Supporting Miss Denise - Komen Walk 2013

The Primrose teachers and staff are like a second family. Truly these women are the "Other Mommies" to our little ones, especially Daniel and Ana having started out in the infant rooms at Primrose. Through the years we've come to know many of the teachers and they have supported us with Charlie's Cancer journey and fund raising events. Last year practically our whole Light the Night team was comprised of Primrose staff! Miss Denise, with the early toddlers, was one of our supporters. Denise was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year. She and Charlie were on the same meds and had the same "tubies & bump (port)" for much of the first half of 2013. We are happy to say that Miss Neese is doing great and is a Breast Cancer SURVIVOR!!! She is currently Ana's primary teacher. Below are a few pictures of the Hooper Clan supporting Miss Neese's Komen Walk team this past Sunday.

Komen 2013

Daniels first birthday party with friends

Daniel helped Marni Berry, our neighbor and friend, celebrate her 3rd birthday today. It was a milestone for Marni of course, but this was Daniel's first "friend" party to go to alone, sans-siblings! They held it at the gymnastics place we all go to on Saturday mornings and I think everyone had a great time. Daniel is eating pizza and sitting next to Cameron, who is in his normal gym class.

The Face of Quiznos' LLS Campaign

Yep. That's Charlie holding a picture of Charlie at Quizos! We were approached by the Quiznos Corporate folks a few months ago about having Charlie be the face of their fund raising campaign in September that raises awareness and funds for LLS. We took the family in for lunch the other day to show Charlie the marketing material. The crew at our local Quiznos were like..."I thought that was him, the kid in the picture. Do you live here?"

Charlie is part of the NATIONAL Quiznos marketing. This picture was taken in a Quiznos in Texas by one of our extendend family members.

We are proud of our little survivor and hope that his silly grin will get people to donate to the LLS.

9News Segment for Light the Night

Charlie and Mommy did another segment for 9News with Corey Rose this morning promoting LLS and Light the Night. Not sure how long the video will be up on the 9News web page, but the embedded video is above and below are a few screen shots from the broadcast.

Movie nights

Now that the "littles" are a bit older and have more of an attention span, we are trying out "Movie Night." We have invited our friends (mainly Nick Schneider) over to enjoy a little Disney action and snacks on a Saturday night.

Two of a kind. Thumbs, blankets and Cinderella.

The Little Mermaid and Ice cream, Cant beat that.

So far we've watched:
The Little Mermaid
Cinderella
The Lion King
Mary Poppins

The Last Days of Summer

We had a couple of warm days that seemed to have signaled our last days of Summer weather.  We took out the lawn sprinkler and had a "Splash Day" in our back yard, finishing off nicely with an ice cream Popsicle.

The kids had a blast, but now its time to pack away the swimming suits and break out the sweaters.

Dental Superhero Daniel

Daniel had a dental cleaning this morning and Mommy and Ana got to watch! Daniel was PERFECT during the appointment and did everything he was asked to. He has 20 very clean, shiny and cavity free teeth! Ana was very interested in the scene and will hopefully do well when it is her turn.

Dad's Birthday

That's right... We are getting older! Since the Hooper Scoop is not just a place for pictures of the kids, I decided to mark the milestone of Chad's birthday by posting a few pictures. Nana made this fantastic Oreo cookie cheese cake for the adults and cupcakes with birthday rings for the kids. We had a nice little family dinner and Chad got to open his gifts which included tickets to the Great American Beer Festival in October. We hoped for another gift, that A&M would BTHO Alabama, but sadly, it did not happen.... Here's to a fantastic 35th Year!

Happy Sunday!!