We did it all folks, we had a tree, stockings, cookies, book reading, and a little girl who was SO excited for Christmas she wanted everyone to go to bed so Santa could come in. We all, of course, made out like bandits. It was a wonderful holiday.
Tag: Keen
We got to see the Buller family during our visit to Wichita. Holy cow those kids are cute. We got to hang out, eat lunch, hang out, and go to the park. It was a great day. Peter and Ben were super patient with Moxie and Moxie loved them so much. Keen thought they were the coolest.
We exchanged gifts. Keen ate the paper.
Everyone helped out. Except Peter: he watched.
The one time Keen smiled in a car seat.
Ben at the park.
At least one of them is having fun.
Silly swingers.
The families!
How it really went.
We went home to Wichita for Christmas this year (other associated posts to follow) and one of our major activities was attending a WSU men’s basketball game. Keen and Mox participated in the citywide tradition of wearing yellow and black. They rocked it.
Also: Keen made it through less than a half but wore her protective head gear like a champ. Moxie got to have cotton candy and lemonade and made it through the whole game (almost).
How Moxie was supposed to wear her outfit.
How she wore it most of the night (not kidding).
We got their early and got to see warm ups, stretches, and other exciting things.
Popcorn.
Shocker family! (Plus a photo bomb by River)
See? I told you.
Keen sported a face tattoo. So did Strider and Jess.
A lot of wiggling but here’s Keen in her hear protection and Strider with his face tattoo.
We took the annual trip to the pumpkin patch/fall festival. Moxie got to pick any pumpkin she wanted and she picked a weird bumpy goose neck one and then a white pumpkin. Mom picked the traditional one. Moxie’s favorite thing? A weird ear of corn she fell in love with–she’s been prying individual kernels off for days.
We carved pumpkins. Well, first we picked them out (I’ll post about that later) THEN we colored on them and THEN we carved them. It was pretty stinking fun.
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| No Pants. All Business. |
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| This is what the second kid does: crawl around the outside. |
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| Unafraid of the knife |
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| Despite her best efforts she can’t saw her fingers |
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| Moxie takes this biz seriously. |
During a cold, rainy day off of school our kiddos took a trip to Chucky Cheese’s! During the trip Moxie said, “Ms. Debrah, I love you, this is the best day.” She spent a fair amount of tickets on weird little photo cards that have weird stuff on them AND a picture of her sweet little face. Keen LOVED the rides. I have no idea how people felt about the pizza. Honestly, who loves CCs pizza?
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| Remember the WEIRD round the clock thing? Yep that’s still there. |
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| Pizza: the BEST way to finish fun with rides. |
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| Chucky is her co-pilot |
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| She drives standing. |
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| Serious riders. |
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| Less serious riders |
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| Tailgating. |
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| Still standing. |
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| How long until she realizes she’s not actually playing the game? |
We have the best freaking nanny share in the world. They have super fun pool parties and go to the park. While we are being boring at work our kiddos are having amazing times. Punks.
It rained all day. All. Day. We made the most of it–though–by heading over to the Museum of the American Indian.
Pre-walking apple snack.
Moxie provides a “big smile” before we went in.
Keen took several naps. She woke up for this picture.
There was a library in the Activity Area. She and dad read 3 books.
She looks super cute. The truth is she was about to smack her dad in the face with a stick.
She also ran away as quickly as she could.
Moxie was napping this afternoon following our rainy day trip to the Smithsonian. We took the chance to take a few sweet pictures of our little Keen. She’s all about sitting straight up these days. She sticks her tongue out a lot–feeling the two little teeth that have sprung up in the last two weeks.
