Little drummer boy

Cooper lived most of this week at Grandma and Papa's house. He spent each morning at chess camp at Hockaday, just a few minutes from their home. (Betty and I both think we saw Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison there, too. Maybe one of her children was in the camp? Would a U.S. senator drop off and pick up like all the other parents and grandparents and nannies -- without security detail? I just interviewed Cooper on the topic, and he confirms that a boy named Houston was in his group. Houston is the name of the senator's son. Cooper played Houston twice and beat him twice.)

This week was also the annual garage sale at Betty and Jim's church, so he spent a little bit of time there, too.

Yesterday he found a drum and drummed up some donations for the church. He asked Grandma to a make a sign.


Then he sat on the floor and played to one person at a time. He raised about $20 to donate to the church.