Cooper and Co.

One of the online school assignments from Cooper's speech and drama class was to add sound effects to a movie clip. When Cooper...

Cooper has been desperately missing his friends and needing some interaction other than with his parents.  So we filled up some giant water...

Cooper with his easter basket (tool box?) from Grandma Joan and Grandpa Cecil: With his trophy (toilet paper and suckers) for winning t...

Cooper helped clean the roof at Alan's house: We used sidewalk chalk to remind folks to stay one giraffe neck apart: Lots of wa...

To keep the grandparents company during the stay-at-home orders, we send them a life-size cardboard cut-out of the grandkids! The grand...

Coop got an electric guitar, so much of our home time has been spent learning to play that: Family zoom call: A sign that quickly ...

Washburn moved to online classes, so this is my new command central for class prep: The Governor of Kansas declared that public schoo...

Cooper and his biker gang friends terrorized the neighborhood: A group ended up people watching at the local ice cream parlor: Coop...

Every year, I host a group of students at the house for an 80s-themed murder mystery party.  My outfit: The grown-up characters -- a sc...

Cooper and one other student from his school were selected to be in the KMEA (KS Music Educators Association) state choir, about 170 middle...

Cooper decided to participate in Kansas History Day this year, and he chose to do a project on Sandra Day O'Connor.  The night before th...

The weekend before Cooper's birthday, we hosted part for the family.  Ice cream cake! Legos and a car model and candy and money! ...