halloween party

the monkey rides

fake shy

they trick or treated through the library

full monkey mouth

last tuesday, the mom's club we're part of had a halloween party in the meeting room at the local library. i love kids in costumes. in fact, i used to say kids should wear costumes every day because people will think they're cute, not weird. but those things are expensive! that's why i'm lucky to have received this monkey gem from a friend who's 10 month old son wore it last year. zoey is 15 months and it's too big for her. she's not super small, the friend is super big and cute too. i'm annoyed at the cost of all halloween costumes that are not at thrift stores. WAY to expensive in my opinion. even if you have the money to spare.

anyway, the kiddies decorated pumpkins with painstakingly cutout sticky felt facial features, and walked through the library which is about two rooms long, trick or treating with their little paper sacks and showing off their costumes. i'm sure it was pretty amusing seeing 20 moms coaxing their toddlers in the right direction. "come on zoey, we're going to go trick or treating, let's go see what's in the bowl! follow henry! look what's that!" in retrospect, i wonder if it's really necessary to go through such theatrics. the kids seemed to enjoy it...but probably would have been fine playing on the floor with the toys in nothing but a diaper. i mean, it IS the mom's club. we need to do these things! and then i worry about what i'm teaching zoey...enough? the wrong things? the right things? the necessary to survive things? the creative things...

cousin laughs as usual

happy birthday mimi

mama, "zoey. hold the sign right under your face so i get the perfect picture of your face, with the sign underneath."

mama, "how about on the tray? okay, say cheese, and close your eyes. perfect.
(after all why would mimi want to see your beautiful eyes?!)"

zoey, "yeah right!"

zoey, "i got a sign here"

zoey, "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, i've had enough of this. now i'll go crazy!"

zoey, "i'll never do what you want! i like to crush paper."

peekaboo

well, okay, as long as peekaboo is involved because it's the most fun!

yay!

happy birthday to you dear mimi. we miss you.
love anna, eric and zoey-bird

sophia's birth day

we were walking at battleship cove in fall river when i got the call that kristin and scott's sophia was born! it was a perfectly warm, but not hot, sunny day. aside from the carousel being closed AS IT HAS BEEN THE LAST THREE TIMES WE WENT! for a party grrr, it was a great afternoon.

tired

she got a balloon because she was good at the doctors

i told her to kiss ebony (the cat) so i could take a picture. she suddenly, and for the first time, decided that cats must be kissed squarely on the mouth and spent a few minutes forcibly pulling ebony's head so it would line up with her lips.

they taught her how to put her arms up when cued by the word "touchdown!" i can't resist commanding her and having her react in such a cute understanding way.

i took a two mile walk today because my car is in the shop and now i can barely stand to be awake, but zoey is up and won't go to sleep....

now back to zoey

hmmmm

on a mission

buddies (what is zoey thinking?)

they're usually too busy to smile. lucky to get this one!

yeehaa!

love the bending over stance

headlamp on, ready to camp...in avo's dining room

zoey is in full compliance with the word NO. she doesn't usually mean it. it's so sweet how she says it. no. so cut and dry. then sometimes she just chants it. nonononononono.

she's calling me from her crib as her nap has ended. 2 glorious hours! awesome.

inspiration