Cooper's Sandbox

Last weekend Paul built Cooper a sandbox. Hopefully this will keep him from digging in our vegetable and flower gardens. Here is the box all put together.




Cooper loved helping daddy put the sand in the box.


Yeah! Sand is fun!



My boys having fun in the sand.


Our neighbor stopped by for a visit and to check out the new sandbox.



Dumping and throwing sand is fun!


Cooper only ate a few shovels full of sand. Hey, what kid wouldn't want to taste it.



Remember Cooper, keep the sand down!


Cooper loves his new sandbox! Thanks daddy so much for making it!

A New Garden

This year we have decided to try a serious attempt at gardening. When we moved into this house, we decided that the large garden towards the rear of the lot was way too large for our use. It became a major weed patch, so we decided to convert the old vegetable garden into our xeriscape (that is zereescape, not zeroscape). Now that Cooper is getting older, we decided that it would be beneficial to teach him where vegetables come from. So we have decided to make a different type of garden, more suitable for our family. We made 3 plots. One is 4'x4' and the other two are 3'x4'. We will update the blog with new garden photos over the course of the summer, but for now, enjoy the garden planting photos.

I was planting the first seeds in the garden.


Cooper saw me planting the seeds and he really wanted to help. So he grabbed a handful of carrot seeds and threw them into the garden. It will be interesting to see where the carrots end up growing.


Dude! Pull up your pants kid!


Cooper found a coffee mug to play with. Although it broke, he enjoyed playing with it.


He took water from his bottle and poured it into his coffee mug.


He also enjoyed sitting in his chair, putting his hand in the water and then drinking the water.


When it was time to spray the gardens, Cooper was fascinated by the spraying water. He ran under the water and wanted me to spray him. By the end, he was soaked. We will need to get Cooper a sprinkler to play with this summer.


Sometime during the day, Cooper decided to taste the dirt in the gardens. It must have tasted good.


Cooper still getting sprayed.


Cooper was so soaked from the garden sprayer, that we stripped him down to the diaper before bringing him inside. He loved walking around the house in the diaper.


After the bath, Cooper had some juice and he was ready to play again.

Grammy Rachel's Visit

During Grammy Rachel's visit we had many fun adventures. Grammy bought Cooper his own chair. He loves that he can get in and out all by himself. He loves it so much he will sometimes sit in it while brushing his teeth.

We all went out and tried the new Frogart frozen yogart place. Cooper ate more than mom!


Cooper loves to wear bibs around his neck so Grammy made him two capes. He loves them and wears both of them at the same time, even while vacuuming.


I almost didn't believe it when it snowed. Cooper, however, loved every minute of it. Especially eating the snow.


Here Grammy and Cooper are taking a break from tromping in the snow piles.


I never thought we'd need to dig out his winter hat again this year. Boy was I wrong, but isn't he cute?!


The sun was shining and the snow began to melt. Good thing it didn't last more than a few days.


Once the snow melted and the weather became warmer we went to the American West Heritage Center for baby animal days. Cooper LOVED looking at all the baby animal. He even had a snack (tasting the cadge) while petting the baby goat.


The duck was also fun to pet. He even said quack quack to the duck.


Petting the kitten was fun but...


his favorite was walking up and down the small hill inside the barn, as well as the stairs. We should have guessed.


Cooper loves to push any thing that will move. He's always such a big help.


It's not very often that I get a chance to snag Cooper for a hug. He's usually too fast for me to catch him.


Uncle Craig came down to visit for the weekend. The weather was perfect to play at the park. Looks like Cooper will let Uncle Craig walk him up and down the stairs. Not as good as daddy, of course. Sorry Uncle Craig.


Woah! It's a long way down from here. Playing with Uncle Craig is fun!


No one pushes the swing better than daddy!


Once in awhile, when not attached to daddy, Cooper will crawl up the stairs by himself. But this doesn't happen very often.


Daddy is still Cooper's favorite toy. He's such a lucky boy to have the best daddy in the world!

Burnett family photo April 2010.


Thanks Grammy Rachel for a wonderful visit. Can't wait to see you again.