3-Year Stats

Here's what 3-year-old Cooper is like these days:

-Completely obsessed with all modes of transportation, especially construction vehicles and big trucks
-Loves Handy Manny and Bob the Builder.  He can name ALL of the tools in Handy Manny and ALL of the trucks in Bob.  Little brains are such sponges.
-Trying his hardest to be independent, yet not able to do some things by himself yet.  For example, he wants to put on his own pants but then gets frustrated when he can't do it.  Trying to teach patience...
-Very strong-willed and opinionated (at home); fairly laid back outside of the home (at school, church, and other people's homes).
-Still eating an extremely limited diet.
-35 lbs. and 39 inches, per the doctor today - right where he needs to be (despite my previous point, thank goodness).
-In major imitation mode.  When he is throwing a tantrum, I'll leave the room and say "tell me when you're ready."  The last few days, he has randomly said that same phrase to me which I think is hilarious.
-Imagination is beginning to take off, as he "reads" books to himself at night or plays with his toys.
-Seems to have inherited his daddy's sleep patterns to some extent.  Doesn't seem to require as much as the average kid and has a hard time falling asleep at night (especially on nap days).  Overall not a bad sleeper though.

THREE!

Last week, we celebrated Cooper's THIRD birthday!  Lots of fun moments celebrating our little man.

We kicked off the week with a fun treat at preschool.  Cooper and another little friend who also had a birthday last week got to wear crowns and have cupcakes with their classmates.

Thursday (his actual birthday), we took off work and took a very chilly trip to the zoo with Aunt Sharon.  What a fun trip - the animals were crazy!  Clearly they haven't had enough visitors recently and were ready to show off.  So February may not be the ideal time to go, but it was fun anyway.  We capped off the day with Cold Stone ice cream with Gigi, Papa, and Grandma (because nothing says ice cream like 40-degree weather).  Yum!

Saturday was the official party, which was pretty low-key and mostly family.  The theme was construction vehicles and I have to say it was just a really nice time.  Cooper adores his family.  He finally "got" the concept of opening presents - and man is he good at it now!  We are thankful for our family being a part of the celebration.

A special visit from Aunt Carrie

Mini Cooper on major clearance at Target? Yes, please!

This will be on awkwardfamilyphotos.com soon

Favorite gift of the day?  A miniature Packer truck from Bob the Builder

Here's to another year!