We had her birthday party this weekend at a local gymnastics facility. It was wonderful! Our family has made a lot of awesome friends here and we are thankful they came to support us and celebrate Cooper's birthday!
The first hour was guided by an instructor- they had obstacle courses and a bounce house, as well as free run of the equipment. The last half hour was for cake and visiting. We had a friend of a friend make Cooper's cake- the party was Care Bear themed- and she did an amazing job! While we were singing Happy Birthday, Cooper's friend Audry had her eyes closed and I knew it wasn't going to be good! She blew the candles out before Cooper knew what was happening. It was so funny- the pictures are hilarious. Poor Audry started crying when she realized what she had done and Cooper was quick to tell her it was okay. My child is always so thoughtful of other people's feelings! We had pizza for dinner last night and lit some more candles so we could sing and let Cooper blow them out.
We opened the presents at home because there was too many to open in the short amount of time we had. Cooper got some really cool stuff and we are grateful to everyone for being so thoughtful and generous.
We are very excited for Cooper's actual birthday next week. I told her that on her real birthday she could open her presents from Mommy, Daddy, Carsyn, GG, PawPaw and Aunt Kim. Her reply, "How about on my pretend birthday?!" She cracks me up! I can't believe she is almost 3 years old! The Lord has blessed me tremendously with my sassy Cooper Elise and I am eternally grateful!
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This cake tasted as good as it looked! (That is a cake on top- not just icing!)
Cooper said her favorite part was the "excersises." (aka- warm-up) Trenton has been teaching her how to do jumping jacks and push-ups. It is so cute!
Audry is thinking about it...Cooper is oblivious!
Cooper is wondering what just happened!
Presi's!
Lots of cool new toys!
Big Girl had a blast watching Cooper open her gifts!
Coopie's party looked like so much fun. Sure wish we could have been there! GG
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