Zoe loves giving kisses - especially to her brother during bath time. Zoe loves her piggy and her baby doll, both of which she has clearly named "Uh-oh!" for reasons we don't entirely understand. She loves to give them kisses, and to have them give kisses to each other. Zoe loves trains, and yells, "ooo! ooo!" (rhymes with "choo-choo," of course) whenever she sees one. When she plays with them, it generally involves giving them kisses.
Zoe loves food. She yells, "Tato! Tato!" whenever she sees a potato, orange, onion, or avocado, because they all fall into the category of "sort of round things that live in a bowl on the kitchen counter." She has noticed that we often blow on her food to cool it down. Now she blows on things to indicate her interest in eating them.
Zoe loves footwear, which she is now quite capable at removing and working hard on putting on by herself.
The recurring theme in Zoe's favorite activities is reciprocity. She absolutely adores giving us her favorite things (dolls, shoes, food, kisses), and then taking them back from us. Ad nauseam. This is accompanied by a constant refrain of "Da! Da!" ("give" in Portuguese).
Most of all, Zoe loves balls. If she sees one, she yells, with truly remarkable enthusiasm and volume, "BAAALL! BAAALL! BAAALL!" and doesn't stop until she has it in her possession. She hugs them, she kicks them, she drops them. Most of all, she loves rolling them back and forth with us, and taking them for walks.
