Coop and Me

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Cooper Videos

My future quarterback showing off his throwing arm!!

Cooper Boogie Woogie and Shake Your Booty!

Breaking a pretzel and making it his "Dinosaur" horns!

HYE YAH! Katate Cooper!

Cooper's Halloween was great, Farmer Bampa grew some pretty spectacular pumpkins in the garden this year and we had some good pickin's when it came to carving time. Cooper helped Bampa and Uncle Kendall move the pumpkins to the front yard! Our prized possession this year was "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" This pumpkin was massive and it kept growing and growing and growing!

We made a cute little pumpkin arrangement for Grandma with the wheel barrel, then Cooper and Bampa took a walk on the retaining wall, played on the rock and hung out for a while outside before it got cold!

When it came time to carve Uncle Kendall took over "The Great Pumpkin" we went with a classic Jack O Lantern face for the giant pumpkin! Mom made Cooper a special Spiderman Pumpkin...that took forever (What was I thinking?) but ended up being pretty cool!

Before Halloween Cooper found his costume and insisted on putting it on...he was pretty darn excited to be spiderman! I showed him himself in the mirror and captured the best moments, his pure excitement and then him checkin' out his muscles! :) A couple nights before he got a build-a-bear sock monkey and we could not leave without putting the monkey in a spiderman costume (That mind you was not allowed to take his costume off or Cooper got very mad!)

On the day of Halloween Cooper got to play with the neighborhood kids and his cousin Ethan. Kelli and Ethan came over with their dog, Lucky! The boys went trick-or-treating when Ty and Erin came over. Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie Paula came over for the traditional chili beans and finger jello as well! We pulled the boys in the wagon again and stopped at more houses this year, then we made the climb to the Hernandez's where they fed us and kept us company until we decided to walk back home!

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Fishin'

http://www.reeledinforlife.org/

Today Cooper went fishing for the very first time! A gentleman at my work runs a non-profit organization that teaches kids how to fish! Despite the cold weather and mist we made our way to lake Lehow this morning for Cooper to learn how to fish!

He learned how to cast a rode, tie knots and about all the different fish, we were then given a rod to go fishin' with! Cooper all bundled up let Bampa take the reel, he cast the pole for Cooper and he would hold on with Bampa! Cooper caught 2 fish and the first one he caught he said "Its a SHARK!!!" I think Cooper had such a great time! He got to see fish, eat hot dogs, and even saw a family of deers run by! He even got his very own fishing pole to take home! What a great organization, Cooper, Mommy, Bampa and Nana enjoyed ourselves and will definitely be making our way back to Lake Lehow with Reeled in For Life next year!! Thank you to Bob Welle for organizing such a great event! The Shigeno's definitely enjoyed themselves!!

Mommy and Coop watching the kids cast

Bampa and Cooper waiting to cast

Not exactly sure about casting?

Better let Bampa do it!

Gettin' the hang of it!

Helpin' out

Finally ready to try it!

Gettin' ready to fish!

Staying warm!

Looking for the fish in the lake!

Getting ready to fish

Cooper's 1st "Shark"

Checkin' out his fish!

Woo!

Cooper's 2nd fish!

Cuddle time!

My Handsome little boy!

Love

The deer hangin' out

Running bye!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

July/August/September Update!

Sorry the blog has been M.I.A for so long. I have a couple of great events to post about so this could be a long one! Cooper took a trip to St. Louis in July and had a great time. He got to spend some time with family and ride a horse, visit the zoo with Grammy, Grandpa and Uncle Kevin, and he got to visit Grammy Great and Grandpa Great!

Daddy and Cooper in St. Louis

Grammy Great, Cooper and Uncle Dave

Having TOO MUCH fun on the trampoline!

Seeing the horse

Visiting Grandpa Great

Riding the horse (I was told he LOVED this, didnt want to get off)

Grandpa, Uncle Kevin and Cooper at the zoo

Ridin the horse with Uncle Dave

at the zoo with uncle

Seeing the monkeys!

In August Cooper celebrated his 2nd birthday in style! he had a baseball party complete with cracker jacks, cotton candy, popcorn and of course a hot dog bar! He had a great time and was so happy that everyone was able to come celebrate with him, especially his Grammy, Grandpa and Uncle Kevin!

Cooper's cake

A perfect Cooper baseball cake!

He loved all his books!

Riding in the truck Daddy got him!!

looking at all of his books with the kids!

Blowing his candles out!

Eatin that yummy cake :)

His concessions stand banner

All-American Baseball decorations

Cousins

Baseball cards, seeds, cracker jacks and cotton candy!

His spiderman scooter from Momma!

Lastly, we have has such a jam packed summer that Bampa and Nana wanted to do something fun with Cooper so our most recent fun activity is we went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo! This zoo is located in Colorado Springs along a Mtn side. This zoo is so cool because it is more interactive that most zoos. Cooper and I got to feed the giraffes and we we very close to a giant turtle, birds and kangaroos!