GRANDMA’S DAY OUT WITH COOPER and the PINEAPPLE CRUSH TOP
Posted By drsao on June 6, 2008
It has been a LONG STANDING TRADITION that when one of my grandangels has a birthday they get a GRANDMA’S DAY OUT. They get to do whatever they choose and we usually eat somewhere and shop for a birthday present.
Cooper will be 5 on June 9th and we were left HOME ALONE today – so what better thing to do than have GRANDMA’S DAY OUT!
Cooper was so excited this morning that he did the HAPPY DANCE! Perhaps giving him TWO pieces of cinnamon sugar toast helped the dynamic and rhymic aspects of the dance!
The KUNG FU PANDA MOVIE opened today and we decided that the movies would be our first stop. They were EXPECTING record crowds today because the FIRST move was at 9:20 am and it played every 30 minutes all day!
Cooper is ready to go – he is signalling CHECK – that he has the bread for feeding the ducks at Brandermill Lake after the movie!
AND….just for the record……I did not choose the outfit…….Cooper selected the red t-shirt to go UNDER his plaid short shirt and he insisted on buttoning the top button because “HE WANTED TO LOOK REALLY GOOD TODAY.” He even brushed his teeth with SPONGEBOB toothpaste even though it does tickle his tongue.
The first order of the day was to get a little GRANDMA’S DAY OUT gift – a WEBKINZ (LILKINZ) Cocker Spaniel – Cooper named him APPLE!
The movie was pretty exciting. There was only ONE GROWN UP MAN in the theatre besides us…..Cooper wanted to sit right in front of him….but I figured spreading out was a better idea! Does Cooper look scared?
(Yes, I actually took a picture in the movie theatre – remember there was only ONE other person in there and I only had to flash twice to FIND Cooper in the picture (it was dark in there!)
I won’t win any awards for modeling NUTRITIOUS EATING BEHAVIOR TODAY….two pieces of cinnamon sugar toast for breakfast and orange soda, popcorn and M & M’s for a 9:30 am snack. SIGH……Grandma’s are supposed to be EXTRAORDINARY – aren’t they?
After the movies, we went to MICHAEL’S to look for a DOG HOUSE for APPLE. Cooper chose a GREEN BASKET WITH A LID and I gave him lots of choices (I am so proud – I love baskets!) Cooper also chose a red lunchbox, some PEZ for his Darth Vader PEZ MACHINE, a black ball, and a beautiful green notebook!
I still can’t BELIEVE THE NEXT PART. We were supposed to go to BARNES AND NOBLE to play with the trains, buy birthday books, and get a book and a STARBUCK’S for Grandma Shirley. Then we were supposed to go to the lake and feed the ducks.
COOPER WANTED TO GO HOME AND PLAY WITH HIS TOYS………HE SAID, “Grandma, that is what you do when it is your birthday….you get toys….and then you play with them.”
So Cooper got his wish. He said that I had to pack his lunch in his lunchbox and put in a LUNCH BOX MESSAGE like I do for his sisters each day. So here is Cooper’s Lunch Box Message:
June 6, 2008 Friday
Dear Cooper,
We saw KUNG FU PANDA
on Grandma’s Day OUT
And you got presents
Let’s clap and shout!
I love you, Grandma Shirley
We had fun – even though it turned out to be a GRANDMA’S HALF DAY OUT instead of a WHOLE DAY OUT!
THE PINEAPPLE CRUSH MYSTERY TOP
I laid out my other version of Bonnie’s ORANGE CRUSH MYSTERY QUILT – I call this one the PINEAPPLE CRUSH…..and it looks like it will have a much more subtle look to it than the orange and green one. It is amazing the difference that fabric and color can make with the SAME PATTERN.
I think that I am going to make the extra 96 half square triangle blocks for the border on this one.
Shirley,
Cooper is adorable!
LOve, love, love your Pineapple Crush!
Rhonda