The Super Coopers: 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2014 Year in Review

I can't believe another year has passed. We've seen so many highs and a few lows. This year started out with a pledge to blog more and that didn't happen. We were all so busy with our jobs and life that blogging got away from us. This year, we all ran our first 5Ks...yes plural for a reason; all of us ran at least 2! We had so much fun doing it as a family! We also had our first and second set of stitches! I can't say "first trip to the children's Emergency Room," because Bella boo broke us in with that when the sewing needle that she had stepped on broke off in her foot. Coleson rekindled our love/hate relationship with children's emergency department this year when we had to get two sets of stitches above his eye! The first from jumping on the bed; apparently he didn't understand the message about the monkeys jumping on the bed! The second from a freak accident with the same "healed" spot! On a more positive note, Bella started "reading" with comprehension this year and the boys finally are potty trained! Will and I have both worked very hard this year and between the both of us have earned grants and trips for our work! We are very excited that our hard work and dedication is paying off. We have very big plans for 2015, including a year of handmade gifts and can't wait to share it with all of you!

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Mother of the Year Strikes Again

Mother of the year strikes again, but it wasn't a complete epic fail. I seem to have the worst luck with vomiting at the most inopportune time...of course I'm not sure there is ever a good time. Bella and the boys have thrown up on road trips and in restaurants like it was their job. I've had to change both myself and my children in public more times then I can count. Today on the way to Will's parents, Kipton started throwing up everywhere in Will's truck. Literally in the middle of some small town in NC, I proceed to strip my son down to just his diaper while I clean him up. Then I allow him to sit in the front seat while I throw the seat and all the contents of the back seat on the sidewalk so I can clean the car seat and the truck seat! Thank goodness I had a change of clothes for Kipton and a hoodie for myself so that I could remove my own vomit covered shirt...because if I'm being completely honest I have left a restaurant with a naked child and a different restaurant in Will's shirt! Never a dull moment for this clan!

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

I laugh in the face of Chaos

Let me paint the scene for you...

I needed some stuff from Lowes (Home Improvement, not the food store) and I didn't want to get out the big stroller because there was too much stuff on it, so Bella agreed to push a small umbrella stroller along side of me. The boys know how to walk in the umbrella stroller, so they don't truly contain them, merely slow them down. As I'm coaxing Bella to stay with me and making decisions about exactly which pipe I want, one boy has decided to walk the stroller around the aisle nearly hitting an unsuspecting couple. I make a decision and we start strolling around Lowes, because I like to look around Lowes for my next project. Innocent people are dodging Bella and the boy she is pushing because let's face it, she is a simply a "bad" driver on her BEST day! After walking halfway across the store, I change my mind and decide on a bigger(almost as tall as me) pipe and proceeded to put it in the storage basket of the stroller. So as we're headed to the checkout, I get a phone call and have a brief chat while everyone in the store is looking at me pushing a child with a LARGE pipe sticking out of the stroller, while fussing at another child who is pushing another boy ahead without waiting on me. A Lowes staff member stops and comments, "you have your hands full!" I shook my head yes, because the only thing that could come to my head and out of my mouth was ridiculously sarcastic so I chose to keep my mouth closed!

This may seem like chaos to many, but this is my life and it doesn't even phase me!

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Snow Day 2014

We got snow...it happens on very rare occasions, so what looks like a dusting to most, is a good size snow for us!

PS. Bella Boo was out of town spending a few days with her Nana!

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Homemade Gifts

One of my New Year's resolutions was more homemade gifts, so here is the first homemade gift of the year...a mermaid outfit for an AG doll. I made this pattern from scratch, so I will post the pattern and tutorial soon!

Thursday, January 2, 2014

2013 Year in Review

So I can't believe it's been over a year since I've posted! I had to let some things go this last year, because I was too busy to do it all, so blogging was the first to go, but as per my New Year's Resolution, I'm going to make much more of an effort in 2014! Here are a few I missed blogging on in 2013...