Zoe the dalmation
Katy at 7:46 PM
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Becca wants some candy too (but she's not going to get any, poor kid)
Katy at 7:45 PM
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The girls admire their loot
Katy at 7:44 PM
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Finished jack o'lanterns! Zoe designed the one on the left.
Katy at 7:43 PM
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Princess Zoe at her birthday party
Katy at 9:40 PM
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Counting to Seven
ONE bright idea by mama: make princess skirts for Zoe's birthday party
TWO: the number of months ahead mama started planning for the skirts
THREE: a tie: number of trips to the fabric store to buy supplies (the second and third times to buy things previously forgotten due to poor planning and/or poor math, such as calculating that 12 divided by 2 is 8); and the number of weeks ahead of time that mama started cutting fabric and telling herself, "No problem, I'll all over this."
FOUR: the number of hours spent madly sewing princess skirts the night before the party
FIVE: the number of times mama had to tear out seams due to stupid mistakes
SIX: a three way tie: the number of times mama cursed herself for ever starting this stupid project; the number of drinks mama longed for while finishing this project; and the number of hours of sleep mama got after going to bed at 1 a.m.
SEVEN: the number of friends wearing princess skirts at your daughter's fourth birthday party: PRICELESS
Katy at 9:35 PM
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Birthday Princesses (modelling their special princess skirts)
Katy at 9:32 PM
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Happy Birthday Zoe! (still in her jammies)
Katy at 9:31 PM
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Zoe models her new dance dress and dance bag (birthday gifts from grandmothers)--doesn't she look like a big girl now?
Katy at 9:31 PM
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Zoe's pre-Halloween dress-up outfit. I swear, she came up with this one all by herself!
Katy at 9:59 PM
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Happy baby.
Katy at 9:58 PM
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Zoe samples apples at the orchard.
Katy at 9:56 PM
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Visiting the pumpkin patch at the apple orchard
Katy at 9:50 PM
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Settling For The Crumbs
Zoe's been in a particularly trying phase lately, so I'm hoping that Friday--which is her fourth birthday--will mark her entrance into The Age of Reason. Ha ha. Lucky for her that she's so darn cute. And--lucky for me, given her recent behavior patterns--lately she's turned into very much of a Daddy's girl.
A few weeks ago we went pumpkin picking with some playgroup friends. We had a great day at Elm Knoll Farm in Enfield, CT: gorgeous weather, lots of outdoor play activities, a hayride, a picnic. That night, when I was putting her to bed, I asked her our "regular" question: "So, what was the best part of your day?" She promptly answered, "When Daddy came home from work." She then added, "I love him more more more more more more more more more more than you. But"--as an afterthought--"I like you an eensy bit."
That's motherhood, I guess. Even when we bake the cookies, sometimes we just get the crumbs.
Katy at 9:45 PM
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