Happy Halloween

I was thinking about our Halloween last year and had to pull out a picture. The kids are so much bigger now, I can't even believe how fast they have grown! Madison had fun last year, but this year is going to be even better. I can tell because she has been looking forward to it for weeks! Holidays are so much fun with children!

Today has been a fun Halloween day thus far. I have been trying to pass the time quickly for my kids, mainly Madison, who are so excited to "Trick or Treat". We have not dressed up in our costumes yet, but we have decorated some YUMMY cupcakes that our sweet "Bama" sent us in a care package this week. Madison loves anything that has to do with baking, cooking, or being in the kitchen and Hyrum just loves food. So this was definitely a hit! Thank you Grandma, for a fun Halloween treat!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Thirsty???

Why Wait?!


Hyrum is really into drinking out of water bottles these days. He is not as efficient as he would like to be and ends up with water all over the place. I heard an "Uh-oh" and then some slurping noises from the other room, so I went to go see what was going on. Instead of waiting for me to refill up the water bottle, he decided to drink the water from the floor. Madison thought it was absolutely disgusting. I thought it was pretty gross myself, but it was too funny not to get a picture of it!

Imagination Run Wild...

 

This is what we get when we have a little girl FULL of imagination. Madison dressed herself up as "Mary Poppins". Can't you see the resemblence? (It's OK, I can't either.) Madison then preceeded to find her magic wand and "Bippity-boppity-boo" everyone in sight. We have all been turned into a bunch of pumpkins around here. I wonder what Madison will decide to be for Halloween...

"Growing Bigger"

Madison is obsessed with "growing bigger". We see school buses every morning on our walks and she always wants to ride in them. I keep on telling her that she will ride on one when she goes to school, but that she has to get bigger first. This is killing her because she wants to go to school and ride on a school bus NOW. Every day as she eats her food she tells me, "I'm growing bigger Mommy!" In the mornings she will sometimes get her little backpack and pack it up with books and toys and put it on for the day. This girl just can't wait to be a big girl and go to school... especially on a school bus! Being her Mommy, I could wait a long time until she goes to school. I will miss my little girl who is my best buddy during the day. I love having her home here with me. I want my little girl to stop growing up so fast. But unfortunately I don't have a say in it, because she is!

Autumn Spice

 

I love the fact that Hyrum can walk and climb EXCEPT when he climbs onto the kitchen table and throws down my candle. Oh how I loved that Autumn Spice scent!

7 Things Tag

7 Things I plan to do before I die:


1. Move closer to family.
2. Learn how to bake.
3. Go on a mission with my eternal companion.
4. Serve others around me naturally.
5. Plant and maintain a beautiful garden.
6. Go back to school.
7. Buy a house.


7 things I do now:

1. Spend time with my family.
2. Blog.
3. Training to run.
4. Laugh.
5. Prepare meals.
6. Read for enjoyment.
7. Learning patience.

7 Things I can't do:

1. Keep my house clean.
2. Make chocolate chip cookies.
3. Wink.
4. Balance my time.
5. Run 30 minutes straight (yet)
6. Keep my children from crawling all over me like a jungle gym.
7. Be creative independently.

7 things that attract me to my significant other:

1. Integrity
2. Love for children (I love seeing him come home and playing with the kids!)
3. Love of the Gospel
4. Hard Worker
6. Red Hair
7. Willingness to serve.

7 Celebrities I like:
1. I'm not going to lie, I'm not up with the times.
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7 of my favorite foods

1. Pasta
2. Shrimp
3. Ice Cream
4. Baked Potatoes
5. Fruit
6. Zucchini
7. Salads

I invite to do this:

1. Stefani Martuscello
2. Kristin Knies
3. Erica Jones
4. Leah Florence
5. Kristin Hanson

Random

I love Fall. Fall is a little different here in Florida. You don't get to see the leaves changing colors, and to feel the cold, brisk air. But I love it all the same. It is cooling down here, so that is definitely a good thing! I love Fall time because it leads into the fun holidays. I also am really excited for General Conference coming up this weekend! We will be so blessed to hear from our Prophets and Apostles.
Nothing too exciting is happening in the Cooper Family these days. I haven't been taking a lot of pictures because I have just been soaking up the time spent with my family. Hyrum hasn't been his happiest self lately, I think he's teething. But when he's happy, he is such a joy to be around. That kid keeps me on my toes! He has learned how to say, "diaper" and knows how to get one when it is time to get changed. He also knows how to say shoes and socks. He will bring me my shoes, and his shoes when he wants to go outside. Smart kid!
Madison is just keeping me laughing. This girl says the funniest and cutest things.
Last night we were getting ready for bed and Madison and I had the cutest little conversation.
Madison: "Mommy, is Daddy your Prince?"
Mommy: "Yes"... as I try to keep a straight face.
Madison: "Are you and Daddy married?"
Mommy: "Yes, we got married before you were born."
Madison: "When you got married to Daddy did you dance in the castle?"

Madison lives in a dream world. She loves princesses and loves to pretend she is one. One day her cup of milk fell over on the table and dribbled onto the floor. I told her to go get a rag to clean it up. Obediently, she did as she was asked, and as she started slowly cleaning her mess on the floor started to sing, "Sing Sweet Nightingale" from Cinderella. The same song Cinderella sings as she mops the floor. What a cutie!

Butter Ball

Hyrum has grown so much in the last month. He is such a chunk! It is a good thing that he is walking everywhere now, because he is so heavy.
One night as we were cleaning up from dinner Hyrum got up on the chair and decided to help. He licked the butter knife clean and decided it was so good that he wanted some more! This really grossed me out but Cory thought it was hilarious. Hyrum loved it, but we only let him have a few more licks.

Potty Break

Today Madison came to me and said: "Mommy, I have to go potty. Can you watch my baby for me? She's crying and she's really sad. You need to watch her while I'm gone because she's really frusterated right now, ok?" I knew this was serious business asking me to watch her baby for a couple of minutes, so I had to keep a straight face. I was just laughing inside. She's too funny! I wish I could get a potty break like that. In real life, they just follow you!

Madison is such a good little mommy and always wants her babies to be happy!
(She also asked me if I could take a picture of her with her baby, so cute!)

I have the sweestest husband!

(Aren't they beautiful?!)

Addiction

I am addicted to taking pictures of my children. Enough said.

Bust A Move!

Hyrum is pretty darn close to be called a toddler in our house these days. He has been walking like a maniac. I know everybody says "watch out because they get into a lot more trouble". But my child gets into a lot of trouble to begin with. We're so proud of him!





(Now the next step is to get him to walk with shoes on... he absolutely hates it!)

Artists At Work

Last week Madison and I both agreed that it was time for Hyrum to get into the art of coloring. She agreed that she would teach him since she has a lot more creativity than I do!

Madison took her position as a teacher very seriously. And Hyrum paid a lot of attention to her and tried to understand what she was telling him to do.


Hyrum looks a little stumped! Actually, he was sneaking another taste of the delicious brown crayon.


Once Hyrum got the idea of coloring on paper he was one happy boy! He drew an excellent picture! I was very impressed!


Madison is a very happy that she was able to teach her little brother how to color. This is something that Madison takes very seriously these days. She is very very good at it too. I love my two little artists!!

We finally gave Hyrum a little haircut.

As long as he had something to play with he was just fine.


He was such a good sport!


Hyrum is one good lookin' kid!


So sweet...

Pampered Like A Princess

One day Madison had Cory cut her nails with the exception that she could get them painted. I told Cory that I would gladly paint her nails as I usually do so he didn't have to participate in the "girly" activities. But he really wanted to paint Madison's nails. Who knew this could be such a wonderful Daddy-Daughter bonding activity!

Cory was a pro at painting nails. He was very particular about not getting the polish on her skin.


He even took the time to blow her nails dry when they were done.


Madison was very proud of her manicure and pedicure by her Daddy. It was very sweet to sit back and watch this. (Not to mention Madison was sitting in her Princess chair the whole time being totally pampered!)

It's About Time!

It took me long enough to blog Madison and Hyrum's Birthday party. We celebrated their birthdays out in Utah. Hyrum turned 1 on July 17th and Madi turned 3 on the 30th. So we did a joint party while we were with my parents. I think the kids had a lot of fun.

Here we are about to blow out the candles. Too bad Cory wasn't there for the big event, we missed him!


Hyrum's favorite part of the party was the food. He licked his plate clean!


I know this is kind of a random picture. But its the only one I could find of their Elmo Pinata. That was a big hit, especially for Madison. But in the picture Aunt Caitlyn is playing with Hyrum and my mom is holding cousin Carter.


Madison scored big time with a lunch bag full of candy all to herself.


Hyrum's favorite part of his birthday party was being able to play with his cousin Carter. They got into a lot of mischeif.


Madison and Hyrum both scored big time for their birthdays from Grandma and Grandpa! It was such a fun birthday for them to be able to share with the whole family!

The Waco Zoo

While we were in Texas Cory and I took the kids to the Zoo. Kathryn and her son Tyson came with us. The kids had so much fun!

This is our attempt of getting a family picture while at the Zoo.


Madison and Tyson were so facinated with all the different fish. They were so cute together!


Hyrum loves animals. While we were at the Zoo he would point to each animal and call it a dog. And we would say,"No, that's a Zebra." or "No, that's bat." Dog is the first animal word he has learned. Its going to take him a while to learn all of the animals names. But for now every animal is a dog. Silly boy!


Madison loved going down this slide that had animals right next to it.

Howdy Ya'll

I know its been a while since we've gotten home from our trip to Texas. But I had to post these pictures, for journaling sake! There are some experiences we had that I just don't want to forget!

Cory and Hyrum spending time with the family. I LOVE this picture!!


Grandad was so sweet and got on the ground with Madison to color on the sidewalk. That is when Madison and Grandad hit it off!


Cory's brother, Cody, had this awesome Go-Cart. And of course Cory had to let Hyrum have the experience of riding on it at such a young age. Hyrum had a great time!


Madison had a blast in the lake with Cory. It was the biggest swimming pool this girl had ever seen!


Hyrum had to have the experience of swimming in the lake while we were in Texas. He wasn't a big fan of it. But don't you just love the sunglasses Cory is sporting?! He was in desperate need of some glasses and Madison was so kind to let him wear hers. Pink is a wonderful color on him, don't you think?!


We all had a good time visiting with Mammaw and Grandad.


Cory's sister, Casi, came to visit. Her dog just had puppies, so they came along too. Madison was in heaven petting the puppies... there were so many of them!