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:

Saying goodbye

We had a couple of days to say goodbye to baby before he went to live with his grandma.

One last round of Beatles songs:

A 9-page letter:

Final snuggles:

Spelling bee

Coop was one of the two finalists in his classroom spelling bee, so he was a contestant in the school spelling bee.  (Along with his friend Molly!)

He and Molly both went out in the 12th round.  Coop on the word "antecedents."