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Fall Break

Fall Break started last Wednesday. It was so nice to have 5 days off to just hang out with Keller. Fall Break also equals the end of the first nine weeks which means the school year is 1/4 of the way over. It also means that Christmas break is only 9 weeks away! WooHoo!
Keller and I got to spend a lot of quality time together and it was awesome because I have been so busy lately with school stuff. So on Wednesday we played outside pretty much all day. While we were out in the backyard, Keller discovered dandelions! At first he just walked around the backyard trying to smell them.

But after I picked one and showed him what to do with it he became very fasinated.


So he tried to blow and it tickled his nose,

so then he tried to eat it and quickly realized it doesn't taste so good.
He really was cracking me up because he was fascinated by the stupid weed for about half and hour (which is years in his book). Finally, we moved on to other things though. Wednesday was a big flying day I guess (??) because it was so clear. We live close to Max Westheimer Airport in Norman (small planes fly in and out), so you can always hear planes flying over, plus Tinker AFB isn't too far away either, and we get our share of Air Force jets flying overhead. Later in the afternoon we went back outside and Keller found the perfect spot in the yard to sit and watch the planes.

However, break time was soon over it was down down down the slide.

After sliding we walked down the street to check the mail and Keller ran into the mailman so he decided he could help deliver the mail.

He has the whole key thing figured out. Locked doors do not bother this kid. We are in so much trouble.
On our way back from checking the mail, we decided to check in on our neighbor Neva (she is 90 and lives two doors down and lives all alone, so we check up on her a couple days a week), and Keller learned to play piano! Or rather he taught himself.


On Thursday we went to the park in downtown Norman. My batteries died in my camera so I only got a couple shots of Keller playing, but none of them beat this one! Is he cute or what?!
To end fall break and for the weekend, we headed to Dallas to see my parents. It was great because we got to see Tanner (Unh T!) and Drew (Joo), Tanner's best friend and Air Force buddy since they came to visit for the weekend too. If you follow college football then you know Saturday was NOT a good day for us Sooners fans so I really don't have much to say.
Keller is very into rough-housing right now, but Dad, Tanner, and Drew were at the Air Force game, Mom was taking pictures, and I believe Jed was hanging out with his friend Jim (Beam), so that left me to be Keller's jungle gym. He discovered riding and pretending I am a horse is his new favorite game, so I crawled around my parents' living room floor on my hands and knees for like 2 hours!
Finally, on Sunday the fun and games were over and it was time to head home. We couldn't have left at a better time. I'm sure you heard about the tornadoes in Dallas on Sunday late afternoon/evening? Well, I couldn't resist snapping pics as we drove away from the storm system that produced them. Oh, there is nothing like a midwestern sky...



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