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July:
Today, at McDonalds, Cooper ate 11 chicken nuggets. It must be because he's 5 now. HAPPY BIRTHDAY my Cooper man! _ "Mom, it was totally freakin' me out! ... It was scaring my crap out of me." - Cooper _ "Sharing with ants is good. They won't bite you if you share your food with them." - Cooper. His logic was too cute to argue with. _ Painting my house. It's happening. For reals. Right this minute!! _ Max laughed for the first time today. He's a snorter.

August:
My son just peed in his own ear. Apparently that is one of the perks of being a boy. _ I just had to tell my son Cooper that using his aunt's sonicare toothbrush to brush his bum crack was a bad idea. He's having a hard time realizing that time out was justified. _ "I'm not clumsy. It's just the floor hates me, the tables and chairs are bullies, and the wall gets in the way." Quote I found that might as well be my middle name. _ "Cooper, set it down nicely." "So do you want me to drop it or throw it like this?" Apparently there is a language barrier... _ Pinterest!!! AAGH! So much love. _ 3 days of a sick baby makes for a very tired mommy in a very messy house. _ "Kami, call me 'Master Brother" - Cooper. _"Cooper, thank you so much. You are being such a good helper today." "I know, it's because I want you to give me something." - Crap! So much for raising helpful and responsible children... _ Max is a cuddler. I love nothing more. _ "It's okay Mom, I was just getting this spoon nice and cold for you by eating the cookie dough in the freezer"... "See, now there's not too much cookie dough in the bag." - Cooper. He's such a helper. _ If eating bread and butter pickles for breakfast isn't normal, I'm not sure normal is a state I wish to attend. _ This morning we were assigning out Saturday jobs, Cooper says, "I know, maybe I should do nothing!" Capital idea. _ "Are you crying or just sweating through your eyes?" -Kami "Sweating through your eyes?" You kill me kid! _ 8 years: best of my life! Happy Anniversary to my best friend Brandon Bowen. You are even more amazing than I could have ever hoped for. _ Holy crap Foodgawker.com!!! Pretty much kill me now! _ Today in a fit of rage Landon screamed out: "Mom! You are not allowed to do the dishes! Doing the dishes is bad for you." Now that's a statement I can get behind. _ Who ever decided to have the kids start their school schedule a week early so they wouldn't be tired and grumpy for their teachers definitely didn't have MY best interest at heart.

September: (first half)
Kami says that when her friend lost a tooth the tooth fairy gave her a Walmart gift card... let's just make a pact as parents that that kind of behavior from the tooth fairy is unacceptable. I can't be meeting unrealistic expectations. (Husband says the study recently done on the tooth fairy has her leaving $10 a tooth... not at this house.) _ son cracked an egg on my phone this morning... remarkably it won't let me answer calls... go figure. _ "My will look cute in that. My will huh Mom?" Not even a question, Landon Bowen always looks cute. _ Caught the son double-fisting the macaroni at lunch. He must have been a fan _ So much love for my angel baby Max. He is so patient with his mommy. _ Baby = bad fever. Momma = not a fan. :( _ Cooper's got some pretty awesome descriptive words these days. My favorites of the day: "baby-coon" (swaddled baby... like a cocoon) and "chuggy" (Used in a sentence "Max you've got some chuggy legs" ... as in chunky or chubby)

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