Hilarity from Cooper B

Randomly on the way home today Cooper was telling me something about Anna checking her boyfriend Chris's blood sugar, and he said, "When I grow up I do not want to get shot-ted like that.  No way.  And I am not going to the hospital to get shot-ted or anything else either.  I don't want to go to the hospital at all.  And I am not driving Ella to the hospital when she has a baby.  She can just drive herself."

/Me: Okay, first of all, no.  We have had this conversation multiple times, and you will not be married to Ella when you grow up.  Remember how Uncle Will and I are brother and sister like you and Ella?  But I married Daddy, and he married Caroline.  You can marry whoever you want.

Cooper: I can marry whoever I WANT?  I don't have to marry Ella?  Well thank goodness.  And whoever I marry will still have to drive themself to the hospital when they have a baby because I do not want to get shot-ted in the hospital.  I'll explain it to her before so she knows.

Me: Coop, of course you can marry whoever you want, and you have to have to drive your wife to the hospital when she's having a baby.  It's only fair since she's the one who's going to have to have the baby.  And you don't get a shot just because you walk in the hospital.

Coop: Mom (with eye roll) - you know I am not afraid of a getting a shot.  I don't want to get SHOT-TED.  That is when you bleed.  That did not look fun.  And can you give me directions on how to get to the hospital when I am grown up?  Because I don't know how to get there on my own.  You know, after you teach me how to drive and stuff?

At this point I just said, "Okay, sure." because I was pretty sure I couldn't handle any more conversation about him driving, getting married, or having a baby just yet.  :P

Wal-Mart = 4 hour trip

I took both kids with me to Wal-Mart this morning to get approximately 500 things because apparently I have lost my mind.  The little one - Miss Sassy Pants - feels the need to say "Hey!" (loudly) to every single person we pass, but if they dare to stop to talk to her, she gives them her trademark stink eye and/or ignores them completely.  In case you don't know what the stink eye looks like (obviously you've never met Ella, but anyway...) here is one such look.

And while the little one is busy giving out "the look" or ignoring them, the bigger one is ready and willing to chat with anyone who stops.  "Hi, I'm Cooper.  That's Ella.  How are you?  I'm doing great.  Are you buying grapes too?  I like the green ones best, don't you?" and on and on and on. 

I sure do love my babies, but sometimes I wonder how many gray hairs each grocery shopping trip with them gives me.  :P

Oh, how I love fall!

We had a lot of fall fun this weekend!  Last night we went to our friends Jami, Brandon, and Hunter's house to grill out, roast marshmallows and make s'mores.  The kids had the best time!  After supper and s'mores, the boys ran around the back yard and played on the swing set, while the grown ups stayed close to the fire and tried to keep the girls from falling into it!  Ella loved running after the bigger kids and pretending she was big like them.  :)

Emma and Ella holding hands... precious!

Cooper and Miller roasting marshmallows!

Miss Ella getting some help from Daddy to roast her marshmallow.

Today Chris and I took Cooper and Ella to the pumpkin patch.  They picked out their pumpkins, petted the animals, played on the neat playground, and tried to make getting a good picture of both of them together practically impossible.  :)  We had a lot of fun just being together as a family.  Cooper took the job of pumpkin-picker very seriously, and Ella tried her best, to no avail, to pick up every pumpkin in the patch. 

 

Then when we got home, we carved a jack-o-lantern.  After we took it outside and lit it up, Ella kept going, "Oooh.  Pump-tin.  Oooh.  Happy!"

The Fair!

This week we went to the fair, like we do every year.  We had so much fun!  Any time we take our kids somewhere, Chris and I always talk about how easy going they both are (usually!).  Cooper rode a lot of rides; he is not afraid of anything!  Miss Ella rode the merry go round and had a death grip on Chris the whole time.  :)  She is not a daredevil at all!  She still doesn't like to swing.  Poor baby.  She was such a trooper though.  She rode in her stroller most of the time, only fussing to get out when we stopped, and she wanted to watch Cooper on a ride.  Both kids loved looking at the animals.  We just had the best time being together and watching them enjoy themselves.

See the nervousness...

And the death grip?  :)

This picture makes me laugh.  Cooper's like, "Who are you?"

The stuffed animals they paid for won picking up ducks.

Ears, eyes... what's the difference?

Hello footy pajamas, I missed you!

These are her "duck ducks" that she LOVES!

She is such a climber!

And I blame him.  :)

She was born giving the stink eye.  ;)

I love this video of Cooper reading to Ella...

Messy Ella = No Love From Cooper

Tonight after an interesting supper of pizza and yogurt, Ella was a disgusting mess.  Clearly she has not yet mastered eating with a spoon.  :P  

So when Cooper walked by (note the pizza on his shirt as well), she tried to give him a hug.

 I like to mess with him, so I said, "Oh come on Cooper, give your sister a hug."  Note the terrified perma-smile on his face, and the slightly evil grin on hers.

Then, in usual Ella style, she decided to try force.  He managed to escape, but just barely.