But Mox isn’t. She loves it. She yells “No!” Which means “snow!”
Tag: Moxie
Moxie is eating a more diverse diet than I did until grad school. Who knows that that means in terms of her eating habits later but it is fun to see her try new things.
She really enjoyed dipping the njera in the food. She’s a huge fan of njera–which is really half the battle.
Moxie had to have an EEG. She’s fine. Don’t anyone worry. But it was quite an adventure. She had to fall asleep at the beginning of the test at 1:30. So Strider and I woke her up at 4 and kept a fun party going all day. We went to Gymboree, walked the dogs, had lunch, ran around, all kinds of stuff. Luckily she fell asleep immediately and slept until the strobe light portion of the adventure. That part she hated. But at the end she was happy and really liked the two finger puppets the nurse gave her.
Moxie has really enjoyed going to our music together classes. She started when she could just sit and now runs and dances and sings. Here’s a picture with her teacher from the last day of her first class and the last day of her most recent class.
This weekend we bought a kitchen from ikea for Moxie. Strider put it together and we blew her mind this afternoon. She LOVES it!!
The Dorsey-Lee Family attempted making valentines this year. We had two tries: one with finger paint and the other with markers.
The finger paint didn’t go as I planned (surprise!). Moxie was less a fan of finger painting than I thought she would be but towards the end she stepped up and slapped some paint on paper. We used cookie cutters to make heart shapes too. Then she took a break at the end and rested her head on my leg.
Our second effort was today with a box of hologram dinosaur valentines. We gave Moxie markers and let her go to town. In both tries we taped the thing she was painting to keep it still. That seemed to be a win.
We are sending out a couple and giving some to our friends at daycare. Really it was about seeing if we could do any kind of art. Turns out we can. So that’s fun!
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
We have a snow day today! We had a wonderful time playing outside!! Moxie prefers life without gloves–but we struggled to keep her from frost bite. She couldn’t walk in the snow so she traveled by sled. Yay!
Moxie loves feeding the dogs. She first got to feed Montana while we were visiting grandma and grandpa and now she’s obsessed. Any time we give the dog treats she is right there to hand one to Gy and then tease Pili with the other one. Lately she’s been more interested in dog food. For the last couple nights she’s been filling the dogs’ bowls. She does it with a scoop, a few kibble at a time with about 50% on the floor. She then picks up the bowl and yells the dog’s name. Gy finds it amusing and Pili is absolutely terrified. Sounds about right.
One of the best things about the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is the opportunity to feed a giraffe. They have these amazing long purple tongues that can reach out and wrap around things. Even with their long necks and legs they still extra length to get to the leaves in trees. Moxie, perched up on her father’s shoulders, was not sure what she thought. Strider, though, enjoyed having his head licked. He’s always been weird like that.
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs is wonderful. A whole bunch of us went–cousins, aunts, uncles, strangers we picked up on the way. The fact that the zoo is built on a mountain side means you also get your cardio in too.
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| Strider, Ruby, and Moxie sit on a creepily still and concrete like elephant. |
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| Watching mom feed birds. |
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| Quick water break in the double wagon between animal wresting matches. |
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| Ryan finds the perfect mask. |
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| End of the zoo kiss. |