A week in April in Scottsdale

Usually when Coopy and I go to Scottsdale to visit Grammy and Pops, it's not for any special occasion.  I know we went for Pops' birthday back in January, but we thought that was the only special occasion we'd be celebrating in Scottsdale this year.  Turns out, we were wrong.  Me and Coopy and Mommy and Daddy just got back from spending the past week in Scottsdale celebrating Passover and Grammy's birthday.  (I'd blab about how old Grammy is now, but Mommy keeps telling me that "a lady never tells her age"...whatever, I'll tell anyone who asks that I'm 3 but apparently Mom thinks that'll change when I get older.)  It was an awesome trip!  We left early Saturday morning, and were super great flyers.

We both got to sit next to Mommy, while Daddy sat in an aisle seat a row behind us.  Lucky Mommy right?  Once we got to Grammy and Pops' house it was time to do some playing, after a nap of course.

When Uncle Evan and Aunt Amy showed up with Lauren we were ready for a fun week to begin!  We spent some time swimming with Daddy,

and I was a super awesome big cousin and spent a lot of time helping Lauren walk.

Before we knew it, it was time for the Seder.  We spent a lot of time in school learning about Passover, and did our best to help Pops lead the Seder,

but to be honest, it got a little long and we were pretty ready to eat.  The best part was finding the Afikomen.  It was a team effort to find it, but we were successful...especially since we were wearing our looking glasses.

All in all, it was a pretty great Seder.  We even posed for some fancy Passover pictures.

Before we even had time to get sick of Matzoh it was Grammy's birthday, and everyone knows you don't have to eat Matzoh on your (or your grammy's) birthday.  First, we went out to lunch and helped Grammy eat her special birthday cupcake.

And second, Gramma Lea, Papa, Uncle Arnie, Aunt Julie, Maggie and Gracie got into town and then we got to celebrate in style!  We had lots of yummy food, and even yummier cake, and spent lots of time hanging out with our family.  We went to the park and did some sliding,

and we played in the sand.

And before we went out to dinner for our last night at Grammy and Pops', we even let Aunt Julie take fancy pictures of all us kids with our grandparents and our great-grandparents.

Friday, it was finally time for us to go home.  We had a great trip, and an awesome visit with everyone, and it was really fun celebrating Grammy's birthday with her.  Before we left though, I made sure to get some extra pictures with Lauren and Gracie.

Being the three youngest cousins, we have to stick together :-).  Happy birthday Grammy!  We know we'll never forget your...milestone day!  We love you!

Belated Opening Day

Even though Opening Day was officially last week, today was the first time Coopy, Daddy and I have been able to get outside to play our first game of the season.  Fortunately for us, we've been practicing in the house so our skills weren't too rusty.

We even provided 7th inning entertainment.  Call our agent if you're interested in booking us.

New 'do

If anyone ever questions if I'm really Daddy's son, all they have to do is see me fresh from a haircut.

Handsome, right?

FINALLY!

Guess what?!?!?!?  It's finally spring!  (Yes, I'm aware I might be speaking too soon...especially if you look at the forecast for the week, but I think I'm beyond caring)  And now that it's finally warming up, we finally got outside!  It was AWESOME!  On Saturday I mowed, and Ella strolled...

and we rode our balance bikes.

It was great.  And then Sunday Mommy and Daddy surprised us by taking us to the bike store.  At first they were just going to check to make sure our helmets still fit and that our balance bikes were the right size, but before we knew it we were looking at big kid bikes.  Big kid bikes with training wheels!  Ella was a little scared (she thought her training wheels made her bike feel tippy), but not me Coopy.  I was pumped!  So I'm not exactly the best peddler (and by that I mean I don't peddle...at all), but that didn't stop me from racing up and down the sidewalk...with Daddy close behind.

And just so Ella doesn't feel left out, I'll show you how cute she thinks she looks sitting on her bike.

Anyway,  it was so much fun to finally get outside.  Maybe the weather reports will be wrong and it won't snow this week so we can play outside and bike more.

Happy birthday Gramma Polly!

Today is Gramma Polly's birthday.  We love birthdays...especially ours.  But as long as there's cake, we love other people's birthdays too.  We love presents and cards too.  We love cards so much we decided to help Gramma open hers.

We also decorated (well, told Mommy to tell the bakery to decorate) Gramma's cake.

Yep...those are flower hair clips, golf clubs and balls, and lots of pink balloons on the side.  We even got to help Gramma blow out the candles!

Happy birthday Gramma!  We love you!

Friday night hoops

I think I'm a better player when I don't have all those pesky clothes getting in the way of my sweet moves.

Dusty

Ella and I have been big fans of "Planes", especially Dusty, since the movie came out.  It's pretty much one of our favorite movies ever.  Anyway, for Hanukkah, Uncle Evan, Aunt Amy and Lauren got me this really super cool remote controlled Dusty.  Unfortunately, Mommy and Daddy have had it in hiding since then.  But today, Daddy took it out and put it together for us to play with.  It's AWESOME!  Instead of having a remote control, Dusty "flies" when I/we put his wings on and make him fly!

It took us a while to get the hang of it, but once we did we didn't want to stop!