Ready to go face the Socal winter!

Shopper-in-training

Trader Joe's has these mini-shopping carts for 'shoppers-in-training' that Zooey loves to push around the super-wide aisles.  She also loves putting the groceries in herself - beware the person

who puts something in for her!

"hmmm, 2% or non-fat? soy or almond? am I lactose-intolerant yet? decisions, decisions!"

Daddy and me!

Trick-or-treat

After Disneyland, I took Zooey into downtown Claremont for a little Halloween celebration for kids, including the merchants handing out candy.  We missed most

of the festivities, but she really enjoyed the "trick-or-treat"-ing! 

She especially enjoyed her first lollipop ever!

 This was all the candy she got but she was so happy and kept taking the candy out, putting it back in,  over and over again.  If she could count, I would definitely say she was counting her treasures, making sure none of them went 'missing'...

Halloween

On Halloween, we went to Disneyland with Julie emo and a friend of hers who has a 

son, Lewis, who is two months older than Zooey.  

Here they are (his mom made his Totoro costume!) walking hand-in-hand as we made 

our way to the entrance.  It lasted for about one minute but was so cute. (They were walking SO SLOW! we decided to separate them and coax/push them to move a little faster...) 

At LAX on the way to Hawaii, backpack on and ready to go!

"HOORAY!!!"

Waiting for Dad  to check-in at the Aulani in Hawaii

Timeout

We have started using timeouts as punishment for Zooey and somehow this

little section of wall between the tv and the kitchen has become the designated spot.

We're not sure who taught her to put her arms up like that, but it makes for a cute picture, doesn't it?

crying...

 later that same night...

The next day....

and the next...

We have also taught her that "ddook" means to stop crying, which you can hear in the video.  When we say it, she really does try to stop unless she's in some serious pain or really upset.  

Of course if she's fake-crying (as is often the case), she will stop and give a big smile. 

Soon after I explained "ddook" to her, she accidentally hit me in the face so I pretended to cry.  Then I heard her say "ddook!"  

Any chance to order me around.... 

Strangely enough, she seems quite proud of her 'timeout' spot, and eagerly runs to it when her emos ask her about it.

[not to worry, though she does end up crying, the timeouts are barely a minute long]

Doing the hula

Lovely singing and hula instruction courtesy of Zooey's great-aunt from Korea

Where are you Zooey?

"Here I am!!"

"I'm so cute!" and OOTD #3

Not sure where she picked up this move, but she has decided to 

start posing for pictures like this:

Outfit of the Day #3 (or the Night, in this case)

Already dressed in her doggy pjs after her bath, Little Miss Z decided she wanted to 

wear her hawaiian dress (courtesy of Julie emo and uncle Tim, and yes, 

they bought matching outfits for Jennie and Chuck!!! Just you wait!!!)

On her feet are a pair of stylish monster pumas (thank you uncle Peter!) which are still large enough to wear OVER her footed pjs:

Good Night!!!!

She actually did fall asleep wearing the entire outfit. Sigh.

Hiding spot

Zooey has claimed this narrow space between the bookcase and wall in our

dining room as "her" space, running to it whenever

she wants to hide and/or avoid a diaper change.

 "I can't see you, you can't see me!"

We have a Donald Duck doll that she is a little terrified of.

Of course mean mommy had to play a trick on Zooey:

Narcissus, thy middle name is Zooey

Hard at work with mom

Zooey, fashion designer/model

For the past two weeks, Zooey has wanted her towel wrapped around her as a dress:

She even requested a bow and ordered mommy to add this belt:

Here's a video of her showing off her catwalk at the Honolulu airport: