In his natural habitat

New nerf gun:

Book:

Lego circuit set:

His lego hat (with room to set up a different scene every day!):

Sweet kid

Practicing piano:

I think maybe on his actual birthday?

The pop-up valentines day card he bought for me:

His valentines box (The Beatles yellow submarine, naturally):

Birthday party

We had Coop's birthday party at the house.  Miss Ally made a fabulous painter's palette cake and cupcakes too!

Everyone painted.  I suggested self-portraits:

The final products:

ELEVEN!

These three...

Cooper desperately wanted a leather jacket for Christmas to match his friends Molly and Eliza:

I took the three of them shopping one weekend to outfit a detective agency in my garden shed.  First up, Goodwill:

Home Depot:

And the detective agency!

Weekends

Keeping warm in our matching Washburn sweatshirts:

The to-do list for Cooper's work fair project at school -- a big report and display about The Beatles.

Reading on a Saturday morning:

Costa Rica, part 6

The whole gang:

Coop's rendition:

Waking up on the last day: