Nightmare

We woke up this morning to hear Zoey crying in her room.  When I went to see her, she said, "Boys were throwing glass at the playground!"  This was the first time that Zoey has ever talked about a dream to us.  Unfortunately it was pretty upsetting to her :(  No worries, nothing a bowl of Lucky Charms can't fix.

Supergirl

Supergirl

Halloween 2011

(old post that never got published)

Last month I noticed Zoey "flying" around the living room, claiming she was Spiderman.  I asked if she meant "Superman", and she agreed.  Earlier that week her daily report from daycare said that she enjoyed playing super heroes, so I can only assume that's where she learned about these fictional characters.  Had she learned from her parents, she would be pretending to be Spawn or Wolverine.

Unlike every year prior, I've been very "meh" about this year's Halloween.  I've repeatedly shown Zoey Tinkerbell costume dresses at the store but she never showed interest.  It wasn't until the week before Halloween did I decide on her costume.  It was between Supergirl and Alice in Wonderland.  I was leaning towards Alice because it was a simple enough dress that I would retrofit several available sewing patterns to accommodate.  Apparently there are zero sewing patterns for super heroes.  I imagine that DC and Marvel are very protective of their trademarks.  Shawn still liked the idea of Supergirl, so I did more research.  Be forewarned that Googling for "Supergirl" can come up with some very inappropriate photos!  Hopefully Zoey will lose interest when she's older ... I found Simplicity's cheerleader costume pattern in a size 2.  My notebook at work has several sketches for how I would make it work for us.  Acquiring the materials and making it was unexpectedly long process ... how could a 2 year-old's outfit be that intensive???  After 12+ hours of sewing and many miles on the car, the costume turned out great!  

Friday was her daycare's Halloween party ... which I didn't find out until the Wednesday before.  I didn't have time to make a cape, just the shirt and skirt.  When I showed her the costume on Friday morning, her whole face lit up and she screamed, "That's MINE?!?"  Once she got it on, she insisted on running around the living room.

That weekend we visited the Texas Memorial Museum to see their Halloween exhibits.  Zoey got to see all kinds of creepy bugs and silly spooky decorations!

  
Halloween night was a great success!  Zoey, Mommy, and Daddy had a great time.  She walked and trick-or-treated herself for several blocks before her pumpkin was too heavy with candy for her to carry, so we called it quits.

Happy Halloween!

Zoey Does Dishes

Zoey Does Dishes

Even though Zoey stayed home sick today, she managed to get some chores done with Daddy.

Zoey's 1st Bike Ride

We bought the "Tyke Toter" back on Shawn's birthday, but it wasn't until yesterday that Zoey became interested in bikes.  She saw cousins Malaya and Gabriel take turns on a little bike, but she didn't quite get the hang of it when it was her turn.  Today she tried out her own tricycles and still couldn't really pedal herself.  We offered her a ride on Daddy's bike and she agreed.  She loved it!  Every time Shawn pulled up on the driveway to stop, she insisted on going again.  Glad we're finally getting some use out of this!

Zoey the Actress

Zoey the Actress

Zoey has been exploring the world of "pretend" and "make believe".  She is enjoying playing with her toys and talking out loud (mostly in gibberish) about what she's doing.  She likes to talk on her toy phones but I'm never sure who's on the other end.  The funniest play she's doing lately is grabbing my nose and pretending to pop it into her mouth.  We make a long game of us chasing her as she giggles without moving her lips.  We ask her to "spit it out!" and we have to pretend pick it up from wherever she chooses to do so.  She's also been spitting them up into the air and pretends to catch them.  The most pathetic pretend play she does now is pretending to sob.  The other day I didn't let her do something (can't remember what), so she proceeded to "cry".  She sat down on the floor and moped.  Then she laid down on her belly, face down, and sobbed.  If you had walked in at this moment, you'd think she'd lost her best friend in the whole wide world.  But watching the entire thing was quite a hoot.  No tears, just well-rehearsed sounding sobs.  Not sure where she picked this up, but it's a good thing Momma is not impressed.

16

16

Zoey had a great day over at her grandparents' house.  We watched her play in her very own kiddie pool that had a dragon head that sprayed water.  She got to swing on the swing set all by herself.  We watched Ice Age and read books and had ice cream.  It was very late when we packed up into the car and drove home, but Zoey was still wide awake (despite her lack of a nap).  She was singing in the car and counting.  She said "nine, ten, eleven ..." and I asked her why she never started at one.  Daddy said, "Zoey ... One ..."  Zoey proceeded to count by herself from one to sixteen out loud!  I'm not surprised she stopped at sixteen ... we have sixteen stairs in our house and we often count them as we go up or down.  Still, that's the longest and most correct I have ever heard her count out loud.  Ok, maybe it's not really counting but repeating a sequence she is familiar with ... she can only really count two.  Not up to two ... just two.  Earlier today she exclaimed that she had two spoons when she did in fact pick up and hold two spoons.  I couldn't get her to say one plate or 3 cups ... no, she only stated her inventory of two.  Still, I'm still beaming with pride.

Sentences and Bugs

Sentences and Bugs

Zoey has suddenly started using sentences this week!  Last Sunday while I was cooking breakfast she walked into the kitchen and said "What are you doing?"  She's now regularly saying "please" without us having to prompt her and remind her of good manners.  She's stringing a lot of words together now, but we don't necessarily know what she's saying!  'A' for effort, though.

Zoey has also become very conscious of insects.  Sugar ants have been running amuck in our kitchen and she will use her index finger to smoosh them.  She will then extend her finger to me so I can remove the ant.  She will start screeching if the ant is not dead and begins crawling around on her.  If she sees a house fly land near her she will also start screeching, pointing, and screaming "Fllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!"  Zoey apparently has zero tolerance for bugs!