Preschool!

Cooper had his first day at preschool last week. It's at a local church and came recommended from a friend. He cried a little when we left but the teacher said it was only for a few minutes. His first day was filled with story time, outside play, music, lunchtime and a Pumpkin festival party. He made a puppet and came home with some goodies. Mommy got to study at a local Panera (which is where I think I may have gotten the food poisoning from-ugh!) All in all a good day for us both. He's on fall break this week but we're looking forward to next week and the weeks to come.

Cooper and Da-ee, walking into school.

Cooper's Big Boy Bed

The new bed!

It had to happen at some point and with the new baby on the way, we didn't want Cooper to feel like he was being pushed out....so we thought best to make this transition early. We had our usual routine of bath, brush teeth, and stories which usually happens in our bed but this time we read in his bed. Cooper seemed a little confused and cried so we waited outside the door and went back in every few minutes until he stopped. It didn't take long. He slept the whole night through, so brave! Seems like a happy boy this morning so far. We're off to pick pumpkins later this morning in the chilly Colorado weather.

Sweet dreams!

Day out with Thomas!!!

Cooper's big day out with one of his favorite loves, Thomas the Tank Engine was full of smiles and tantrums. We had been telling him a few days before, each morning he was going to see Thomas soon. "We have tickets and we're going to give them to the conductor and ride on Thomas' train", we told him. He looked at us curiously.
The day began with a tantrum at home because he didn't want to leave his trains, even though we said we were going to see Thomas. We finally got him in the car and headed to the Colorado Railroad museum in Golden. We parked in a lot outside the museum property and rode a bus over. Once we arrived, we tried to take Cooper to see Thomas but he threw a fit. Cooper could have cared less about seeing Thomas, he would have spent the entire day in the gift shop tent if we let him. We tried several times to coax him out to the railway to see Thomas, each time resulting in a tantrum. The kid has his own agenda. After a few timeouts, we made our way over to the line to board the train. Grandpa Walt and Joan even stopped by to watch Cooper ride. Once the train got moving, Cooper loved it. Afterwards we watched miniature trains, played in the Imagination Station, climbed the lego Thomas and threw a few more tantrums. We even got our picture taken with Sir Topham Hat, the controller of the line. Sensory overload but well worth some of the smiles! Cooper never went up to the life size Thomas for a closer look - maybe next time.

Can you say pregnant?

A little craving for me lately is ice cream. In an attempt to stay lactose free, I decided to give LaLoo's a try. It's a company based out of California that specializes in goat's milk ice cream. http://www.laloos.com/ Unfortunately I couldn't find the ice cream at our local Whole Foods, but they were nice enough to special order it for me, one each of chocolate and vanilla.

One each to me meant one pint of each....little did I know that meant one case of each to Whole Foods. A little quick math for ya, eight pints in a case, at $6.99 per pint is, well, about $55. times 2 cases...that's over $100 worth of ice cream. I sent Jim to pick up the ice cream and apparently the cashier had some problems ringing the order and rang up at much less, so we got 16 pints of ice cream for under $30....ah, good things do happen sometime!

Freezer full o' goodness!