In October Cooper turned three years old. Most of all of our family was able to come down to UT to celebrate Cooper's 3rd birthday. Grammy Rachel was thoughtful enough to make Cooper a Mickey Mouse costume for Halloween.
We found a Mickey Mouse balloon that was perfect for the party.
Friday morning all the boys went fishing. This was Cooper's idea of fishing, eating chips and throwing rocks.
I am so thankful that the weather was beautiful outside. Cooper has been riding his bike a lot and finally learned to pedal on his own!
Cooper has recently discovered Frisbee throwing. He needs a little more practice at throwing.
Erin and I decorating Cooper's Mickey Mouse cake.
Not quite sure what Grammy Terry is doing here. I think Cooper is wondering the same thing.
Mickey Mouse! Turned out pretty cute!
Gotta lick the frosting! It's the best part.
Auntie Erin holding naked boy.
Before the party Cooper decided he wanted to play some football. Everyone had so much fun!
Cooper almost caught the ball.
What a great smile!
And of course, he had to drive around in Monroe's jeep. It was so nice of her to let him drive.
Opening presents. Cooper was so excited. We should have saved this present for last because it's all he wanted to play with.
Loves his Mickey Mouse rocket!
He's not too sure about the books, but mom and dad enjoyed reading them.
New big boy underwear on his head! At least it's getting some use and staying clean.
For Cooper's birthday dinner we decided to make sushi. Cooper loves sushi! Making sushi takes a long time but apparently it's worth the wait.
The master sushi maker cutting the roles.
Cooper was so very excited that Papi and Loretta came to eat dinner with us and have cake.
Cooper is so silly playing with his chopsticks.
Yummy!
Here we are eating our sushi and steak for those of us who aren't crazy about sushi. Although, I do have to say I did eat a few pieces and actually enjoyed them.
More fun playing with his chopsticks!
Yay! Time to eat cake. I think we sang and blew out the candles at least three times.
Blowing out the candles is Cooper's favorite part.
Cooper enjoyed playing on my iPad and making funny faces.
Later that weekend my family went to Black Island Farms to pick pumpkins. Cooper enjoyed the hayride, as did Mickey Mouse.
He wasn't quite sure what about getting a pumpkin.
Cooper wanted to pick one that he could hold all by himself. And he could, at least while sitting down.
The family posing for a picture.
What cute pumpkins we all make.
These are some scary looking pumpkin faces!
Cooper loved going down the slide. He even wanted to go down the big tunnel slide but mom and dad were a little scared so, maybe next year.
Watch out daddy and Cooper for the attack of Uncle Craig!
Sliding down backwards is the best. Cooper only did this because he saw other kids doing it.
Well this looks like fun. I think Aunt Olga needs a little help getting down.
Cooper loved riding the train. I think we rode it about three times.
He also loved playing the drums and singing the ABC's. I'm sure someday he will start his own band.
After, we went to MacCools (Irish pub house) for dinner. We'd never been there before and what a great place it is. I'm glad they have one in Ogden too. Can't wait to go there again.
What a cute picture of Craig and Olga.
Cooper was a well behaved little boy.
At the end of our evening Paul discovered that the harmonic balancer (crank shaft pulley) was broken on our Subaru had come loose and was wobbling. Luckily once he figured out what was wrong it only took a few minutes the next day to fix it. I'm so glad that Paul is a very handy guy! He's a very talented man and can do just about anything!
To end our birthday weekend we took a family picture with all of our pumpkins. We had forgotten to take a picture with the Burnett family before they left but maybe there is a way Paul could photo shop them in. Thanks everyone for traveling to UT to celebrate Cooper's birthday.
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