Cooper Update

Cooper Routsong is five and a half, plus some.  I needed to give him an update on what he is up to lately.  He is such a wonderful kid!  Full of personality and charm.  His Kindergarten teacher has said on multiple occasions that his "smile will just slay you!"  Cooper loves to climb trees.  He loves to climb just about anything, but he realllly loves to climb trees.  So here he is!

Cooper loves his dog, Bella.  He adores her!  He feels safe with her.  He loves to spend time with her.  Sometimes he will get all cozy in her dog bed with her, all covered up together.  One time I found him asleep like that with her!!  He also loves to get her to do fun tricks, like flips when he throws her ball for her.  Sometimes I find him cramped into her kennel with her.  I have no idea how he can fit in there with a dog too, but somehow he manages.  He is such a goof!  A goof that loves his dog!

Here's the goofball again, with a mustache!  These two strange mustached men arrived at our back door one day.  Good thing we have an alarm system!

Cooper is in T ball this season.  He really wanted to try it out.  Here he is up to bat.  We've played a little bit before at our house and at Grandma's in Utah, so he understood the game enough to have a good time.  He really is good at any type of athletic game he chooses to try.  Just a natural!

This summer Cooper was on a small basketball team.  It was the Fort Wayne City Itty Bitty Basketball. It was nothing like the Upward team last year, but it helped him with his skills.  He was definitely the most experienced and skilled player on the team, dribbling like a champ, while many of the little 4 year olds were more focused on skipping around and finding spiders.  Cooper loved that he was good at the sport.  He won most of the little competitions his team would have.  He definitely was a little bit over this level of play, but it boosted his confidence in his skills!! Great job Cooper!!