Cohen Turns 3!...Celebrating at Turtle Back Zoo!

Last Saturday Cohen turned 3! It's been an amazing year and I can't believe how old he is getting. I feel like every night Jeff and I sit and tell stories of the funny or cute things he did during the day. He sure brightens up our lives.

A couple of weeks ago Cohen and I were going down in the elevator to go to the park. A women got on and Cohen said, "My name is Cohen and you are a person." This started a conversation between the two of them. Cohen told her how old he was. I told her that he would be three in a couple of weeks. She then asked Cohen what he was getting of this birthday. He looked at her and said very confidently, "A DIGGER." Luckily Grandma came through. Grandma sent me everything I would need to make a "digger" cake. Cohen LOVED it! He has been carrying around the little tractors from the stop of the cake for the past couple days.

Celebrating with Friends at the Turtle Back Zoo!
Once again we did a very low key birthday with the Kalrin Family (Oskar and Ben were born 6 days before Cohen), but this year we went to Turtle Back Zoo! We invited the Klems and Veras. We had a blast! It was cold, but totally fun riding the train and the carousel and seeing all the animals. Beth and the kids made some AMAZING cupcakes!

Highlights from Cohen's 3rd Year!

Top Memories:

• Trip to NYC for Christmas to the Rockefeller Center Tree (2015)

• Grandma, Grandpa and Kari coming to visit for Christmas (2015)
• First time to Turtle Back Zoo (Christmas Lights)

• First time playing in the snow...Thanks Winter Storm Jonas

• Celebrating Grandma Anderson's 60th Birthday in Washington!

• Dyeing Easter eggs for the first time....with Auntie Harmizzle

• Making Sugar Cookies with Grandma Anderson (March 2016)
• Working in the yard with Grandma Anderson and planting onions (March 2016)

• First trip to the Enchanted Forest (March 2016)
• Going to Cousin Chris's wedding in Utah
• Celebrating Grandpa Anderson's retirement in Washington/Oregon
• Trip to Minnesota for Uncle Jons funeral. Visit family and play with cousins.
• The older cousins were playing a game where they would throw a ball and say a number. Whoever caught it would get that many points. Well, Cohen would stand in-front of the person throwing and copy them by throwing something and yelling a number. He still does this at home. :)

• Going to Disney World and on a Cruise with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Kari, Aunt Sharon, Uncle Ben and Cousin Atticus.
• Meeting Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Chip and Dale, Mickey, Minnie, Woody, Buzz, Donald Duck, Daisy, Goofy

• Moving to a toddler bed!
• Moving to NYC. Our broker was named John. We kept telling Coehn we were going to the city to see John when we were looking for apartments. After we found one and I was packing the house, Cohen kept asking about seeing John in the city. Then when we moved into our new apartment, Cohen turned to me and said, "Where's John?"
• He was Peter Pan for Halloween
• Whenever we ask Cohen to do something he shakes his head and says, "No, No, No, No, No" really quickly. (Totally Cute)
• Mixing (he learned this from Daniel the tiger) - Cohen is now into making cake, cookies, pancakes...anything that allows him to mix.