How Cooper spends his time at parks

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Hiking in Meridian SP

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Spring break

Every year Liz puts fun things in the Spring Break Grab Bag.  The boys get to pick from the bag and whatever comes out is what they do the next day.  They picked hiking for Tuesday and Liz took them to Meridian State Park.  After a long day of hiking, a picnic lunch, and swimming for the dog, they crashed out on the way home; which was probably the goal to begin with.

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That's not the only thing we did last weekend.

We also camped in the backyard of the church.  The boys had a great time and didn't seem to be bothered at all by the hum of I35 and Hwy 6 traffic that surrounded us, by the helicopter that flew overhead at about 1 am, or even by the cool temperatures that dipped into the low 40s.  Of course, all of those things bothered me to some degree.  The traffic and 'copter; not too much.  The temps, well, since I forgot a sleeping bag for myself I got a little chilly sleeping outside.

Regardless, the boys had a blast.  All they need is a campfire and s'mores and to them it's camping.

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What did you do last weekend?

We celebrated Platypus Day, did you?

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And ... Andrew's swimming lessons

Yep, that's how he spent his off time; eating his fingers.  At least he wasn't picking his nose.

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Matthew's swimming lessons

It took him a day or two, but he really started to enjoy it.  He's excited for the next time he gets to go to the pool.

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Who says you need to get dressed?

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The many faces of a 4 year old in his jammies

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Happy Leap Day!

Sure it's blurry, but Matthew wasn't exactly being cooperative this morning.  I could only get this one set of jumps out of him.  Who'd ever thing a 4 year old wouldn't want to jump in the house?

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Busy at the Blue and Gold

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Blue and Gold Banquet

Andrew got his Wolf Badge this weekend at the Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet.  Had I know he had the envelope backwards, I would have said something.

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It's First-Swim-Lesson Time!

You know what that means! Videos of the boys shivering immediately after! A good dad may let them get dressed first, but I'm sadistic like that.





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I think we're doing something wrong

Matthew and I picked Andrew up from school on Tuesday and when we came home he immediately went over to his toys. Andrew was getting his homework in order and we heard the unmistakable crashing of toys being dumped on the floor. Andrew looked over toward the toy corner and admonished his brother, "Matthew really?"

Nonchalantly and with doe-eyed innocence, Matthew stated his case. "My birthday party is over, we can dump the toys out again."

Eo much for lasting life lessons.

Matthew and Jaxson: BFFs

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Besties Painting

Matthew's best friend, Jaxson came over for his birthday party this weekend.  Nothing else mattered as long as he showed up.  Much to everyone's surprise, hanging a large piece of paper on the fence and giving them some tempura paint entertained them for about an hour while the rest of the adults got to engage in grown-up conversation (largely about the kids).
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Oh, there you are Perry!

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Hey! Where are Andrew and Matthew?

The Birthday Boy's name

Swim lessons

This week we started swim lessons for both the boys
Andrew has been taking them for a couple years now, but this is matthew's first time. It took Matthew a little while to warm up to the pool; he wouldn't even put his feet in for a little while. Once he did, though he was all smiles.

I just took some soaps with my phone. I didn't want my camera to make me miss his first lesson.