Month: February 2013
Moxie is really starting to reach out and grab stuff. Sometimes it’s your face, sometimes it’s Pili’s face, and sometimes it is a toy. It is exciting to see her developing these skills. We are also proud to announce that she has super monkey strength in her hands. Seriously–this girl can do some damage. Be warned.
A few weeks ago we had dinner over at the Mark-Tucker house. It was wonderful–as always–but this time Moxie got to jam with Uncle Tony. She sat on the bench next to Tony watching what he was doing very carefully for a while. Then she put her hand on his arm while he played the piano. Then, after a while, she set her hands on the keys and, still watching Tony, she started to push down. It was really sweet. Next they are going to play chopsticks.
Moxie has some serious tweedles. She has serious who hairs. Still don’t know what I am talking about? She has bajillions of tiny thin mini hairs that grow on her forehead. Here is a picture (of the whole fan–but focus on the tweedles) to show you the seriousness of what I am talking about.
Also: homegirl can rock a ponytail.
Moxie joined her cousins today in the sacred act of receiving Tucker family hand-me-downs. Clothes, toys, and who knows else what went from me to Sam to Ryan to Helen to Hannah to Ruby and now to Moxie. The first of the treasures is a xylophone and the second a house with a family of armless residents.
I remember these toys. I remember the way the door clicks and the doorbell rings. How the people look nothing like the little sticker family portrait. Sure, Mama No Arms got a facelift and Dad No Arms left his family for his hot twenty something secretary–but the family still runs their household.
