January

Mini sweet treats:

Regular sized sweet treats:

Facial masks:

Ready to head back to school in new vest and bowtie:

Folding and organizing t-shirts:

Wrapping up KC

Lunch at the original Fritz's restaurant:

The heater in our AirBnb wasn't working, so we rounded up all of the space heaters we could find:

Carmen, Vada, and I found the perfect breakfast place:

Museum of Illusions

Pretty fun place for the kids!

This is Cooper + Vada face:

Hall of mirrors:

Vertigo-inducing hallway:

Union Station

Watching model trains:

(See the Morton Salt can in the background?)

Buca di Beppo

Family dinner on the plaza:

CocoKey Resort

We took Vada and Cooper to Coco Key water park for a couple of hours:

Water slide:

KC Christmas

My folks and sisters all met up in KC for Christmas.  Mom and Dad had wrapped dollar bills in a roll of festive toilet paper that the kids had to unwrap:

And then we had a fashion show with the toilet paper:

I got everyone viewfinders with family photos:

Late December

Coop with the Pet World bird, Gray:

Putting together Legos:

Building a salt-powered robot:

Success:

Baldwin City Christmas

We had a lovely Christmas morning in Baldwin City.  New shirt, tie, and hat for Cooper:

And santa brought a record player:

Wichita Christmas

Alan, Ally, Cooper, and Juliette had a fabulous Christmas in Wichita, complete with a visit to Cow Town and a carriage ride:

Coop got a much-desired lego set:

Complete by the end of Christmas day!

Celebrations

Decorating for Christmas:

Coop's 2018 ornament: The Beatles naturally:

 At Scarlett's Gone with the Wind 1st birthday party: