Ring Bearer Cooper

I was the ring bearer at my Aunt Jamie's wedding this past Saturday. She married a cool guy that I like a lot and he is now my Uncle AJ. My cousin Foster was also a ring bearer but I had to help him down the aisle. He tripped and made us both fall but I picked us up and we did a fine job after that. Mommy said I was the cutest ever in a tuxedo and I absolutely loved wearing it.

Also I started school last week. I am in transistional kindergarten (basically pre-K for those who turn 5 before Dec 31) and have two super nice teachers, Ms. Kim and Ms. Cyndy. I'm having a blast and am so excited to go to school every day.

I'm 5!

I turned 5 yesterday. I thought I was going to grow really tall yesterday but I'm pretty much the same size. My aunt Jamie came up for my birthday. I went to school, had a birthday celebration there, and immediately was stung by a bee when we went to the playground afterwards. It was my first bee sting ever, but Ms Anna at school said I was brave about it. Then daddy, mommy, Aunt Jamie, and Trinity picked me up and we went to Toys R Us and Target to spend some of my birthday money. I purchased several Bakugan, a Lego Racers set, and some Blendy Pens. A lady in Toys R Us came up and gave me $5 too! She was so nice because we didn't even know her. I did give her a hug. Then I had my first tee ball game of the fall season. We're the Yankees this season and daddy is my coach again. We had about a 45 minute rain delay but it was a lot of fun to get those new white pants dirty! We had Subway for dinner. I had such a great day. My Speed Racer birthday party is this Saturday and I can't wait! Mommy has interviewed me again this year and the results are below.

Favorite Food: noodles with nothing on it
Favorite Drink: milk
Favorite Song: the Speed Racer theme song
Favorite Book: My Bug Book (big book with all kinds of bug info in it)
Favorite TV Show: Phineas & Ferb and Fetch with Ruff Rufman
Favorite Movie: Speed Racer
Favorite Animal: Elephants
Favorite Bug: Ant cause they clean up stuff that falls on the groud, they eat it for you
Food You Don’t Like: hamburgers
TV Show You Don’t Like: Sports that you like but that I don't like
Favorite Place to Eat: Hibachi table
Favorite Store: Publix (third year in a row)
Favorite Shoes: Flip flops
Favorite thing to do with Mommy: Go on play dates with Ethan
Favorite thing to do with Daddy: Wrestle (same as last year)
Favorite thing to do at home: Having play dates with Ethan when it is a surprise
Favorite “fun” thing to do: I like Uncle Mike taking me out for ice cream
What do you want to do when you grow up?: Astronaut to go to the moon
Are you going to have kids when you grow up?: Yes (third year in a row) - Brennan and I are going to live together
How many?: 2, actually 3 - I will have one baby and the baby will be a boy and his name, I don't exactly know that answer
What kinds of things to do you think about a lot?: You know what I'm always thinking about? I'm thinking of watching Speed Racer.
How does it feel to be five?: Good!
Is there anything else you want to say?: I love this house!

Chad Is My Friend

My imaginary friend is Chad. He is a mouse and is always doing something silly. Blossom is a cat that adds into the mix sometimes. If you are wondering who is up on the ceiling or throwing something or the reason why I get into trouble - the answer is Chad. Chad just cracks me up. He makes movies and is always getting into mischief.

Washington DC

Pappaw & Granna treated us to a wonderful trip to Washington DC. We did so many fun things like ride the Metro and go to many museums. I really liked the Natural History Museum. I wanted to see every single exhibit in this museum including dinosaur bones, bugs, and butterflies. We were able to go to a butterfly house too. I held a grasshopper, walking stick, caterpillar, and cockroach. We also visited the Air & Space Museum and saw lots of airplanes and space craft. I got to see money being printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. I walked the trail of the first postal service in our country at the Postal Museum. I saw lots of American Indian artifacts at the Native American Museum. We also saw a good bit of art at the National Art gallery including some modern art using keyboard keys, trophies, and $32,000 worth of used losing lottery tickets. We saw the Capitol, White House, War World II Memorial, Koren War Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial. We spent a day at the National Zoo and another day at Mount Vernon (George Washington's home). We also went up the tower at the Old Post Office to look over the city. Oh and we walked across the Key Bridge which was a lot of fun as well. We had dinner one night with one of mommy's college roommates. On the way home we stopped at our cousin's new house and I had lots of fun playing with Bethany and Jackson. Probably the best part of the whole part of the trip was spending time with my family.

I Can Read

Mommy knows that I can read lots of words but I just don't like to sit down and read. She tries every once in a while to get me to read some of the words in books, but I just don't like to. So she has learned not to push me much. But I gave in last week and read a 15 page book. I knew most of the words and she helped me on a few. I quickly remembered them when they were used again throughout the book. The book is called, Go, Go, Go. I picked it up the other day and read a few pages again and let mommy record a video. Check it out here - http://picasaweb.google.com/melee2416/June2009#5342814036208532530

Since I have over a year until kindergarten, I am going to take my time and not rush reading. I am enjoying being read to. Lately we've been reading a lot of chapter books. Going to those simple first readers will be torture when I'm used to intricate plots.

Papa and His Eye

My Papa (daddy's dad) has had a particularly rough year with his eye. Last March and again in December he had a detatched retina. He has trouble now seeing out of one of his eyes. I began to ask nearly every night with absolutely no prompting for healing for Papa when we pray as a family. My prayer requests for Papa I think were answered because I think Papa's eye situation could have been much worse if I hadn't been asking for healing for him. I also came up with the idea to send Papa one of my eye patches. I also wrote a letter to him and sent it in the mail. When we went to Disney World, I bought a pirates chest with all kinds of stuff that I was able to pick out. I picked out a few things for others like a ring for my bud Ethan and a coin for Pappaw. I got matching pirate eye patches for me and Papa. I think Papa knows how much I love and care for him.

Also, yesterday in Kingdom Safari at church I made a chain with things that I am thankful for and one of my chain links says "Nanny & Papa". The other links say "imaginary friends," "food," "God," and "my family".

Mother's Day, End of School & Baseball

For Mother's day, we went to Toxey again. We had a great time with mommy's side of the family. Daddy helped me locate a whole lot of bugs. I had all kinds of things in my bug house. One bug came out of its exoskeleton while in my bug container! Daddy almost stepped on a rattlesnake so he killed it with Pappaw's shepherd's hook and mommy said she was glad she wasn't with us then.

School is over and I'm looking forward to summer fun. Mommy and Ms Stephanie took Ethan, Erin, and me to Stevi B's for pizza (Daddy even came for that) and Monkey Joe's jumpy place after school on Thursday to celebrate the last day of school. I was super tired but had a great time.

Baseball season is over. I had a great season and really learned a lot, especially with such a great coach. I had a couple of hits on pitches and fielded great. My last game was on Friday and Papa and Nanny came up to watch it. They were also here for our team party where I got a trophy, t-shirt, and goody bag. Papa and Nanny watched Trinity and me last night so daddy and mommy could go to a Coldplay concert (that was my gift to mommy for Mother's day). I had a great time with them.