she says

in the tub, blowing bubbles, "i can't believe the bubbles with my eyes!"
in the tub yesterday, "i can blow bubbles with my bum." and then she did. she is so talented!



during a pause in normal lunch conversing, "my milk said something." then, just as i was thinking she was hearing things, "my milk made a sound." she's so smart :)




today, i took her to the doctor for an ear infection check. she does have one, but it's not very big so we're going to wait on antibiotics for a couple days to see if it takes care of itself. while at the doctor's office she played with a toy kit with a stethoscope, blood pressure taker (does that thing have a name?), and a pretty cool plastic box of plastic band aids shaped like a slip on bracelet an adult might wear, which made it easy for her to put on. we put them on her doll juju who i brought along to get checked for being sick so zoey would feel comfortable, and not yell in protest while shaking her head as i held her sweaty head still. poor thing. she was miserable to me and to nurse, doctor, people in the waiting room, and she isn't even terribly sick. perhaps she's like me, a little pain makes a big pain in the ass person. anyway, we accidentally stole the band aids which were on juju's knees under her pants! so after a much needed 2.5 hour nap, with a terrible 45 minute crying fit afterwards because daddy, not mommy, was here, she started playing the band aids and juju again.

then she said, "look it's my vagina." as she put the bandage on her ankle. then, while i was wondering if eric heard and trying not to laugh, she said again, "look, it's on my vagina daddy." oh my.

knowing it's not pertinent to laugh at a kid using a word like vagina or penis, we tried to hide our laughter as we wondered what she was thinking. she knows she has a bum, and privates...which i, for the first time i believe, referred to with correct terminology yesterday when i was telling her why we had to wipe her off when changing her diaper. also, i believe we never have talked about ankles until today, so i think that's where the confusion happened.

i'm pretty certain she didn't see/hear us laughing, but later she sang a song, "my vagina, my vagina, my vagina" all sing-songy. it's such juvenile humor, but impossible for us not to laugh (in secret) at. even later in the day, she was playing with the band aids on her ankle again and said, "i' put it on my vagikle" oh boy....

today now

fig. 1, giant mess of crafting on kitchen table we kept coming back to

fig. 2, dvd watching chair, which, if seen, causes immediate request of show (harold and the purple crayon, zoey from sesame street learns to dance, or the snowman)

fig. 3, sicko (7th day of snots and cough, 2nd day of 102 degree fever, 1st day of ultimate crankyness, 2nd dose of thick bubblegum children's tylenol)

fig. 4, ick and thanks

fig. 5, partially eaten lentil soup (sitting on late notice of a book from the library which i never took out, but now have to replace because we cannot "find it" even though we never had it...i think)

fig. 6, persistent, warm rain, dark sky and LARGE winds

fig. 7, productive art project (too bad it only lasted 1 minute as the setup, then cleanup, were each 5 minutes)

fig. 8, i've had harold and the purple crayon theme song in my head ALL DAY

fig. 9, one anna (day 838247 stuck in small quarters with sick toddler)

the pictures don't really show how awful i felt when i took this photo journal, at 5pm today. my shirt had lentil soup, glue, snot, and tears (hers-because of EVERYTHING, and mine-because my sick tired girl would NOT sleep for naptime (i would elaborate on the immense frustration and anger that made me cry at that point, but i'm over it now. ) when eric came home, things got a lot better, as they always do. hope she sleeps tonight.

january 1 2010

see the ball?

on new years day, while still in florida, the three of us went to a playground at the ymca close to my mom's house. we found a soccer ball stuck in a tree and tried to get it down for a while. even zoey tried, and eric got a volley ball stuck in the tree. eventually eric got both balls down. i love spontaneous activities like that. there were about 15 soccer/volley balls in the play area. fun.

new years eve 2009

old girl

johnny appleseed

teef

basketball

running

running with grass

wicked cool

wicked, wicked cool

rock AND bowl

heehee

this is going exactly as i planned!

love this one

yikes.

books are funner than bowling

INTENSE snowboard video game, as you can tell by uncle norm's and eric's expressions

tarpon springs

sponges for sale

fun ride

caged (netted) fury

when she saw this picture she said, "then i wanted to get down."

mirror

no comment

sitting ?!?!

i like this boat

watching the pelicans

mimi singing i think

on the move

over there

sponge garland

camera

my uncle norm let me take photos with his large, heavy, wonderful camera and what a difference it makes. now if they could just get that kind of quality in a tiny hand-held camera, for little money...