That's my boy.
That's my boy!
This quick Cooper update is brought to you by Daddy. I ran a 5K this morning at a park so Daddy took Coop to the playground while I ran. He had the place to himself for quite awhile. Then a little girl and her mommy came to play. When the little girl climbed up on the jungle gym he was playing on, Coop shouted, "Oh no! A girl! I gotta get outta here!"
Express Ranch and Big Ol' Horses
Northwest of our sweet little hometown is a massive cattle ranch. They have who knows how many head of Black Angus. Over the past 10ish years they have also gotten into raising horses. They specialize in raising Clydesdales. Let me tell you - those are some incredible animals! This is a working ranch, but they open the barn where the horses live to the public. You can park outside and walk through and meet these giants while the ranch hands go about their day.
I felt a little like we had stepped into The Pioneer Woman's world. It was a slice of life. And it was delicious! We got to play with the dogs, pet the horses and even a zebra! Cooper was a little anxious about touching the horses at first. Honestly, so was I. Their nostrils alone are as big as my fist! But they were very gentle and mild-mannered. We had such a great time! Thanks Express Ranch!
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| Sweet chocolate lab pup. |
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| First glimpse of a Clydesdale. |
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| Lovely barn cat. |
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| Antique horse carriage |
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| Cooper wanted to drive |
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| Hi Prince! |
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| Still a little nervous. |
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| Coolio has one blue eye and one brown eye. He's cool like that. |
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| My brave boy petting Coolio. |
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| Coop really took a liking to Hitch. |
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| I think Hitch liked him. too. |
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| Who has a zebra on a cattle ranch?!?! |
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| This is the look I got when I told Cooper he couldn't soft (his word for pet)Hitch with his feet. |
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| Meeting Vinny. |
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| Vinny was Cooper's favorite. He was very friendly. |
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| Handsome boys! |
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| Prince is one beautiful horse. |
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| "We're all done." |
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| "Big ol' feet!" |
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| He just wanted to be like the horses. |
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| This is the barn where the horses live. Can I live here, too? |
Big Dinosaurs, Big Bed, Big Church
It's been a milestone weekend in the Corbin household. On Saturday, we went to The Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. Cooper had a blast petting a bull snake, playing under a life size bronze statue of a mammoth and seeing amazing dinosaur bones. He cousins (P & M) came along, too. They had lots of fun exploring.
After we left the museum, we grabbed a quick lunch and starting heading for home. We decided to make an impromptu trip to the furniture store to look at big boy beds for a certain little man. We really have no need to take him out of crib. We've been talking about it since he is pretty well potty trained. He will need to get out of bed to go peepee on his own at some point. Really, I think we just both have the itch to redecorate.
So anyway....we go to store and look around a little. Of course the only thing we saw that we really like was going to be almost $1000. For the bed alone. Seriously?!?! He's a toddler, not the king of the world! Granted, the best would probably be the last one we would ever buy him, but that just seemed ridiculous. So, needless to say, we left empty handed.
After we got home, Cooper kept asking, "Where my big boy bed?" We didn't realize that he even put two and two together. But apparently he was jazzed about the idea, so we decided to roll with it. We torn down his crib {tear} and made a mad dash to Target for non-girly sheets. We ended up with a great blanket, a fun pillow and some will-do-for-now sheets. He has slept in his big boy bed like a champ! Now if we could just convince him that it's okay to get out when he wakes up. I know most of you parents out there are hating me right now for that. But he just stays in his until we come in to get him. On second thought, maybe that isn't such a bad thing. See this post for some emotional gushing about the whole experience. By the way - I totally feel like the mom in Love You Forever because I love to sneak into his room and sit by his bed. I know - creepy.
Tanner plays in the band at church about 3 Sundays out of 4. They generally practice on Thursday nights. We take this opportunity to go out for dinner most weeks. This week, we went to Chick-fil-A and then went to practice to watch Daddy for a few minutes. Cooper LOVED it!!! When we got to church on Sunday, he practically begged to go watch Daddy play. I was being Softy-Mom so I took him into "Big Church" with me. He did incredibly well! We had to get up once to take a potty break and he got a little restless toward the end. Overall, I'm very proud of how my little man behaved. I don't think we will make this a habit just yet though. He loves playing with class and I love actually getting to hear the sermon! Haha!
So.......big weekend! Fun weekend!
After we left the museum, we grabbed a quick lunch and starting heading for home. We decided to make an impromptu trip to the furniture store to look at big boy beds for a certain little man. We really have no need to take him out of crib. We've been talking about it since he is pretty well potty trained. He will need to get out of bed to go peepee on his own at some point. Really, I think we just both have the itch to redecorate.
So anyway....we go to store and look around a little. Of course the only thing we saw that we really like was going to be almost $1000. For the bed alone. Seriously?!?! He's a toddler, not the king of the world! Granted, the best would probably be the last one we would ever buy him, but that just seemed ridiculous. So, needless to say, we left empty handed.
After we got home, Cooper kept asking, "Where my big boy bed?" We didn't realize that he even put two and two together. But apparently he was jazzed about the idea, so we decided to roll with it. We torn down his crib {tear} and made a mad dash to Target for non-girly sheets. We ended up with a great blanket, a fun pillow and some will-do-for-now sheets. He has slept in his big boy bed like a champ! Now if we could just convince him that it's okay to get out when he wakes up. I know most of you parents out there are hating me right now for that. But he just stays in his until we come in to get him. On second thought, maybe that isn't such a bad thing. See this post for some emotional gushing about the whole experience. By the way - I totally feel like the mom in Love You Forever because I love to sneak into his room and sit by his bed. I know - creepy.
Tanner plays in the band at church about 3 Sundays out of 4. They generally practice on Thursday nights. We take this opportunity to go out for dinner most weeks. This week, we went to Chick-fil-A and then went to practice to watch Daddy for a few minutes. Cooper LOVED it!!! When we got to church on Sunday, he practically begged to go watch Daddy play. I was being Softy-Mom so I took him into "Big Church" with me. He did incredibly well! We had to get up once to take a potty break and he got a little restless toward the end. Overall, I'm very proud of how my little man behaved. I don't think we will make this a habit just yet though. He loves playing with class and I love actually getting to hear the sermon! Haha!
So.......big weekend! Fun weekend!
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