Cheyenne Mountain Zoo!

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.

Strider, Ruby, and Moxie sit on a creepily still and concrete like elephant.

Watching mom feed birds.

Quick water break in the double wagon between animal wresting matches.

Ryan finds the perfect mask.

End of the zoo kiss.

Dumbarton Oaks

Our dear friend (nemesis) Forde has a fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks.  He is on his way to being the boss of the archaeological world.  Forde took a break from being a fancy pants to hang out with us regular folks and gave us a VIP tour of the grounds. 

We got to see the birthing figure that inspired the piece Indiana Jones traded for a bag of sand in Raiders of the Lost Arc . Turns out it is likely a fake!  The whole movie is ruined for me.  Seriously.  Sigh.

New Year's Eve 2013

This year for New Year's Eve Strider and I fully intended to go to bed at 8 pm and just accept our life as parents of a toddler.  BUT Hannah--our darling cousin--invited us out for dinner to Max's and we decided to just get crazy and hit a bar too.  Moxie got a hat and a noise maker.  She thought that was pretty fabulous.  The Dorsey-Lees were in bed by 9:30.  Woot woot!