Cleaning and Dancing

This morning after I made quiche for breakfast, Zoe wanted to help clean up. I got a chair for her, and she climbed up and started wiping counters. What a big helper!

Zoe's latest saying is "Oh, man!" She says it everytime she drops something. Too cute!

I was cooking dinner tonight and I heard a sound that I just knew was marker on fabric. I looked over and saw Zoe coloring the white chair in the living room. I silently thanked Crayola for their wonderful invention....Color Wonder markers!

Of all the songs on the Ipod, the one that got her moving this morning was Steely Dan's Dirty Work. Check out her moves...

Picture Day

Today was picture day at Zoe's daycare. She was thrilled to be wearing matching dresses with her babydoll. Even though it was only 6:30 in the morning, she was all smiles!

Fall Centerpiece

Zoe brought a craft home from daycare today and it's the cutest thing I've ever seen! Denise took Zoe and the other girls on a nature walk earlier in the week and they collected lots of leaves. Today they glued some of their leaves onto a paper towel tube and created a fall tree. I absolutely love it! I know it won't last forever, so you know me - I took a ton of pictures of that tree!

Zoe adores the neighbor's puppy, Lollipop. She always pulls a chair up to the fence and watches the dog, sometimes they play ball for a while. Today, she pulled a chair up for me. :-)

Zoe is still cracking me up with the things she says. We were reading a farm book tonight and each time I read the name of the animal, she'd say, "That's right." or "Good job, mommy!". Too cute!

Weingut Kreuzhof

We spent our day on a horse-drawn carriage ride through wine country near Bad Durkheim. We had a wonderful time enjoying the wine and tons of food everyone brought. The ride was lovely, except for that few minutes toward the end when the horses got spooked and ran off the path into a ditch. Luckily, everyone was fine, and we all laughed about it for the rest of the ride back to the barn!