Amanda's Bridal Shower

This weekend, Zoe & I travelled to Stevensville to attend Amanda's Bridal Shower. There was lots of yummy food (Zoe really enjoyed the chocolate covered strawberries) & lots of presents for Aunt Amanda to open. Zoe had fun "helping" her until the ice cream cake was served.

Basement Work

While Zoe & I went to the bridal shower, Tony stayed home to work on the basement. Saturday, Andy & the girls came over to assist.

Zoe Quote of the Day

Daddy: "Zoe, how does my haircut look?"

Zoe:"Ridiculous!"

Roses...

finally...after 10 years...Tony got me roses for the first time ever for Valentine's Day this year!!

Roller Skating with "Dora & Deigo"

This morning, we went roller skating with a couple who claimed to be Dora & Deigo. They were the worst costumes ever... Tony referred to them as Zombie Dora/Deigo and he might have been right. Zoe wouldn't get near them (& really who could blame her), but had a fun time nonetheless.

Zombies?!?

This is not a bad photo...if anything they look a little better than they did in person!!

The chicken dance?!?

15 weeks...

Happy 2nd Birthday Ava!!

Today, we helped Ava celebrate her 2nd birthday. Zoe had fun playing with Poppa and Carson. I enjoyed the two delicious pieces of cake I had (I mean, I am eating for two, right?).

Too cute...

Zoe in curlers...

Free Cat to a Good Home!!

(Well, okay it doesn't have to be that great of home.) He has a great heart (okay, not really, he actually has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which will kill him someday, but, we already spent the thousands of dollars required to take him to specialists to discover this. Don't worry he only needs heart medicine - in pill form- twice a day - which he refuses to take). Otherwise, he is a perfectly loving cat (well, there is that time he attacked me on the stairs & I ending up breaking my toe, but that was a long time ago & I am sure somehow my fault.) He is litter-box trained (but he won't use it - I just cleaned up the stinkiest pooh ever - I mean, it actually woke me up at 4:30am - I am sure that there is something wrong with the two litter boxes we now have - we put an extra litter box in my bathroom - which I had to abandon because the smell bothers me now so much that now I share Zoe's bathroom.) He is very pretty with long orange/white hair (which isn't quite so pretty after it's been coughed up in a hairball that I stepped in in the kitchen on my way to get the floor cleaner for the pooh in the dining room - also at 4:30 in the morning - also very stinky!!) Anyway, like I said, free cat to ANY home!!

A "Great" Time

This evening, Zoe came in from swimming class and I asked her if she had fun. She said she had a great time. She let go of her bar-bell & the lifeguard had to jump in.

Hmmm...A great time when she had to be rescued by the lifeguard. This apparently also involved filling out some paperwork on Tony's part, as anytime a lifeguard gets wet they have to file an incident report. Apparently, I missed an exciting swim class...

Shannon & Emily Come & Visit

Shannon & Emily stayed with us Saturday - Tuesday. The girls had a great time playing together & we even went and saw the Veggie Tales movie: Pirates who don't do anything.

They are seen here wearing their new matching PJ's, enjoying some candy hearts that Kathy sent for them & getting ready to watch the mermaid Barbie movie.

Splash Universe

To "celebrate" MLK Jr. Day, we went to Splash Universe. Zoe had a great time!!

Salon Mère

This evening Zoe went to the exclusive Salon Mère to have her hair cut...

Not too bad for my 1st hair cut - plus the price was right...

Bluffton Christmas Parade

Waiting for the parade to start...brrrr!!

No parade is complete without a Buckeye "float" with an inflatable Brutus.

Santa & Mrs. Claus on the fire truck.

Cookie Day

Over 100 dozen cookies...

Go Bucks!!

Today, Ohio State defeated Michigan & Zoe apparently picked up a few things from the cheerleaders...

Tea Anyone...

Zoe decided to host a tea party today using her princess dixie cups. She is expecting 24 very skinny people (& yes, each cup has "tea" in it).

OSU-Illinois

Tony & I went to the disappointing Ohio State & Illinois football game today. It was cold & sad...darn that Juice Williams...

Zoe's New Dress

My mom made this cute dress for Zoe...

A little bit of drama...

This evening Tony & Zoe had a disagreement over a sweater.

At dinner, the conversation went like this:

Zoe: "Daddy hurt my feelings."

Me: "What did he do to hurt your feelings?"

Zoe: "He broke my heart."

Her 1st broken heart -- at only 3 1/2 -- over a sweater