Clearly Cooper Loves Us!

Grace and Andy had their entire day made when the postman dropped off a package. I could tell that the package was from Aunt Ashley so I put the thing on top of the dining room table and let the kids get really excited about what could possibly be inside. This also allowed me to secretly open the box and perform any water damage repair work to the contents...the box looked as if it had sailed the ocean blue before arrival. Fortunately, the items were in perfect condition. After dinner and baths, we ordered the kids upstairs to wait for the big surprise. This book, Sally (read Cooper) Goes to the Mountains, is the 4th in their very favorite series and couldn't be more perfect for life in Charlottesville (especially the part about Cooper meeting the bear!). We read the book together and then let them "read" it to each other for a while so they could study the pictures. Ashley (and Cooper), you absolutely made their day. I held the other two books out and will stretching out the fun for two more nights.