What Andy Wanted, A Lot

I should have put this up weeks ago.

On Cooper's birthday Sarah allowed him a special privilege by letting him crack the eggs for his birthday brownies all by himself (anyone with small children will know this runs a high shell risk). Andy wanted to try to crack an egg all by himself, too, but Sarah informed him that this was a special thing just for Cooper on his special day. Andy tried to understand and, as it has now become apparent, solidly locked the desire away into his heart to crack an egg someday.

A few weeks later I was making cookies. Andy saw me get an egg out as part of the process and, recalling that firm desire, said with much enthusiasm, "I want to crap an egg! Can I?"

It is quite unfortunate for Andy that the amount of laughter traced back to that question has locked that memory in our minds for YEARS to come.

But truly, God help us all if he ever really does crap an egg.

Double-O Cooper

One day last week, shortly after walking in the door from work, Cooper comes up to me and says, "Dad, I'm a secret agent."

I said, "Cool."

He followed up with, "You know why? It's 'cause I'm very secrety"

On the way to church pt.2

One more, with a fun color effect.

On the way to church

I took some shots of the boys. Enjoy!

I could be invisible, wouldn't matter

It's Saturday and Cooper's happy today, which is a big step up from the grumpiness of the past couple of days.

Perhaps digging for a little love, I said, "Cooper, are happy today because daddy's home?"

"No."

Lion Dancing

Our kids decided they wanted to put on a traditional Chinese New Year lion dance for Sarah and I. They were SOOOOO excited to do it, and so I wanted to record the experience to share with everyone.

Just for some reference, the lion dance is done every year all over Asia by different troupes to celebrate Chinese New Year. Here's what it typically looks like:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=964pG9YDe2w

And here is our kids version:
(please note: the white kid is Kale, Cooper's very good friend and classmate in kindergarten)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwn0dc5YaP4

A Classic Andy Face

It doesn't get any more Andy than this.