Thursday, March 29, 2007

Roller Skating with the Easter Bunny!! 3-29-2007


This morning, Zoe went *roller skating* with the Easter Bunny!! Disappointingly, the Easter Bunny didn't actually roller skate. I mean, if you were "really" good, you could skate in one of those costumes.
Anyway, you will also notice there are no pictures of Zoe with the Easter Bunny as she was too scared to get much closer to him than 6 feet. This is Zoe's 2nd time skating and she did a really good job - actually skating a bit. Last time was entirely comprised of roller-walking. She did manage to take both of us down once & I took us down another time. Of course, the best part was the easter eggs - which contained chocolate candy.


Monday, March 26, 2007

Happy Birthday Zoe!! 3-26-2007



What beautiful weather we had today (sunny and 80 - haha to those people in Arizona, it's not *always* bad weather here). Zoe and I spent most of the day outside. We blew bubbles & played hopscotch. Then, after a birthday lunch of grilled cheese, we walked up to Cold Stone & Zoe enjoyed some beary berry blue ice cream. We stopped at the park on the way home and then she had a nap. For supper, Miss Susan, Daddy (with 3 balloons) & the Saunders met us at Red Robin for Zoe's birthday supper. She especially enjoyed her free ice cream sundae. Zoe had a good day (although I don't think she really understood that today was her birthday!!)

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Zoe's Birthday Party!! 3-24-2007


Today, we celebrated Zoe's birthday with my side of the family. Zoe had a great time blowing out the candles & opening all of her presents - she now has an entire summer wardrobe due some very generous grandparents. Lots of princesses could be found at the party - including Cinderella's castle (one of the cakes), books, dolls and lots of clothes.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Making Supper 3-22-2007

This morning, while I peacefully (read accidentally) dozed on the couch, Zoe lovingly made me supper -- on the kitchen floor -- using new bags of powered & brown -- that she opened using scissors -- my good "fabric only" scissors (she tried to used the kitchen shears, but couldn't figure out to get them unlocked) -- the scissors were obtained from the supposedly "locked" den (locked due to previous incident - see below). This is the last of many such incidents in the past week or so. These include:

-> Putting on make-up - using an entire tube of lipstick & mascara
-> Rubbing an entire glue stick on the foot of our bed
-> Emptying 3 things of chapstick in various places
-> "Cleaning" her room - this means emptying everything out of her dresser onto the floor.
-> Getting black paint all over herself (including her hair - which may still have paint in it) & on the floor of the den
-> Squirting suntan lotion all over the floor of her room & her crib & the footstool & the wall & the book shelf & the books.

I've come to the only appropriate conclusion -- that the next stage of toddler development involves her being tied to a chair since she obviously cannot be trusted once she is out of my sight -- the suntan incident having occurred while she told me she was playing with her dollhouse...

Anyway, I was too furious about the other incidents to have taken a photo, but Tony asked me to document this one (apparently there is some doubt in his mind that they are actually taking place)...


Sunday, March 18, 2007

3-18-2007 Trip to Louisville



This weekend, Tony & I went to Louisville, KY to see the Blue Man Group - as my Valentine's Day gift to him. We stopped in Blufton on the way down to celebrate Uncle Ben's birthday & to drop Zoe off. We left Bluffton Saturday morning and stopped in Cinncinati to watch the Ohio State BB game (very close to Xavier actually). We stayed at The Brown hotel in downtown Louisville - home of the famous "Hot Brown" sandwich - which neither Tony nor I actually had. Saturday night we went to the show - which was very good - with lots of stuff we had seen before, but lots we hadn't also. We headed home on Sunday.

Friday, March 16, 2007

3-16-2007 Happy Birthday Uncle Ben!!


We celebrated Uncle Ben's birthday on this Friday. Zoe, as always, enjoyed helping him blow out the candles and unwrapping his gifts. She even told him what was in them - before he opened them - as she had helped me wrapped them.

Saturday, March 03, 2007

3-3-2007 Happy Birthday Uncle Matt!!


After going to the OSU - Michigan basketball game, we celebrated Uncle Matt's 18th birthday. Zoe helped him blow out the candles & enjoyed her frosting. (Yes, Uncle Matt is a Michigan fan, but we won't hold it against him - well, not too much anyway).

Friday, March 02, 2007

3-2-2007 Princesses on Ice


Today, Zoe & I went to see Princess on Ice at the Palace of Auburn Hills. It was a neat show & Zoe had a great time - especially since she got to wear her Cinderella dress to the show.