Thirty-One Months Old

Spring seems to finally have sprung!  I have a bigger garden this year than I've had since Cooper was born, and I have Cooper "in training" to be my helper.  Actually he planted some sunflower seeds himself, which are doing very well.  I can't wait until they start to get really big!  Hopefully he'll get bitten by the gardening bug too.

We had a brief visit from Cooper's Uncle Doug, Don's brother, who was passing through town from Pennsylvania.

We have finished Community Bible Study for the year.  They had a children's program on the second-to-last day, which Cooper participated in.  He didn't sing too much, but he sure did look cute up there (at least in my possibly biased opinion).   ( :

Someone gave Cooper a secondhand bike, and we recently got it fixed up so he can ride it (with training wheels).  He's getting pretty good at pedaling, though he's still got some work to do in the steering and stopping departments.  We've got to get him a helmet pretty soon too.

We've had a lot of nice weather this month, so we've played outside a lot, at home, at the park, or whatever other creative places we can come up with.

And, we like to eat popsicles.  Life is good.

Mid-South Live Steamers

Yesterday my friend Laurie invited Cooper and me, along with another friend of hers who also has a little boy, to a semi-annual event in Columbia (south of Nashville) that I didn't even know existed: Mid-South Live Steamers. 

It was a fun day-all the way around.  The weather was beautiful.  Cooper behaved, and I think everyone had a great time!

This park is full of miniature (1/8 scale) railroad tracks, and apparently there are people who collect working steam-engine trains that are smaller than a real train but big enough for people to ride on.  Twice a year, they invite the public to come ride them.  We went over bridges, through tunnels and around the park, about a 10 or 15 minute ride.  There were about 6 trains running, and the wait was never too long.  Of course, we went on a Friday; it would probably have been longer on a Saturday.

We brought our lunch and ate it there, and besides the trains, there was a playground to play on and live music playing. 

Everything was free except concessions and souvenirs.  They even gave us free books! 

What a great day!  I think this is definitely something we will do again.  Thanks, Laurie!