A Birthday Blast

The Frousins blew in for a quick birthday party for Nolan at Pinstack and and a less than quick after-party at Brian and Hayley's house. As always, frousins, fun, and food make for another great night!

Happy Birthday, Keira!

Keira turned 11 today, although ask her and it would just not be accurate enough. 

She was born on September 22nd at 2:39 PM, thank you very much :)

That is our Keira for you.

Keira facts:

Favorite color - purple

Birthday meal - dinner at Chuy's and bundt cakes for desert

Favorite food - Spicy chips, French toast casserole

Favorite fast food - Chick-fil-A

Favorite junk food - Sunkist,gummy owls

Least favorite food - peanut butter

Favorite doll - Elizabeth (American Girl doll)

Favorite video game - Minecraft

Favorite vacation - castles in Germany

Favorite book - Betsy and Tacy

Favorite Harry Potter book - Prisoner of Azkaban

Favorite book you have written - Butterfly Girl

Favorite tv show - Little House on the Prairie

Currently watching - The Dark Crystal

Goal for year - write a book

Best Friends - Emma, Jane, Kaili, Mercy, Scarlett, Giselle

Favorite memory from the last year - Minnesota waterfall on our Prairie road trip

Favorite animal - cheetahs, sloths, penguins

Future job/career - author

Rural suburbs or city? - older suburbs

Dream Nutcracker role - Russian dancer

Birthday presents - writing desk (Mom and Dad), 50 dollar bill (Uncle Peter), journal and writing supplies (Grandma and Grandpa), horse riding lesson (Uncle Craig)

Favorite plant - camellia

Cat or dog - cat

Time travel - Salem witch trials

Favorite school subject - English

Favorite Kassidy toy - Felicity

Least favorite school subject - Botany

Favorite thing to do with Mom - go hiking

Favorite thing to do with Dad - read books at night

Favorite thing to do with Lukas - tell Kassidy that Master Joe is not real

Favorite thing to do with Katharine - look at kittens and draw

Favorite thing to do with Lennon - goofing around

Favorite thing to do with Kassidy - ride bikes

Favorite season - Fall

If the house were burning she would grab - Heart (fav stuffed animal), a writing journal, and her money box

Looking forward to in 2020- going on point at dance/ballet

What scares you - Peter Pettigrew (from the Harry Potter books)

All Dolled Up

This is how Keira arranged all of her dolls on the night before her birthday.

You can tell that something special was brewing!

Penciling in the Pew

Sermon scribbles by Kassidy and Keira.

Kassidy goes for the usual weirdo art splash page (which I love because it is so weird) and Keira starts writing a new story.

Happy Birthday Lennon

Happy 12th birthday to our smart (and smart alek) boy, Lennon.

We really lucked out with yet another one.

Sorry for the sweaty hair pics- have we ever mentioned how hard a worker he is?

Lennon facts:

Favorite color - red
Favorite food - Chinese and Chick-fil-A
Favorite junk food - coke and gum
Least favorite food - peanut butter
Favorite streamers - Chap and Rel_fn
Favorite games - Minecraft, fortnight, over watch, Borderlands, Gloomhaven
Prefers playing on a Switch rather than the big tv
Currently reading (an loving) -  The Giver
Favorite movie - Avengers End Game
Best friends - Nolan, Fox, Santi, Andrew and Pierre
Favorite soccer pro players -  Barrios and Paxton Pomykal
Favorite video game pro -  mr freshasian
Future career - something sports related
Rural, suburbs or city? - city
Vacation dreams - NYC and Germany
Birthday presents - cookies, gum, Mexican coke, Switch Lite, games
Cat or dog? - dog
Where would you go if you could time travel? - Back to 2013/2014 
Favorite school subjects - Science and German
Least favorite school subjects - English
Favorite Mom activities - driving with her and cooking
Favorite Dad activities - going to FC Dallas games
Favorite Lukas activities - playing Borderlands 
Favorite Katharine activities - playing Minecraft
Favorite Keira activites - playing Minecraft
Favorite Kassidy activities - playing Fortnite
Favorite comic book character - Spider-Man
Fav season - Fall
If the house was burning, he would grab the following form his room -  pillow, kindle fire, bucket of clothes/soccer uniforms, blanket
Looking forward to in 2020 - The Summer Olympics
What scares him - Being alone in the dark and on boats

Birthday Meal

The Doescher birthday/holiday season is kicking off this week. 

We ordered in Chinese food for Lennon's birthday meal a few days early, so that we can spread things out a little better.

Lennon asked for dumplings, egg rolls, white rice and a coke.

Morning Recital

Dance class season is in full swing, and the morning recitals have started up again.

And this one came with a playbill!