Cooper's 1st fly fishing lesson

We came to Wichita this weekend to celebrate Cori's 5 year cancerversary :) When we arrived on Saturday afternoon, Cooper started looking at one of grandpa's fly fishing books/catalogs. Cooper was asking all kinds of questions about what things were and what they were used for. Cooper was very interested in all of what grandpa had to say. Then he looked at grandpa and asked, "can we go downstairs so I can make my own fly?" The boys were off! Cooper was so excited about the fly he had made and grandpa even had a display box ready for him to put it in. When all the excitement of the fly was over, Cooper looked at grandpa and said, "can we go to the fly fishing store we go to. I need to go buy my own pole." Grandpa got a good laugh out of that and took him to the closet where he showed him a pole he already had that he will let Cooper use some day. MAN, WAS THE KID EXCITED!!!!! He immediately started talking about when he gets to go fishing with daddy and grandpa. On Sunday morning after breakfast grandpa took Cooper out to the back yard for his first casting lesson. I didn't dare go out in the yard to take pictures. Cooper was actually listening and trying to do what grandpa asked him to do, I did not want to be a distraction. I was able to get a couple pictures and a video through the window.

Cousins

We tried so hard to get a good picture of all three kids at the same time.....just can't get it to happen. You would think that Cooper could just sit there and smile while we try to get the girls attention.....NOPE! Then there it Coopers bed head, chapped lips that also have grape kool-aid stain on them, and his droopy eyes! Oh well, we take what we can get!

Love this one!

Cheese!

Sledding

We have had a lot of snow this winter. I am not a fan of being cold, but one day after work I sucked it up for a few minutes to let the kids play. Maylea didn't know what to think about sledding at first. I sat her down between Cooper's legs and she literally sat there stiff as a board. She did not move a muscle. She didn't even move her eyes - nothing!!!! As you can see by the pictures she eventually LOVED it!

Basketball Practice

We signed Cooper up for 6 weeks of instructional basketball at the Emporia Rec. Center. Each practice was guided by college kids that worked at the Rec, but each kid was taught/coached by their parent. Joshua and I tag-teamed these practices. Joshua went when he was around and I went the couple of times he was out of town.


Both of us were pleasantly surprised with Cooper's skill. Many kids when trying to shoot a ball shoot with both hands. Cooper very quickly learned to only shoot with one hand. For only being 4 years old I was quickly impressed with his shooting form. I have 8th graders who still shoot with two hands!


At practices, they would work on: Shooting, passing (chest and bounce), dribbling, and agilities. Cooper would tell you, "Agilities, that's running!"

At his last practice, Maylea wanted to play too!