Month: June 2007

Rubber Ducky, You’re My Friend

Zoe has always loved rubber duckies and she has several ones in different colors and sizes.  She likes to play with them in the bath and squirt water out of the ones that can do that, but her all-time favorite thing to do with rubber duckies is stick their heads in her mouth.  For some […]

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Almost Dead

I have very happy news to share:  The cicadas are almost all dead!!!!!  I know this because we have hundreds of cicada carcasses laying on our sidewalk.  It’s completely as gross as it sounds, but it does mean that this whole escapade is coming to an end.  Finally.  When they are completely gone (bodies and […]

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Father’s Day

Hello everyone, it’s been a crazy couple weeks of summer. I thought us teachers were supposed to be able to relax in the summer, but I’ve been working every day so far! Fortunately, I did get the weekend off to spend an excellent father’s day with my two favorite girls. Z and M took me […]

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Blue Icees

Zak wanted to have a picnic at the zoo for Father’s Day, and that’s what we did.  It was horribly hot and the cicadas were just awful, but we still had a great time.  After eating lunch and seeing the gorillas, Zak and I treated ourselves to a Blue Raspberry Icee, in an attempt to […]

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Oh, Zo

Near the end of a fun, but long day, I let out a sigh and said, “Oooh, Zo.” Zoe immediately sighed and said, “Ooooh, Mum.”

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New Foods

Zoe has a very sophisticated and diverse palate and enjoys about 95% of the food she is offered. Zak and I do try to feed her mostly healthful fresh foods, but the occasional not so healthy food slips into her diet occasionally. As a treat, we grilled hot dogs for lunch today and topped them […]

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