May 28, 2018

Memorial Day Weekend

We've had a great 3 day weekend full of family and fun.

The Summer fun started on Thursday when I got out Cooper's water table for the first time.  We'd bought this secondhand as a birthday gift for him, but hadn't played with it yet.  We usually try to go on a walk every afternoon, but since it's already getting hot we're trying to switch that to mornings so we spent the afternoon getting wet.  Cooper loved splashing, but he mainly just wanted to take everything out of the water table.  I'm sure he'll get more used to it as the summer continues!

Friday David's office closed early, so we took a family trip up to IKEA.  We rearranged some of the furniture in our living room to try to make our toy storage make more sense as we work toward keeping things somewhat organized and helping Cooper clean up his toys.  So we went to buy some storage bins and baskets and a few doors for the furniture we already had.  We ate dinner in Frisco before heading home for bedtime.  Then David and I watched The Greatest Showman which we rented from Redbox-- neither of us had seen it yet, but we enjoyed it!

Saturday morning we went out for breakfast tacos as usual.  We go eat breakfast tacos almost every Saturday morning and it has become a fun tradition over the last 13 months.  We have a few tried and true places but decided to check out a new place this week.  A new burger place opened in Dallas a few weeks ago and they have breakfast tacos too.  It's a fun atmosphere with a playground and Cooper enjoyed exploring after breakfast.

Saturday also brought Cooper's first haircut.  I had trimmed the back of his hair a little, but the top was starting to get long and a little out of control. So we booked an appointment at a kid's haircut place near us.  Cooper did really well-- he was interested in watching everything around him.  This was my favorite picture where he's giving the hairstylist the side-eye.

All cleaned up.  It doesn't look too different, but it's definitely shorter and not quite as crazy!

After naptime we swam in our pool.  Cooper loves swimming so we've had fun introducing him to the pool this weekend.  He loves to "pla pla" (splash).  After swimming we ate dinner on the patio while we dried off.

Sunday morning was for church.  Cooper has been doing really well in his Sunday School class-- he's even sometimes started going to the teachers without crying!  When we picked him up Sunday they said he had been so sweet and he spent the majority of the morning walking around asking people to pick him "bu" (up) and then signing please.  Sounds like a day in my life-- a toddler following me around saying up.  At least he said please for them! 
Sunday evening we invited my brother and sister-in-law and nephew and niece over to swim and eat dinner.  Cooper loved watching his cousins swim and they enjoyed showing off for him.  David grilled burgers and hot dogs and we had a great evening!  They are usually busy with sports and kids activities, so it was fun getting to spend some time with them on this long weekend.

This morning we got up and headed to the park after breakfast.  We knew we wanted to spend some time outside, but wanted to try to beat the heat so we went early.  We walked a few laps around the park with Cooper in the stroller and then let him play before we headed out.  He loved climbing up the playground equipment.  He went down the slide a few times, but was not a fan toward the end, so then he would climb to the top of the playground really fast and I'd carry him down.

Cooper took a long nap this afternoon and then we headed back out to the pool.  Cooper loves "jumping in" from the side of the pool.  He floated with us and practiced kicking while we swam.

We finished the evening with dinner on the patio again.  

It was a great relaxed weekend!

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