Whitney. Coop had a great time playing with his cousins, as usual! Here are some pics from Coop’s 4th Christmas Eve:

Mom and Grandma in front of Grandma’s tree

Coop and Kevin having fun with their new toys at Aunt Mick’s house

Coop and Kevin use a huge cardboard box as a sled as baby Whitney looks on (and the boys HAD to have their shirts off…too funny!)

Using Grant and Kevin’s new basketball hoop as a slide! Silly!

Coop plays some tunes on his cousin’s new guitar

Mom and Coop set some cookies and milk out for Santa!

On the lookout for Santa

We can’t wait to see what Santa brings for Cooper…Coop is hoping for a giant lollipop! (that’s what he asked Santa for this year)

Love, Mommy

Cooper turned three today! And what a great day it was! About 30 family members showed up to help ring in Coop’s third year. He chose a “tractor theme” this year, and all of the decorations were John Deere tractor-themed. Here are some pics of his big day:

Favor bags for the kids…Matchbox tractors, inflatable punch balloons, and glitter star bouncy balls

Tractor balloon bouquet

Cooper’s tractor birthday cake, which he has been asking for and talking about for MONTHS, as made by Mommy! (the tractor cake is chocolate cake, the trailer is rainbow chip cake, and the hay bales are rice krispie treats!)

COOPER IS THREE!

Coop’s custom made John Deere banner and his tractor cake!

Another shot of the cake

Coop is excited for people to come over for his big party!

A view of the John Deere tractor decorations (which Mom special ordered because they are really hard to find!)

Coop and the cake!

Coop’s Great Aunt Shelly and baby Simon

Taryn and Simon (Taryn shows off Coop’s birthday party hats, which are reindeer antlers!)

Coop’s silly Aunt Mick, Aunt Lee, and Uncle Bob

Coop’s Godmother Natalie, Simon, and Simon’s Mom Alyssa

Cooper’s Godmother Natalie

Aunt Mick and Tres

Getting ready for the Happy Birthday song!

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Everyone sings to Cooper!

Blowing out the candle

Cutting the cake

Joe and Tara got John Deere t-shirts just for Coop’s party! They match!

Grant wore a John Deere for Coop’s party, too!

Deere boys

Tractor family! All of these people wore tractor shirts in honor of Coop’s tractor-themed party!

Gift time! Grant was Coop’s special helper!

Play dough!

Giving Tara a hug…Coop gave each person a big hug after he opened his gift from them…so sweet!

Tim shows off his party hat…

…and Kevin does, too!

Kevin takes some pictures with Cooper’s camera

Itty bitty Whitney!

Grandma Kieffer, Cooper, Mom, and Dad after the party

Cooper could not have asked for a better party than we had today! We are so glad that Coop was able to spend his third birthday with his family members in MN! Happy third birthday, Cooper!

Love, Mommy