The Zoo

We finished off our spring break with a trip to the zoo.

We chose to go on a beautiful Saturday!

Apparently, so did everyone else:)

We had to park two blocks away.

It was really such a beautiful day.

Sara-Cooper was so excited about every single animal.

"Look its REINDEER"

Oliver loved the pandas.

He knelt down and was petting the panda through the glass.

( does it get cuter than that)

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Eloise was so good. Just along for the ride.

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(Oliver gets away with murder lately. I mean who could say no to those eyelashes:))

 

Animal photos courtesy of Crieghton Lee:

Oliver's favorite animals: Polar bears and Flamingos

Creighton's favorite animal:  Polar bears

Sara Cooper's favorite animals: The creatures of the night exhibit, because the darkness

made her new sparkly shoes glow and sparkle .

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number  and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." And there was evening, and there was morning-the fifth day.

Genesis 1:20-23

Spring Break

We started out our spring break with a trip to Grannie and Papa's....

Oliver talked about Papa's tractor for the entire 2 1/2 hours we were in the van.

Can you guess what the first thing he did was?

He kept his sweet *Papa* riding all week.

Daddy said everytime he tried to put his hand on the wheel-

Oliver slapped it off!

Mr. Independent

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The children spent their time...

riding the golf cart

petting the horses

riding the Razor 360

(My children love these. We had never seen them before. They probably spent five hours a day on them.)

jumping on the trampoline

Playing with treats Papa bought them:)

And by far their favorite thing  *Playing with their sweet cousin Christian*

We had so much fun!

Cooper called  us on our trip home, and said it would be fun to go to the Ole Miss game that night.

And they were off!

I really wanted to join them, but this sweet girl looked like she needed a break:)

After the game, they came bursting in with their foam fingers.

It is amazing to me how much fun they can have with these!

Some where in the middle of all the excitement, Crieghton caught Sara-Cooper a* butterfly*.

To some it just looked like a moth, but she assured us it was a butterfly named Caulley.

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I asked her what she was doing with the flower, and she said she was making Caulley's home beautiful.

(Sidenote: Caulley is now in the upstairs bathtub with a broken fin.)

I could not make this stuff up if I tried.

I told you she keeps it *interesting*.

Motherhood

I read this article this morning. I was both convicted and encouraged.

   http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/family/the_rise_and_fall_and_rise_of.aspx

A Pleasant Afternoon

Yesterday was a good day...

 

Oliver spent his time quietly playing with his horses.

(I find them set up like this all over the house.)

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Creighton sketched for a while.

Sara-Cooper helped with dinner.

She is becoming quite the little cook. 

She can even crack her own eggs:)

After dinner...

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There were piggy back rides.

Football of course.

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After Eloise's bath-A little sister time.

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And a little " homeworker".

Sara-Cooper presented her Dad and I with her paper.

She proudly told us they were chicken feet!

(We can always count on her to keep it interesting:) .

Do you think she gets nervous?

 

This is a picture of Oliver and Sara-Cooper fighting over Eloise.

Sara-Cooper was jealous that he won, so she tried to block the picture.

This sort of thing happens all day long :) .

Make that Four out of Four

 

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 Looks like our sweet baby has the flu.

A Very Sweet Day

Even though three of the four children are recovering from the flu, today was the best Valentine's day that I can remember.

 

I bought the children each a small box of candy, and had it waiting for them at the table.

It was just a small treat, but Sara-Cooper thought it was so special.

(The children made these valentine vases last week.)

It might not have been the best idea to give it to them before breakfast. 

After breakfast, Cooper gave me the most beautiful tulips.

I love the fact that he put them in this great galvanized bucket.

He also gave Sara-Cooper a Valentine Happy!

The biggest stuffed animal he could find.

She was so proud. She carried it around all day.

She and Oliver took turns riding it.

Because I always seem to wait until the last minute...

Creighton and I spent the evening making valentines for his school party.

 

  

Oliver was having a rough night, so we gave him a little treat before bed.

 

We had the most beautiful snow shower to end the night.

( I did not get a picture, but after Cooper came home from church, there were about 25 games of checkers played.  To Creighton's dismay, his Dad is the reigning champion:) )