The Koopmans

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Spring Time Random Activities

We usually head to a few garage sales during the week. Here is a cute and dirty baby for sale.

Levi and Maci playing camping or "family" together

A Family Super Picnic Outing To Hagar Park

Jeep Rides After Supper..Now three times as long to wait for a ride.

Sprinklers

Hagar Park Burning off Steam

"Dancing in the Drops"..as she was singing this.

Luke enjoying the swings at Hagar Park

Ryan and Luke taking a break while I was keeping tabs on the other two monkeys at Hagar Park

Luke got his tubes a few weeks ago and what a difference it has made. Ryan took the day off and we brought him in for his procedure. By the time we sat in the waiting room no more than 15 minutes and he was waiting and crying for us in recovery. Everything went well and Dr. said that there was alot of fluid in place that was not coming out without tubes. We had the follow up appointment this week and tubes are in place and will follow up in another six months. We can already tell he can hear better, is more mobile and is all around a happier baby. No more fluid causing problems and also no more questioning if he has an ear infection or not now.

End of Preschool Highlights 2013

We ended the school year at Orchard Hill with many fun activities. We are so proud of Levi and the progress that he has made at preschool.
We had a Mother's Tea at his school where Grandma Roedema and Koopmans came. Levi sang songs and made a self portrait of me...I was holding a cookie and my hair was straight up. He also made me a tote bag that had "Mom" on it with his hand and fingerprints. Maci and Luke came too and we had cookies and punch.

We also had an end of year picnic at Millennium Park. Maci came with me and we played and we met some of Levi's friends and said goodbye to them and the teachers.

Orchard Hill also had a graduation ceremony where the had a slide show of the year, sang songs, and said their Bible memory work and prayers from the year. They called each child's name individually to get their graduation badge. Levi had to be coached through the crayon arch but he made it and showed his excitement by jumping down the stairs.

Levi and Ms. Melanie. He always like to be "demagnetized" from me each morning by her. She would shake him off my waist or hand. They made each child a photo book from the year with accomplishment and progress from each month of school. Neat to see how his handwriting of his name has changed and how he makes his letters.

Last day. Ms. Allison , Ms Jenny and Ms Melanie. Maci had to get in too..since alot of time she would come inside and wave and wait for Levi to come or go to school. What a fun and special first year of school!

Tulip Time 2013

This past May we picked a beautiful morning to check out the Tulips in Holland. We picked up Grandpa and Grandma Roedema and met Allison and the cousins in Holland.

We started off with some coffee and tulip cookies and looked at all the flowers, stopped at the candy shop where Levi found candy in the shape of Legos ,he was so excited and waited to eat some to show to daddy.Maci picked butterfly gummies. We watched Dutch dancers and the highlight for the kids was riding a couple carnival rides. Maci was so brave and went on both rides by herself while Levi and Katelyn rode together. We ended the morning with a picnic lunch it was a perfect day to get outside and enjoy the start of spring.

Garden 2013

The kids were are excited to get the garden growing! We had a stretch of warm weather and started planting our seeds. We were digging and inspecting each of the seeds and compared how big, small and what color each one was. We got all the seeds in the ground and of course we had a few cold mornings and no sprouts. They had fun just digging. So we are thinking of trying to plant some seeds again sometime soon...and see what grows besides weeds.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Luke 11 months

The biggest happenings the last month are that Luke can finally move on all fours. He most times choose the army crawl and he is fast. The other day the safety gate was left open and Luke did a tumble down a flight of stairs. He loves to bounce, roll and kick his legs especially when trying to dress or change him. He sleeps well at night till about 7 Am. Levi and Maci like to climb in his crib and greet him in the morning...lots of laughs and screams in the morning from his room. He loves to go for walks and swing at the park. He is scheduled to get tubes placed next week. He babbles and the other day Grandpa R claimed he said ball, he does say Mama, Dada and many uth ohs...sometimes over and over.