dinosaurs + zoo

sunbeams

They sing this at preschool.

If all the sunbeams were candy bars and milkshakes

I'd want to be standing outside

with my mouth open wide

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

bug cakes!

Yesterday at Costco I got the BEST cake pan EVER! It makes these 5 bug-shaped cakes. And the simple vanilla cake recipe printed on the back of the box was delicious and perfect. I didn't show them to Zoe until they were all done. Very exciting!

it's a machine

rock tower

blocks & marbles

Good Dancer

Pete is trying to play "happy birthday" on the piano while Zoe shows us her moves.

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This morning on Team UmiZoomi a baby comet fell from space and they helped it find its mommy. I know these videos are really dark, but it was really early in the morning. Zoe is sitting on a chair, looking out the front window with her binoculars because, apparently, we don't have a telescope for her to use.

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dance show

tea party

Locks Box

Dad made this awesome box that is 16 small boxes that each open with a different key. I finally got the boxes numbered and then I made a "map" for Zoe and labeled each of the keys with a different picture. I showed her how to match up the keys with the numbers and find the correct lock to open. I put some of her Littlest Pet Shop Toys inside each of the boxes. Fun! I can change the map symbols & key tags easily and make them more complicated as she learns to read, etc.

zoe's camera

ho ho the mistletoe

where's tammy?

octopus

not a book.

Zoe is opening the cottage from Nana Jo. I don't know why she thinks it's a book. And I also don't know why she sounds so disappointed that it is not a book. But it's funny.

blowing out the candles

Zoe put the candles in the cupcakes and she wanted a candle in each one, which is why there are 7 instead of 3. While we were singing happy birthday she yelled "stop singing!" at us - hence the joke at the end of the video. The first candle that kind of sizzles & goes out is the one that she spit on instead of blowing on. I guess she kind of spit on all of them. We didn't really eat these, they were just for the song & candles.

build a bear