Flatware can make you smile

Greetings! Our snow crazies have subsided and we all felt almost normal today. Well, almost- for a few reasons.

1. Savy is still injured and has Darth Vader cast for a leg. She pulls the look off though. Her arms look like a personal trainers from walking around on crutches all week.
   
2. Kelly is suffering from a big time cold. I bought her night time cold medicine today to ease her symptoms so that she can sleep tonight. About 40 minutes later I watched her run around the house making weird noises in a high pitched voice. Hmmm, interesting. I looked at the box and it said that it causes excitability in children. Not the result I was going for. (great job cold medicine makers)
   
3. DJ is also feeling the woe of a nasty cold. It has filled his noggin with not fun stuff and he cannot breathe, hear or talk without sneezing. Poor Deejer. His medicine has put him in a History channel trance. That is ok with me. Learning is power!
   

Anyway.....on a lighter note. The word for today here at casa de Cooper is spoons. Bright, shinny, silvery spoons.

Why?

The silverware fairy came and visited to Mama Coop today!!!!! (See enthusiastic smile at top)


Many people would ask :

• "Who is this silverware fairy?"
• "Why is the silverware fairy making a visit to casa de Cooper?"
• "How do I get a visit from this silverware fairy?"

I have the answers to all of those questions, for I am the leading authority on all matters associated with the glorious fairy. All it took was a six month online course and a half pound of glitter. Poof! Instant expert.

Firstly, the silverware fairy is a shinny little lady that delights in giving new flatware to well deserving people. (see picture at right to see what Mama Coop got)

Why is she getting such a visit???? Well She has honestly worked for it for 40 years!!! This is the year that marks Papa and Mama Coop's 40th wedding anniversary. In those years they have raised 8 wonderful people. (that alone deserves a visit)

In those 40 years Mama Coop has collected 19 different kinds of spoons. A few weeks ago she was putting away some of them and decided to look and see what there was. You know you really just don't think to count your spoons, then one day you do and you are seriously suprized at the results. I know we were. This is what it looked like. (see lower right) That isn't even all of them even. It is impressive, I know.

Ok, tips for getting a silverware fairy visit of your own.

• Smile when you are surrounded by screaming small children.
• Give a gentle laugh in stead of an angry fit of rage .
• Simply shake your head when a four year old writes on your new leather chair.

Mama Coop has been caught in the act of doing all of these things on a regular basis. Now can you see why she got the visit?

Long live the silverware fairy where ever she is. ;)

First Edition

Snow was the word of the day here at casa de Cooper. At first it was small flurries, then it turned into a full on blizzard. Snow of this magnitude only causes the people in casa de Cooper to come down with a case of the snow crazies.

Kelly felt the need to open and shut Grammies drawers. Then it was on to sitting under the table while we had some dinner. Tortilla chips were chosen for breakfast, and ice cream was requested for dinner. She was flatly denied the ice cream. To calm her, Nintendo DS was brought out and small games were played.

Odd, cold medicine induced behavior also was noticed from DJ. First there was frenzied pacing, followed by manic eating. I caught him tossing patriotic basketballs with Kelly and then shook my head at their refrigerator magnet madness. I am pretty sure he watched the fire go out just for pure entertainment value alone.

Not even Mama Coop was immune to the snow crazies. For some reason her symptoms were German pancake baking, followed by casserole dish breaking. She did not break it in the normal fashion of dropping on the floor. No no. She used the tried and true method of cold liquid into hot glass to break her dish. It was a creative and visually pleasing way to do it. I gave her five stars for style.

Injured star basketball player Savy Coop was displaying her own interesting symptoms. I really liked them though. When all of us were down in the dumps with our weird goings on, she calmly pointed out the brighter side of things and suggested a funny movie to watch together. Enjoyable. Savy talked to us about how crazy the styles were in the 90's and made us feel like dinosaurs for having hairstyles that required a can of aqua net. Tight rolling her jeans was something that she professed to not knowing how to do as well. Strange. Finally she taught us all a new word. Precious-ness. Only to be out done by DJ with even sweeter word Prec-o-licious.

My only symptoms were constant phone filming. It was strange, feeling the desire to video everything I saw with my cell phone. First it was the snow, then it was Kelly. Then of course I had to film Kelly watching the snow. I knew I had a problem when the thought of filming Kelly looking at the snow from the outside crossed my mind. My remedy was a simple one; diet vanilla pepsi and a bean burrito followed by a memory book session with Mama Coop. It helps I promise.

If you, or anyone else you know is feeling the surge of the snow crazies reach out and help them. I recommend suggesting homemade cinnamon rolls and watching a good movie. Extreme cases might need back rubs and board games.