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!  

Dentist

Today we went to the dentist for the first time.  See, last week at school we learned about the dentist and then we got a visit from one on Friday.  It was pretty neat.  We decided that maybe going wouldn't be so bad, so we told Mom we were ready and she made us an appointment.  At first we were a little nervous, especially me Ella.  But Ms. Lisa and Ms. Holly showed us all the tools they were going to use.

I thought it was pretty silly when Ms. Holly pretended to clean Minnie's teeth with her toothbrush!

Once we were comfortable with the tools, it was time to start our exams.  Cooper got cozy in the chair and ready for his teeth to be cleaned by Ms. Lisa, while Ms. Holly started by counting my teeth while I was standing (those chairs are HUGE).

Then it was my turn for a teeth cleaning, a quick check from Dr. Mark (our new dentist), and then it was time for us to go!

We got great reports, and we each have 20 teeth!  We can't wait to go back!

Wii

It's cold again.  Really, really cold.  We're pretty sick of it...Mommy and Daddy are too.  But earlier this week, Daddy found his old Wii and thought it would be a good distraction for us.  

We need some practice.

60 (Alternate Title: "What Does the Fox Say?")

We spent the last week down in Scottsdale surprising and celebrating Pops' 60th birthday with him and Grammy (the gramma formerly known as Gramma Betti) and Uncle Evan, Aunt Amy, and Lauren.  It was so so so much fun!  But before I tell you more, I have to apologize for the both of us and say that yes, we know Lauren's name, and say it often.  Unfortunately we're 3.5 and stubborn.  We love you Lauren!  Ok, so back to the week...it was awesome!  Uncle Evan, Aunt Amy and Lauren got down to Scottsdale to surprise Pops first and get the party started, but we weren't too far behind.  When it was our turn, Ella mugged for the camera before we even left Minneapolis,

and before we knew it, we were at Grammy's house, surprising Pops and playing at the park!  Ella did some sliding, while I  golfed with Grammy.

Then, after a Shabbat dinner with the family and Lori, Pops got one more surprise when Gramma Kris and Grandpa Jim showed up.  Popsie was so surprised!  After hanging out at home and at the park again on Saturday, we got ready for Popsie's last surprise: a big dinner with lots of his friends at the club in the Bookclub (wine room).  Didn't we look good?

It was a pretty fun dinner and the food was delicious, but it did get a little loud and we definitely can't hang with all  Popsie's friends...it's a good thing there was lots of dessert!

I think Pops loved his cake as much as I did!  After pretending to sleep in on Sunday (Pops' actual birthday), we spent the morning at the Barrett Jackson car show and auction.  I think the big kids (Pops, Daddy, Uncle Evan and Grandpa Jim) had the most fun, especially when they got to test drive super fast cars, even though they had to take breathalyzers first.

After a long-ish nap, it was time for me to hit the links.  It was amazing!  And even better was that I got to spend some quiet time with Pops doing one of his favorite things.

Then it was time for dinner and another cake!  Turning 60 (and celebrating it) is awesome!

Monday, Mommy, Aunt Amy and Grammy spent the day doing girl stuff, which left me and the boys to our own devices.  Ok...so some of those devices were entertaining Lauren and Ella, but it was still pretty awesome.  Then Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Evan and Aunt Amy went out to dinner and left Pops, Grammy and Lucy in charge.  We had so much fun!  We had dinner and leftover birthday cake.  And Popsie read/sang books to us...now we know what the fox says!  Tuesday while Aunt Amy was at breakfast with Lauren and a friend, and Uncle Evan and Pops were golfing, we took a trip with Grammy to the PGA Superstore.  It was so cool...a whole store full of golf stuff!  We each got new hats (just call me Rickie Fowler) and a new club.

I couldn't wait to get out to the range to test it out!  Ella was more interested in adding to the wildlife at Estancia.  Apparently she thought they could use more frogs.

We were pretty sad yesterday when it was time to leave, but we put on our happy faces and posed for some pictures with Lauren.  We really had a good time playing with her for the week.

Happy happy happy 60th birthday Pops!  We love you more than words and we had a great time celebrating the day (week) with you.  Grammy, thanks for all the work you put into the week...we can't wait until April to celebrate 60 with you!!