November

 Cora was not amused when Bohdin and Nyla wrapped her up in tape.

Nyla is loving insects right now.  She spent a lot of the summer with the roly polies and she has always liked butterflies.  Her room in Kentucky would get a lot. 

 Cora combing her long Rapunzel hair.  Nana made fabulous dresses for the girls along with a cape and long hair.  Bohdin has a cape as well.


 Because of the way the buildings are oriented and the direction of the wind most of the leaves in the neighborhood ended up in our yard.  The kids had a lot of fun playing in it for maybe two weeks.  Other kids would come by and play out there too.  One day gusts of wind blew and swirled the leaves up into the air like a tornado. 

Nyla has forgotten the old name of Flower she used to prefer and has been going by the name of Cupcake for several months.  It started sometime in the summer.  She still wants to be called Cupcake and Cora will occasionally call her that.  

The kids took advantage of the first frost of the season to play at the playground.  They like slippery slides and ramps.  I think this time was more of a light coating of ice.  I remember it being really slippery and several falls.

Nyla was part of the Nutcracker ballet on post.  The teacher did a great job with the girls.  They didn't have too much practice time compared to other productions and the show was still very enjoyable.  Nyla was one of the Chinese dancers.  

For Thanksgiving we went to Texas to be with Nana and Papa.  On the way we stopped and saw cousins and Grandpa in Arkansas.  I'm really regretting being too lazy to take the camera in now.  We were at Chucky Cheese for a few hours celebrating R-'s birthday.  The kids had a lot of fun and it was great to see cousins again including the new baby. 

The highlight of the time in Texas was visiting the botanical garden.  An incredible new children's area opened up and the kids loved it.  They still talk about and ask to go back.  It was very impressive and we will definitely go back again.