Early May

For Cinco de Mayo, Coop made Alan nachos:

With quite an impressive drink selection:

Coop's first piano recital!

He did great!

Coop and Alan also went to KC to see 42nd Street:

Apparently, they loved it!

Spring fever

Bath time with glow sticks!

 I talked Coop into doing some exercise workouts with me:

It's working -- look at those muscles!

Practicing piano with Jenny (around his neck):

A surprise May Day basket and flowers

Great Wolf Lodge

Cooper's friend Katherine invited him a couple of others to celebrate her birthday at Great Wolf Lodge.  By all accounts, they had a blast!

Magic wands:

Milk shakes:

Swimming:

Only a few hours left...

Choir Concert

The upper elementary students at Raintree (4th-6th graders) put on a concert this spring.  Choral and band (and even some recorders!).  Cooper was so looking forward to this event.  Unbelievably excited.

He's second from the right in the second row (light blue shirt, tie):

Afterward:

And then it was Raintree fundraising night at Orange Leaf (ice cream place).  So everyone went there from the concert.  A lot of hyped up, sugar-rushed kids that night!

April Fools Day and other fun

Thank goodness April Fools Day was a Saturday and I didn't have to worry about Coop doing crazy shenanigans at school!  Instead, he and I had a pretty low-key day.  Here was one of his tricks:

Coop and Eleanor at Gus's birthday party in March:

At a Broadway and brunch even in Lawrence:

Painting

Cooper and I spent one afternoon of spring break at a painting place, where we got lessons and instruction in painting fish paintings:

And then some Cooper-in-canvas photos:

March misc

Assembling a lego set he got for his birthday:

Too sleepy to get out of the way while I made my bed in the morning:

It's an 80s party!!!

My students dressed up for an 80s murder mystery party!

Hernia Surgery

Over spring break, Coop had surgery to repair a hernia (he had the same surgery on the opposite of his body two years ago, so we knew a bit what to expect).  Here was his face after drinking "happy juice" in preparation to go back to surgery.

He insisted on wearing the mask, which caused the nurses to mistake him for the surgeon.  Luckily, he's watched MASH, so he knew some surgery words to say.

The surgeon came out after the procedure was over and told us it went well.  Except, she said, they had a little trouble starting the anesthesia.  "Oh really?  What happened?"  Apparently, Cooper wouldn't stop talking and asking questions about all of the things and people in the room.  Heh.

Coming out of anesthesia...

Coop and I spent the next four days at home, watching movies, playing board games, assembling lego creations.  He handled the recover like a champ!

Pre-Spring Break Trip

Carrie and I took the kids to Lake of the Ozarks last weekend (the start of Carrie's spring break):

We went on a two-hour two-mile hike:

 (Eleanor's name in sticks!)

And then we spent two hours in the pool:

And then we rested.  A lot!

Early March

Coop hosted a birthday party for Alan at his house.  He and Eleanor had a grand time playing outside in the leaves:

Coop's classroom had a Work Fair, and he displayed his research work on the Miracle on the Hudson: