Three!!!

Tweedle-LEE-Dee, Cooper is THREE!!! Last Monday was Coop's birthday and we had a fantastic day celebrating. As the "3's" have approached, it has been hit or miss on how things might go. Usually, I have a fairy tale dream as to how things will go and often, they don't end up exactly as I hoped. But that wasn't the case on Coop's special day! It was truly one of the best days we've shared as a family in a very long time. Everyone was happy, no tantrums and there was CAKE. How could you have a bad day when there's cake involved?

We spent the big birthday weekend in Fort Collins. Cooper referred to our hotel as, 'Cooper's Hotel'. Cooper was definitely 'in da house'. He strutted around the place like he owned it. Whenever we pulled into the parking lot he would announce 'we're back at Cooper's hotel'. He also loved the fact that he had his own pool. We swam every afternoon.


The big day was jammed packed. We started off at a place called, Cool Beans. A brilliant place it was. It was a coffee shop/cafe/indoor play gym. What a great idea! The parents can get all hopped up on coffee while their little kidlets get all hopped up on fun.


Then we moved on to McDonald's PlayLand. Fun, but kind of a disappointment after Cool Beans. It was kind of old, run down (surprise) and CROWDED (duh). But Coop didn't seem to mind.


After lunch, it was off to a giant park and then back to the hotel for swimming, cake and presents.


Some things Cooper said throughout the day:

• "This is the best birthday ever!"




• "It's my BIRTHDAY!"




• "Oooohh, I love my Prize! (I think he meant present)"

A pretty special day for a pretty special boy! Happy Birthday Big C!!!!!!!

Birthday muffin.

Birthday loot.

Birthday fun (Cool Beans)

Birthday park.

Birthday wish.

Birthday trains.

Birthday hat. (Courtesy of our hotel when Coop announced upon check-in that it was his BIRTHDAY!)