On Sunday

Al: Cooper, what did you learn about in nursery today?

Cooper: ummmm...........ummmm....baptise

Al: Wow! That's good, what is baptise? (both of us very surprised, he usually says "trucks")

Cooper: ummmm......it's spanish.

How To...

I've noticed that How-To's are an especially popular blog post these days so I thought I'd contribute.

Smoky, Smoldering Eye

A How To:

1) Apply eye make-up as usual on Day 1, using black eyeliner and black mascara.
2) Don't wash your eye make-up off before going to bed.
3) Wake-up on Day 2 and Voila! Works everytime. Even better on Day 3.

Just thinkin'

• Lately Cooper will be making this concerned face, looking off in the distance and I will ask..."What's wrong?" and he says..."I'm just thinkin."
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  For the first time, Annie and Cooper's naps are happening at the same time...consistently! For the last several days - its a great feeling. I have 2 hours in the afternoon!

• I love Diet Cherry Coke. We rarely buy pop, but when it's Diet Cherry Coke, look out.

• When you burn pine nuts on your stove top, your house smells like garbage for days.

• Cooper finished swimming lessons today! Big improvements made in 2 weeks.

• Annie is army crawling and losing her chubbies. It's killing me.

• Portable DVD players are a gift from above.
  
• We went to the cabin (Sundance) a few weeks ago. That place is my favorite in the world. I love going with my own kids now. Cooper loved it.

Annie taking a very serious bath in the sink.

Whenever we suggested that he look for deer, snakes, any animals...he would put on his "goggles" to help find them.

Cooper looks like a mini Al in this picture. Love it.

Other highlights included seeing lots of family, getting very little sleep 8 nights in a row, delicious food, Al doing some killer bike rides, beautiful rain. It was another great year at the cabin.