first braids

zoey's current hobbies

comfortably floating on her back in the tub

yelling, "i can't here you mommmmmmmy!"

swimming with swimmies

playing with food

visiting avo at the nursing home
yesterday she asked avo, "do your feet feel good?"

conversation with daddy

7-26-09

eric, "where to octopuses and fish live?"
zoey, "i love them!"
eric, "i know you love them, but where do they live?"
zoey, "florida!"

haha

nh friends

happy happy bee

the demians housed zoey and i so we could go to some of the sant bani ashram retreat

after swimming in the burns' pond

ponder

sohani's shoes

sweet bani

happy max

the kids loved helping zoey which made zoey feel very important

violet and zoey examine a small frog

she loved this watering can!

and feeding the goats with auntie jyoti

sohani caught the grasshopper

charcol shop

click on the picture to see zoey's "YARRRRR!!!!" face

zoey's "first" trip to the ocean

eric putting on zoey's bathing shirt suit

twins

trying to keep balance in a wave

stable daddy

naked sun toes

although zoey has been to the ocean many times before, this was the first time she could walk, and go into the water a bit by herself. she was timid of the waves...i was a bit surprised at this. she's a two year old now, almost by the book does she act...

i was my usual anal self, regarding sand mostly...i can't stand a grain of sand or more in my mouth, so of course, i assume everyone else is the same. egocentric? a little!!!

while eric was playing with zoey down by the water i "set up" her snack/rest/warm up area with much thought and worry of course. with his herculean strength in full splendor, eric dragged the stroller across feet of thick sand to our squatting area. it was used as our hauling cart, but also would be a good place to have zoey hang out. because GOD FORBID she get sand where it "shouldn't be"...which to me is, on your body anywhere, and especially in the eyes or mouth.

those of you who know me even a little are thinking, "huh!?" because i LOVE the beach, sand, water, getting messy...and as my mom remembers i even used to come out of the water then wallow in the sand like a dog on a smelly rug. still, i have issues with sand, at the innapropriate times, like when you are eating.

so, to warm her up, we bundled zoey in a towel, pinned her into her stroller, and gave her some food. she liked that. i did too because i always feel more relaxed when she's happy AND contained.

it was a lovely time, i want to do it again soon!

independence day 2009

rockabyebaby

zoey is a singing bird at the dinner table almost every night...lately she likes to sing/yell "rock a bye baby". this was the first time she "ate" corn on the cob too...but she just played with it, as she almost always does with vegetables and fruit.