Baking Cookies!

I know Daddy was not super-excited when he saw these pictures of Cooper wearing a gingerbread boy apron while using a pink rolling pin.... However, Cooper and I really enjoyed baking cookies with Mimi!! We did this last year too and I think it will be part of our Christmas traditions.

(this one was taken after his nap... notice the wild hair)

Christmas in Winamac

Let's just say Cooper is really IN to Christmas this year. We went to Winamac for our Christmas with EJ's family this past weekend. Cooper had a blast spending time with everyone - especially his cousins. I think things went to a whole new level of fun when we started opening presents. I feel like the pictures don't do his excitement justice... and am sooo mad at myself for forgetting my video camera! You can see at one point he got on top of a present and was in some sort of Superman pose on his belly with his arms and legs out! Then he started marching/dancing around with tissue paper in both hands. What a hambone... he loves to make people laugh. :)

We had a great time in Winamac - now we are looking forward to Santa coming to visit our house next!!!!

playing with his new choo choo train set

taking a little break while resting on his new puppy with Grant

ready to go for a ride

Polar Express & more...

Cooper enjoyed watching the Polar Express with his 3-D glasses and his Mickey Mouse Christmas jammies. Oh yeah, and he thought he was pretty big stuff eating a candy cane...kind of made mommy nervous.

Hanging out with Daddy AND Cooper's buddies... Wags and his son Graham and Jake and his son Xavier.

Jingle Bell Rock!!!!

We are so proud of our little rock star... He did a great job shaking his jingle bells for his special song "Jingle Bell Rock" in his school Christmas program tonight. ;) Is it really possible that he's old enough to be in a Christmas program? Guess he's not a little baby anymore :(

We had a lot of fun this past weekend at Disney on Ice with Mimi & Poppy. Cooper really had the time of his life and couldn't take his eyes off all the characters. We were so surprised that the show kept his attention for the full two hours! He loved every minute - smiling and clapping along with all the songs. Too funny!

Getting ready for Christmas!

Watching a Christmas movie in his new sock monkey jammies

Got the apron on and ready to make a gingerbread house...

Stirring the icing...

Now for the fun part... decorating with candy!