I'm ready for my massage!

Mmmmmmmm......

Chocolate bear care of Trader Joe's mini-cones!!

She loved the look of these donuts and, if you look closely, there's one 

bite taken from each quarter!

Camera shy

Z is becoming wary of the parental paparazzi. 

More and more, she demands "no pictures!" 

Sigh....

Zooey's art show

Z is beginning to enjoy herself with her painting. . .

. . .but she has decided that she can be her own canvas as well. 

Remember these. . .

Z puckers up!

Zooey is TWO

We said we weren't going to make a big deal of Z's 2nd birthday. And we didn't, but we ended up celebrating twice--once on Feb 17th, then again the following weekend with some family.

This Minnie Mouse backpack was a gift from her nanny, Joann.  I wish we had a video

of this.  Joann didn't have wrapping paper and just brought it in a plastic bag, so of

course Zooey wasn't interested in opening it when we handed it to her.

She tried to push it away but I started opening the bag for her - when she saw it, she started

squealing and was super, super excited.  

It's like we had a real little girl on our hands, she's not a baby anymore....

Fashion plate!

Z is wearing big girl couture. . .

. . .and knows how to sell it!

 Earrings(clips), necklace, and baubles care of Ellen Eemo!

Temporary Tatoo!

Cute shots

We know, we know.  We've been delinquent with our updates, but somehow Jennie and I both got real busy real fast. We promise to add some new posts soon, but we hope you enjoy these new pictures.

FYI, she now counts to 10 (sometimes with a little help), knows her basic colors, and now excellently makes her demands known in 3+ word sentences.

Good night!

Hiding!

Swiiiinnngg!

Although Zooey's been going on the swings for a while, she reached 

a new level of enjoyment in the past couple of weeks.  She now LOVES it and 

spends about 80% of her time at the playground on the swings, whether

the 'baby' ones or the 'big kid' ones.

 

For some reason, she likes to close her eyes while swinging, I guess to fully 

experience the 'flying' sensation that she now loves.

She will often yell out "fy-ing, fy-ing!" when she's not

yelling "higher! higher!"

Chef Zooey!

Last week, Zooey and I were both a little bored and both craving a little

something....chocolate-y (yes, we BOTH were craving!)

A quick look in the pantry yielded a chocolate cake mix (don't judge!) and so we baked

I was pretty impressed with her focus and dexterity when pouring the mix into the cups!  Of course there was a bit of a mess, but I was expecting much worse...

The finished product:

 (doesn't seem too convinced it's edible...)

yummy!