Month: October 2013

Consignment Sales

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Whoa.  Consignment sales are amazing.  Especially when you go to one with a ninja like my friend Mary-Gray.  She is Ceci’s mom (Moxie’s baby friend).  We went to the Moms of Multiples sale.  AMAZING.

Here’s what I got:
Sled
Sit n’ Spin
2 Car seats (TWO!!)
Booster Seat
2 Board puzzles
8 pieces of clothing
snow suit
snow boots
other stuff
$120 
BAM

Apple Of My Eye

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We had a wonderful day apple picking.  Sarah, Andrew and Ollie turned us on to this fabulous farm called Larriland Farm.  We got three kinds of apples: stay man, braeburn, and fuji.  The least interesting was the last.  Seriously. Total boring pants.  Anyway, Moxie, Strider, Court, Blake and I squeezed into our biggest car and made the trip out.  We met up with SAO for picking and then a delicious meeting with fresh apple donuts and cider.  Oh, and we got BBQ pork.  That was amazing too.  Moxie spent the afternoon in a sweet jacket Courtney got and with an apple in her hand.  She now really likes holding whole apples and taking bites out.  She laughs every time.  
Ollie ran, Blake slept, and Moxie kept up with the pack.  

Lunch with Faye

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We went to the Mini Maker Fair in Silver Spring a couple weeks ago.  We saw a bunch of cool stuff including 3D printers (mind: blown).  We also saw our friends Betsy, Bob, and Faye.  Moxie and Faye are super best friends (see earlier post).  We had lunch all together.  Highlights include Moxie feeding Faye some bread, Faye chewing a bit, taking it out of her mouth and feeding it back to Moxie, and Moxie returning the favor.  They stole each other’s sippy cups and shared a delicious Mum Mum for dessert.  So. Cute.

Super Hero Birthday

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A few weeks ago we got invited to our friend Ari’s Super Hero Birthday!  It was wonderful.  Moxie doesn’t have a super hero costume so she wore a dish towel as a cape.  It worked.  Sort of.

Strider had just gone to a concert the night before at the 9:30 Club and brought back this onsie.  It made sense–super heroes always go see the latest music.

Aunt Mary I took Moxie around the room while the bigger kids played games like “Run into the foam wall” and “Do flips on the bars.” Maybe next year Mox.

Fall Festival

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Today we took a family trip out to Butler Orchard.  We went to a Fall Festival.  Actually, we drove up to the festival, waited in line and I decided we should just get pumpkins–skip the festival.  So we got up to the lady taking money and I said we changed our minds.  As I was making a U-turn (and Strider was trying to hide his embarrassment I saw a petting zoo.  So, after making the U-turn I made another one and we actually went.  It was wonderful.  Strider is a fabulous dad and a really patient husband.  Luckily there was a different woman taking money when we got up to the front again so it was slightly less embarrassing for the hub.

Moxie sat on a tractor with flames on the side.  I actually accidentally rushed another woman and her daughter off when I gasped because I thought the little girl was falling off.  I didn’t mean to but I totally became “that lady” for a minute.  Also: the picture above with their heads in the pumpkin and ghost is one of 50 that I took and the ONLY one with both Mox and Strider looking through at the same time.

Turns out Moxie is afraid of chickens.  I mean, we can’t blame her, chickens are weird.  They move differently than other animals and they really look different.  She wasn’t willing to get very close and leaned into us when we were near them.  Note to future house guests: don’t dress or move like a chicken.

The pigs were a different story.  Well, at least the fence surrounding the pigs.  Moxie really liked the fence.

Goats and sheep were a much better time.  She was slow to warm up but actually fed them grass and food pellets.  Note: Strider is a super dad.  He came to this partay with quarters.  We got to buy all the goat treats we wanted.  Moxie shared her bounty with other kids who’s dads suck.

Moxie is a tall baby.  Not a two year old.  Just a tall baby.  Also: this photo was taken seconds before she got rushed by a gang of older boys.  She did pretty well.

We visited the chickens a second time.  Still freaked but willing to get a little closer.

Oh yeah!  Moxie got her first pony ride.  Boots who, just like her handler, totally ignored Moxie.  Moxie REALLY didn’t want to touch the horn of the saddle so she road Lazy Boy style.  I had to keep my hand on her back the whole time or she would have flipped backwards.  Already a stunt rider.

One of the best parts of the day was running with sticks.  This girl has a thing for sticks and leaves.  

After lunch of “open pit bbq” (blah) Moxie had a riot of a time running downhill with dad.  She thought she was big doins.

Replace all the sand in your sandbox with corn.  That is the most brilliant move a person can make.  Moxie thought it was absolutely fabulous.  She even tried (multiple times) to eat it.  After a diaper change with corn removal she still managed to smuggle a bunch home.  We plan on mailing it back.

Yep.  She keeps her finger up her nose for safe keeping.

Here’s Moxie once we got home.  Oh yeah!  And we got a couple pumpkins!!