Latest activities

Reading after dinner:

The April Fools Day meal Coop prepared for Alan:  "fried egg" (yogurt with half a peach), moldy PB&J (green food coloring), and "orange juice" (made with mac and cheese powder):

Exercising:

Tracing Coop's outline and identifying positive features (at a "sex ed / body image" class):

Immunizations:

Easter

We went to our friend Tricia's house for an egg hunt and to dye eggs:

 They turned out well:

New addition

Meet Baby Z, a foster kiddo staying with us.

He's almost 8 months old and a real sweetheart.

First pediatrician appointment.  Everything looks great!  60% for both height and weight.

First bath:

Dressed to the nines for Cooper's choir concert:

And the concert itself, which Z and I thoroughly enjoyed:

The Beatles

Cooper's work fair project for school, all about The Beatles:

A Paul McCartney puppet (with guitar!):

With Grandma and Grandpa at a Beatles musical:

The Boy

Tuckered out in the car after school:

Playing a full octave:

And his Mama:

And his lego hat:

And his legos:

Lizzie Velasquez

This school year, the Lawrence library sponsored a Read Across Lawrence program, encouraging everyone to read the book Wonder by RJ Palacio.  Coop and I had read the book, and we saw the movie when it came out earlier.

This last weekend, as part of the Read Across Lawrence program, a motivational speaker Lizzie Velsaquez came to town.  Coop and I (and his friends Eliza and Molly) went to hear her speak.

Photobombed by Eliza:

The three:

Getting his copy of her book autographed:

Again with these three....

Wizard of Oz

Cooper is involved in the Lawrence Arts Center's production of the Wizard of Oz.  He's a winkie (the guard at the witch's castle) and an ozian (the residents of the Emerald City).  At rehearsal learning the blocking:

At the end of rehearsal getting feedback from the director:

Cast photo:

From the dress rehearsal:

After a successful opening night:

Aunt Ellen came to see a show:

And so did Grandma and Grandpa: