Christmas crafts

I had lots & lots of crafting to do for Christmas so I had to put Cooper to work. He painted birdhouses for Grandpa & Papa, & frame mats for both Grandma's & Daddy (and we framed a picture of Dexter & Cooper of course).




I made cloth doll diapers for my friend Joslyn's daughter (so she'd stop stealing her sister's disposable diapers),


a towel wrap for my dad,


a laptop case for John's sister's laptop,


a t-shirt for Pat (our future brother-in-law), who loves his van,


and a family tree wall hanging for my mom.


And since I know you've been holding your breath to see what this was (or you've completely forgotten about it), I made a card table felt playhouse for Cooper. There's felt mail for the mailbox & the fruit, vegetables, & birds are all attached with velcro so they can be moved around. (It's a really impressive idea that I completely stole from here.)

My very odd son... in pictures

Over the past several weeks, we've spent time with my parents, gone to the aqua park, gone to a 4th of July picnic with John's family, gone to playdates, & met John's cousin Gina's new baby, and I don't have pictures of anyof it. I either didn't have my camera, or had it & just never took pictures. Bad mommy!

Luckily, I remember to bring, and take out, my camera to get shots of this classic outfit Cooper wore to the Morton Arboretum when we met with my friend Joslyn & her daughter Althea.

In Cooper's defense, his mother dresses him funny. In Cooper's mom's defense, the short overalls didn't look too small until we were already out, the jacket is too small, but was the only one we had with a hood & it was raining, the sandals are Cooper's favorites, and he insisted on wear the glasses. And wore them for most of the day. We got lots of compliments on them.

Cooper's work is never done..

We even put him to work on the weekends. He was the ring bearer for my friend Joslyn's wedding, although he didn't bear any rings (not even the fake ones) 'cause someone (okay, it was me) forgot the ring pillow in the bridal dressing room. Oops. No one seemed to notice. He helped escort Joslyn's daughter, Althea, down the aisle.






Congratulations to Joslyn & Dave!