Today, Rita did Moxie’s hair in a pretty cool way. I wanted to get a couple pictures of it for fun. So I decided to take Moxie outside. (Cool photography trick: take pictures outside where there is light.) 

However, Moxie had some conditions.

The first three were easily satisfied.  She needed a stick (to be obtained outside), a bottle of milk (of course), and absolutely no shoes.

The no shoes was definitely not negotiable, as she indicated by putting her finger to my mouth and saying “nooooooo.”  Not only was she not going to where shoes, I wasn’t even allowed to talk about it.  All said, though, this is was not an issue, though it was a little dicey when, later, we found this:
and this:

But that was all ok.  The real problem was her last demand.  This is best explained with a picture:
In fact, the hat requirement extended to the photographer too:

(The leaves are a whole other story.  One she has to tell, because I’m really not sure why she made us do that.)
Once, there was a dog.  The dog was very friendly, but wary of dinosaurs.  The triceratops really wanted to meet this dog, so she allowed herself to be turned into a little girl for a few minutes.  And that is how we caught a brief glimpse of her beautiful hair:
But not for long!  (These are taken not a minute after the last picture.)

For those curious about the hair, here’s a couple bad pictures, but they are the best I got showing the style:

After dinner, we went on another walk.  While the accoutroments varied in the specific, the spirit was the same.  A truck had just passed for the first picture.  She really likes trucks, especially the ones that wave at her.

On Thanksgiving morning Grizzly, Strider, Moxie, and I went for a walk in the woods behind our house.  Oh, we took the dogs too.  Melanie, Griz’s wife, was also at the house but slept through the hike in preparation for the day’s festivities. Gyges and Pili hadn’t been back in the woods for a while so it was all very exciting.  Lots of sniffing to do.  We got to see the giant trees that fell during Super Duper Storm Sandy.

Grizzly and Moxie decided to wear fun hats during the walk: Moxie in a cupcake and Grizzly with wings.  Jess stole the hat from Grizzly because she is a wuss.  You will note that Strider and I are totally bundled up and Griz has only a long sleeve shirt.  He spent much of his early life in Mongolia and thus is very comfortable in cold weather.  He actually radiates heat.

They dressed like twins.

Somehow Griz got stuck walking the dogs (heehee).

They aren’t actually smiling–these are the facial expressions of men looking directly into the sun.

These two had lots to discuss.  Topics ranged from software to make movies to high jumping techniques.