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Sunday, March 27, 2011
A few of her favorite things
"Zoe has a strong personality," they tell us at her daycare. Needless to say, we are not strangers to strong personalities here in the Orglet household. Zoe seems to share a certain, shall we say, intensity, with her brother, and yet the objects of her affection are quite different.
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.
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.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
That Orglet look
It seems a week doesn't go by without someone declaring that Zoe is a "fotocópia" of Mike (and then asking me how to say fotocópia in English.) It's true that sometimes when I see her from a certain angle, Zoe looks just like Owen to me. And of course, people have always said that Owen resembles Mike. But I've been holding onto a glimmer of hope that some of my genes made it through this time...
... no?
 Mike |  Megan |
 Owen |  Zoe |
... no?
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Owen's 4th Birthday
Happy, Happy!
We are so proud of our little guy.
For Owen's birthday we planned ahead (relatively speaking) and bought cupcakes the night before for him to take to school. He got to have one for breakfast on the big day!
We are so proud of our little guy.
For Owen's birthday we planned ahead (relatively speaking) and bought cupcakes the night before for him to take to school. He got to have one for breakfast on the big day!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Zoe's 1st Birthday
Zoe celebrated her first birthday on Friday! Her first year of life absolutely flew by. She spent an awful lot of it perched on my left hip while I went about the business of moving us to Portugal, but she seemed to be quite happy about it. She is a fun little thing, always ready for a big celebration or a big adventure.
For her birthday we gave her a baby doll, and she fell in love with it instantly.
Of course, she had to test it out a little first.
We also celebrated her birthday with a cupcake fest at the mall. (Yes, I realize I don't get full Mommy points for this, but not only is she a 2nd child, she also shares a birthday week with her big brother. We do what we can! And the cupcake fest was fun...)
For her birthday we gave her a baby doll, and she fell in love with it instantly.
Of course, she had to test it out a little first.
We also celebrated her birthday with a cupcake fest at the mall. (Yes, I realize I don't get full Mommy points for this, but not only is she a 2nd child, she also shares a birthday week with her big brother. We do what we can! And the cupcake fest was fun...)
Saturday, February 5, 2011
A lazy Saturday morning
You know how before you have kids, you imagine that having them might involve lazy weekend mornings snuggling together in bed? But then it turns out that it doesn't? Well, today it did! And it was nice.
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