Visiting Great Papa in Arizona

Cooper and Ashley went to go visit Great Papa Don in Arizona.   

Day 1.
Cooper did amazing on the flight. He got a little antsy towards the end, but overall pretty awesome. We got to the airport in Phoenix and he came around the corner, saw Don Ebbinga, and screamed "Great Papa!" and started running towards him. Everyone in the crowd giggled.
We went back to Papas place, put our shorts on, and played in the rocks. Then off to Culvers for supper. On our way back, we picked up some sand. Great Papa made Cooper a make-shift sandbox.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2.
Cooper woke up at 5:30am. Wow. This momma wasn't ready for that! 
We spent most of the day at the zoo with Donna Bertrand and Don Ebbinga. We walked over 3.5 miles and saw most of the animals at the zoo. Cooper said his favorite animal was the elephant named Reba.
We ordered a pizza, and relaxed for the rest of the evening.
Cooper had to play in his sandbox one more time. Then it was bath time, and after laying down for 10 minutes, someone crashed!
Grandpa Don and I then stayed up, watched Mrs. Doubtfire and of course, had some ice cream.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Day 3. 
We woke up and Coop got a buffet for breakfast. Rice Krispies, Ranch Pringles, and chex mix.
We then headed off to Eloy to watch the "boys jump out of airplanes" while having a snack.
Cooper and Mommy spent the afternoon in the pool. ...
After supper, we played Zilch. Cooper won the first game. We said Great Grandma Arlene helped him win.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 4.

Time to relax before we head out early tomorrow.  We took Cooper to the park in Maricopa.  We fed the ducks and turtles in the pond.   We then came back and he played in the sandbox pretty much the rest of the afternoon.   For supper, we headed out to a Mexican restaurant that was DELICIOUS!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Day 5.
Our flight for the way home left at 7:30am.  We were up very early and on the plane by 6:45am.   Cooper didn't do as well on the way home.  He was overly tired and sick of sitting around.  On the flight home, Cooper asked the flight attendant if he could try the dentist bag.  She let him play with one.  I would totally do this trip all over again.  I would just bring daddy along.