Mona does Wichita

Moxie Media sent their gal Mona on a whirlwind tour of the US (see below for more info) and we were pleased to be her tour guides smack dab in the middle… geographically, at least! Kansas is not where I grew up but my kids were both born here and we've learned to love the simple pleasures of the Sunflower State.



Invisible jets might be de riguer for superheroines but Roo felt it was her responsibility to make a carseat for Mona. Five year olds know best!



One of our favorite destinations is the Great Plains Nature Center. It gives you a glimpse of what Wichita was like, before the onslaught of suburban sprawl. This little bit of prairie is actually just across a busy road from the Home Depot but you would never know it from the peaceful trails…



Feeding the turtles and ducks with Mona:





Proof that Mona went a little wild in Wichita!



Thanks for visiting, Mona! We hope to see you again soon.

Moxie Media is hosting a week-long event called Around the Blogosphere in 5 Days which follows their mascot Moxie Mona as she crosses the country, visiting the sites of approximately 65 different blogs:

Monday, September 21

California: Forever Folding Laundry, The R Family Diaries, From Dates to Diapers

Oregon:Good N Crazy

Washington: Beauty and the Little Beast

Nevada: It’s a Beauty Filled Life

Montana: Sacred & Profane

Idaho: The Petersons Go Public

Wyoming:A Life Less Sweet

Utah: Pulsipher Predilections and Pooba

Colorado: Cheapskate Mom

Arizona: One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five

Tuesday, September 22

Minnesota: The Extraordinary Ordinary

Nebraska: Newly Wed, Newly Bred

Iowa: Fighting Off Frumpy

Wisconsin: Ann Rant’s

Illinois: Look It’s Megryansmom

Kansas: Superdumb Supervillain

New Mexico: Color Me Untypical

Texas: Baby Makin(g) Machine, A Southern Fairytale, June Cleaver Nirvana, and Tree, Root, and Twig

Oklahoma: Decisionally Challenged

Arkansas: A Daily Dose of Toni

Wednesday, September 23

Louisiana: Crazy Adventures in Parenting and Keep It Classy

Mississippi: Flip n’Crazy

Georgia: The Blog Rollers

Florida: Live.Love.Eat

Georgia: Cutie Booty Cakes and Lattes and Life

South Carolina: My Three {And Me} and Momspective

North Carolina: The World According to Me

Tennessee: Suburb Sanity

Thursday, September 24

Kentucky: Alas 3 Lads

Michigan: Buried with Children

Indiana: Moosh in Indy and Adventures in Babywearing

Ohio: Chefdruck Musings

West Virginia: My Life As It Should Be

Virginia: Lulaville

Pennsylvania: Stacy’s Random Thoughts, Feels Like Home, and My iRish Twins

Maryland: parenting BY dummies and Barely Domestic

Friday, September 25

Maryland: Twofer Mom

New York: Yaya Stuff

New Jersey: Project Mommyhood

Connecticut: Always Home and Uncool

Rhode Island: Loving Mom Two Boys and A Wrinkle in Time

New Hampshire: One Dream, Two Hearts

Massachusetts: Jiggety Jigg

And, returning to California: The Scattered Mind of a Tattooed Minivan Mom, Ummmm, and Under the Sheets-shhh