Chatty Cathy

or, in this case, Chatty Z...

We all know Z's such a wordsmith, with a very large vocabulary. A large, ever expanding vocabulary...

I learned she knows "nicken", Cack (ketchup), knows grape (but doesn't say it *that* way, if you catch my drift!), WILL say "please" at daycare (but not at home!), and has picked up some new phrases lately...

"run kiki" (said as she runs around the kitchen table at warp speed, the cat just looking on, under the table or not even around!

"I coming, Kitty" when we're coming up the stairs. Zoe said that today when she heard Peanut crying on the other side of the door, as we were walking up the stairs from the garage.

"Kitty, have some" in reference to trying to give Peanut some frozen blueberries...Peanut had jumped onto the table as I was giving Zoe her dinner (hadn't been able to shoo her off, at that point).

I've also learned:

• Zoe will eat more if her food is on a "fancy" plate...I picked up some plastic plates with some cute designs on them. They have the little dividers that remind me of trays from the lunch room in elementary school. She likes them though, and that's all that counts.
• Zoe can get her brown mary jane type shoes on, ALL BY HERSELF.
• Zoe can take her own sweatshirts off, including the zipper, all by herself.
• Zoe equates going out with her daddy with him putting his hat on...she makes sure he has it on before they leave!
• When Zoe is holding two things, she will say so...:)
• She knows the letter L.
  
• Zoe definitely has favorite foods: frozen blueberries, frozen peas, chicken nuggets, french fries, cheese, yogurt (Yokids is her *favorite* brand), applesauce, mac and cheese, "lolis" (ravioli), goldfish crackers, and freeze dried fruits. She'll eat her weight in any of these foods.
• She loves to "text message" and talk on the phone (we're in trouble now!). She uses her old phone that Gaga gave her, and will talk to Daddy (when he's not around) or Papa, Gaga, or Gi....she says "heee-lo....Goon [good]...bye bye". I guess when she is at daycare, she is calling me. Aww :)
• Zoe loves to pretend to go "nigh-nigh" and ask us to "lay down", wrestle with her Daddy, and "fwing" by hanging from our hands.
  
• Zoe LOVES to sing The Wheels on the Bus and Twinkle Twinkle, and try to dance to Itsy Bitsy Spider...it's very cute to listen and watch to. We'll try to get it on video soon!