On her birthday, she woke up happy, we played in our room, then in the front room, then grabbed breakfast.. she picked soup.. handed it to me and said "twist mommy". It was zoo shaped noodles in tomato sauce, similar to the alphabet soup I usually feed her, so I was treated to a round of her singing the alphabet song.
so she is now 2 and can count to 15 in english, 10 in spanish. She pretty much knows the alphabet song (although I don't know if she knows each letter).. she can also sing "twinkle twinkle" "row row your boat", the chorus to "down by the bay", as well as "sunny days, taking the clouds away" (the seseme street song) and "rain rain go away". She is still in love with Dora and Diego, and can say a bunch of spanish words: up, down, hello, goodbye, open and close.. up and down are her current favorites, especially when we are walking in Downtown Victoria and she wants to get down and walk on her own.
I had to work part of the time on Friday, she was will Ally.. been a long time since they were together.. she didn't like it at first, but Ally and her spent 1.5 hours coloring with chalk.. Zoe's other favorite thing is coloring.. she'll spend at least 20 minutes with her coloring books, and really puts down color. We spend a lot of time drawing, especially when out at resturants.. I'm getting pretty good at Dora and Diego, Boots,.. the rest are coming along. She knows stars, triangle, circles, squares, diamond, and hearts and all her colors (although still occassionally switches black for white).
After dinner that night, she openned her gifts from Nana and Grammpa.. she loved them all.. magic wand, dora backpack, small dora lunch pack, doctor's kit, socks, small stuffed animal purses... she walked around with the backpack, lunch pack, dr. kit stethoscope and wand for at least an hour, and somewhere in the process found my crocs and walked in them too. (pics and video to go here)
The next morning she got up early.. 7am.. we started on the party cupcakes, ate breakfast (a cupcake! and some meat), then her dad took her on a mission to dispose of the garbage we can't get the darn trash guys to take.. that kept them away for at least an hour or more.. I was able to completely vacuum the house, finish cooking and ice'd about half the cupcakes.. I think my lady bug cupcakes turned out the best..there were a few others like lions, pandas, a cat... (pictures to go here)
The party went well.. Zoe fell asleep 20 minutes before it started (3:40) ;) and slept until about 5:15 (as soon as I had my dinner plate fixed but not sampled).. then she spent 1 hour attached to my hip.. then I pulled out cupcakes and she was finally on her own two feet.
The ladybug cupcakes left quite a smile on the kids:
All the little ones (4 of them: Jeremy, Panos, Zoe and Rosemary) played in the yard, when they started to fight over balls, I brought out the tents and tunnels.. should have done that sooner.. they had a ball. But then everyone got tired, and the party thinned out fast.
After everyone left, we opened gifts...She was spoiled by gifts (even though I put a "no presents necessary".. we are surrounded by very thoughtful people)...
In no particular order:
From James and Julie and Liam: wood fruit and veggies that can be "cut" (un velco-d) a part with a toy knife (very cool!)
From Tiffany Panos George: Terry hot pink dress (like to go over a swimsuit?) and Wood play house.. so cute.. I got Zoe unwrapping it on video.. I can't remember what she said, but it was darn cute.
From Ray, Lynn, Derek, Kate: softest little kitty stuffed animal... she calls him "night-night".. he is just like our Midnight, but has white paws.
From Alexandra and family: lovely gap green dress and tank top
From Shawn & Brian: Headband of roses and a flower wand (great addition to our dress-up box!)
From Shona and Paul: Activity Apron (could you imagine if I can get her to paint or, hey, even do dishes!)
From Jeremy, Rebecca and George: Music set (2 "bracelets" with bells, tamborine, xylaphone)
From us she received a Dora counting game, new crayons, coloring books (she picked out, you guessed it, Dora), new sand toys, Dora socks, Dora Shoes
It was a very happy day, she is a very happy, smart, active, talkative, two year old.
Oh, and she learned, one day before her birthday, to say "No" to any question we ask her, regardless of having thought about it.. I guess she really is two!
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