life according to zoë

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

My first movie!!

For Easter....after I collected all the eggs the Easter bunny left me, and opened everything in my basket...mommy and daddy took me to see my first real movie, in a real cinema!

When they announced we were going to the movies, I was so excited. I went straight upstairs to my room to get clean clothes, my purse and some carefully selected personal items, so I would be ready for the big event.

We went to see Horton Hears a Who.

We arrived at the cinema, and everything was so big and exciting. Right away, I noticed a big poster with a dinosaur on it and was sure to point it out. Mommy made sure to get a big bag of popcorn, and a bag of candy, along with the drink box she snuck into her purse. Mommy and daddy were very pleased, becayse apparently the credit card machine crashed right as they were ringing us up, so we got all our food for free!

We then walked into a very large and dark room...at first I was kind of scared, but daddy picked me up and took us to our seats. I sat right in the middle of mommy and daddy and held on to a twizzler stick, my milk, my purse, and a stuffed animal fish (from Aunt Lesley a whole ago) that I brought along.

After the previews, I thought it was time to go home..I grabbed my stuff, and announced "I am ready to go home". Mommy and daddy told me the movie was just about to start, and I needed to be quiet. What is the deal with previews that last so long? So, I sat on mommy's lap, and watched the entire movie. I did better than other children in the theater who couldn't sit still as well as I could.

It was so much fun, and I felt like such a big girl...I can't wait to go again! I can't stop talking about it.

Monday, March 24, 2008

I'm 3!!!

I am 3 years old!!

(the necklace is from one of my Barbies, and I insisted on wearing it. I thought it would look good with this dress)

I know that being 3 makes my mommy a little sad. She thinks I am going to grow up to fast and leave her. But I remind her every day that I love her and give her a big hug. I think that makes her really happy.

This is the first year my birthday fell on a weekday, and that weekday happened to be right in the middle of my week-long episode of the flu. Luckily, I was healthy by my birthday which was on the following Sunday. Unfortunately, my birthday is in the middle of flu season, and out of 7 friends that were supposed to come...only 2 were healthy and able to make it, my BFF, Lily, and my good friend, JD.

Grandma Joy was here for the party too, and so was Aunt Lesley. I was so happy to have my family here. I wish I could see them more often.

Even though the party was smaller than planned, I still had a totally fun time. I got to eat lots of pizza, lots of cake, and open lots of presents, and play with my friends. Mommy and daddy decorated with lots of balloons, and we loved carrying them all over the house.

This year, mommy was sure not to get a blue cake like last year since blue ended up everywhere. This year, she made sure it was mostly white, but still cool:

I got to pick out my plates and napkins, which had girlie skull and crossbones on them.

Let's take a look at my first 2 birthdays:

And now - I am a little neater..don't you agree?

I received tons of great presents this year. One of my absolute favorites is my new Playmobil dollhouse that Grandpa Jerry sent. It only took mommy and daddy 2 hours to put together. The plane was from mommy and daddy:

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Grandpa George

Grandpa George will always be remembered and in our hearts.

I am so glad I got to meet him last month, I just wish I had a chance to know him longer.

We just returned from England, the second time in a month, and adjusting again to the correct time zone. Once I am rested and back to normal, I will tell all about our meeting with family and our trip.