Zoe’s Daily Funny:
Last saturday we were driving to Bergen Mall to look for a backpack for Zoe to take to school. She insists that ALL the princesses have to be on it. Oy vey. You know it’s not as easy as it sounds. We checked at 3 Targets and the Disney store and nothing. So the search is still on. I might have to just order it online. She told me that it has to be like a suitcase with wheels so that she can pull it but it also has to be a backpack like her friends at school. While we were driving to the mall the topic of princesses came up. I know, SHOCKING. Zoe made me sit in the back with her while the hubs drove us and she and I started to talk about princesses. Then her father says to Zoe…

Hubs: Did you know that daddy’s favorite princess is Belle? Ahpah loved Belle.
Zoe: Boys don’t like princesses! Only girls.
Hubs: No. Ahpah liked Belle.
Zoe: You’re a liar! Only girls like princesses. You like little boys!
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hubs: Is this funny to you?
Me: Only because I can hear her telling her teachers in school that you like little boys.
Hubs: Ahpah can like Belle!
Zoe: No only girls.
Hubs: I’m gonna beat you.
Zoe: I’m gonna beat YOU.
Me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hubs: Haha What did you say?! You better watch it little girl.
Zoe: No. You better watch it little boy!

Oh my God. I was dying. She’s so sassy.

:: 09.18.10 :: Bronx Zoo
With the baby coming very soon we try to do a lot of fun things with Zoe on the weekend. Pretty soon she’ll have to share us and who knows how she’s going to feel about this when it actually happens. On this particular saturday we decided to take her to the Bronx Zoo. I don’t hate it but I don’t love it. I think it’s just too big. Hahaha. We didn’t even get to see everything and we were there till closing! After about 6 hours of walking I was done. My back was killing me. Pregnancy sucks the bootay. I was surprised Zoe wanted to ride a camel. She didn’t even know what it was but she wanted to ride it. So the hubs got on with her and he said his “buddies” were very uncomfortable because he was sitting on the actual hump. If I wasn’t prego my ass would have sooo ridden the camel.

I highly recommend the 4D Dora and Diego show. And if you go sit in the front row. I was so impressed by it even though it wasn’t that long and it was for kids. It was really well done.



                                      

 
                                
                                         

 
 
 
       
 
                                      

 
 
       
 
    
                                    

Zoe’s Daily Funny:
If you ask her what Ursula (The sea witch from The Little Mermaid) says she’ll yell out “ERIC! Get away from her!!!!”

Ok I know I work at LG but this was just way too cute not to post.

Zoe’s Daily Funny:

We went to eat at Applebee’s a few weekends ago for dinner since we were already out. While waiting for our food Zoe and the hubs were having a conversation while sitting across from each other.
C: Do you want to go to church with mommy tomorrow or do you want to stay home with daddy?
Zoe: Go to church with mommy.
C: Do you want to go to church with mommy or go to Dutch Wonderland with Daddy?
Zoe: Church with mommy
C: Do you want to go to church with mommy or do you want to go see princesses with Daddy?
Zoe: Church with mommy
C: Do you want to walk home from here or do you want to run home?

So I got Zoe on video in her “princess mode”. This is what I have to deal with.

Zoe’s Daily Funny:
The princess phase….Ah yes…How I’ve wanted to avoid this phase yet I bought her all the Disney Princess movies. Aurora was her first. She didn’t seem to care for it much. Snow White was her 2^nd and she LOVED her. I honestly think it’s cause she’s got black hair, Snow White’s got black hair….*le sigh* I mean it doesn’t matter that she’s white, you’re asian, she can talk to animals, you can’t. She loved the Little Mermaid. I was holding her hand walking down the stairs yesterday and all of a sudden she busted out “Ahhhhhh, Ahhhhhh, Ahhhhhhhhhh, Ahhhhhhhh”. OH LORDY. Can we say tone deaf? Actually she’s not that bad. Then the next one was Alladdin. She loved Jasmine. So did her dad, loved Jasmine I mean. Next was Belle. I think she thought she was ok but it’s most definitely not her top 3. Mulan I thought she would most relate to because of the Asian connection but besides Mulan taking a bath and getting ready for the matchmaker while singing “Honor To Us All”. Zoe could care less. Racist. I don’t think she’s princessy enough in Zoe’s mind. I just recently got her the Cinderella DVD and I think it’s still too new for me to say that she loves it but she likes it a lot and watched it about 6 times already since she got it a week ago.

She also does this thing with her favorite blankie where she likes to wrap it around her body and claims it’s her princess dress. She’ll also top it off with her $1 tiara I got from Target and go into princess mode. So what I call Zoe’s princess mode is where she actually goes into character. The first time we saw it was when she was wearing her Ariel dress and her dad was trying to carry down a basket full of dirty laundry downstairs. I went to open the babygate for him at the top of the stairs and Zoe was standing in the way.

Me: ZOE MOVE!
Hubs: MOVE!!!!!
In her cute lil voice with her head cocked to one side….
Zoe: Say “Move princess Zoe.”

 ARE.YOU. FRIGGIN. KIDDING. ME?

That same day she was doing something or whining about something and I said….
Me: Do you want a time out?!
Zoe: Mommy say “Do you want a time out Princess Zoe?”

It was so funny I couldn’t even be mad anymore. I mean how can you be mad at that? Hahaha

This past Wednesday she had on her ‘blankie princess dress’ and I wanted to check her diaper…

Me: Zoe.
Zoe: Huh?
Me: Come here.
She turns her back on me to inspect her toys on her shelf as if I didn’t just call her name. IGNORE ME?
Me: ZOE! I said come here! NOW!
Zoe: Say “Come here Princess Zoe.”
Me: *LE SIGH* Come here Princess Zoe.
Zoe: *smiling* No.

I swear. She’s a punk. I don’t care what any of you guys say. She’s a punk.

On Monday she was sitting in her car seat watching her dvd and I explained to her that Melody (Ariel’s daughter in Little Mermaid II was a princess).
Me: Zoe did you know that Melody is a princess?
Zoe: *gasp* Like Zoe?
Me: (looking in the rearview mirror at her) You’re not a princess! Princesses don’t pick their nose
Zoe: (still shoving her finger up her tunnel) There’s something in there. I have to get it.

Her new “princess” thing to add to the list is she likes to dance while holding my hand or her father’s hand and she makes us sing a princess song. Her dad SUCKS in the department of lyrics. I’m actually lyrically awesome.

:: 08.12.10 :: Home Sick
Zoe was sick for a few days so I pulled her out so she could get a full day of rest and little more quiet time.


          
          

:: 08.16.10 :: Bon Bons and Bubbles
Zoe and her dad were going through a phase where after dinner he’ll tell her he has a surprise so she’ll go and close her eyes while her dad gives her a handful of Edy’s Dibs in a bowl.
   
                                                  



:: 08.25.10 :: Fingerpainting And My Litte Mermaid

           

Zoe’s Daily Funny:
Did you ever get lectured by a 2 1/2 yr old? It’s not fun. It’s funny but not fun. I got lectured by Zoe this morning. We were on our way to drop her dad off at the bus stop. I was trying to make a right turn at a red light. I was looking to my left to make sure traffic was cleared before I turned that I didn’t notice a guy trying to cross the street on my right. So then the hubs was like “WHOAWHOAWHOA!!!” All of a sudden miss nosey-busy-body in her car seat was ALLLLLL UP IN MY BIZ!!! Like she was up on it, over it, in it, under it, next to it, etc…

Zoe: What you do?! What you do?! Umma! Umma! What you do?! What you dood!!!!!!!!? WHAT YOU DOOOOOOOD!?
Me: *sigh* Mommy almost hit someone with the car
Zoe: Why?
Me: Because I wasn’t looking. I didn’t look both ways. So I didn’t see a man next to the car and I almost hit him.
Zoe: Why you do that?
Me: It was an accident. If I hit him he would have gotten hurt. A big ouchie.
Zoe: Becareful mommy.
Me: I know. It was an accident.
Zoe: Don’t drive faster ok?
Me: Ok.
Zoe: Drive slowly. Okay?!
Me: Ok. Hahaha… Excuse me I’m the mommy here.
Zoe: You say sorry okay?
Me: Sorry.
Zoe: To the man
Me: He’s already gone Zoe. I’m sorry okay!? I said I was sorry!
Zoe: It’s ok. Don’t worry. Don’t be sad. You hit him then, then, then he crying. Be careful.
Me: I said I was sorry! Ok I’ll be careful.

Dude I got lectured from the time we dropped off her dad till I dropped her lecturing butt off at school.

:: 08.27.10 :: Yo Gabba Gabba Live / Bethel Woods Center For Arts
I took a day off for this. So did the hubs but we only got two tickets so he found a golf course near by and recruited two friends to play hooky with him. I think I was more excited than Zoe was. I mean she was excited but I was like SUPER excited! Thanks to Mira for the tickets!

The venue was beautiful! This is where they held the orignal Woodstock festival in 1969. It was like in the middle of nowhere and there was sooo much land and fresh air and you can just tell they take very good care of the venue and it’s surroundings. Zoe’s still talking about how Jack Black wasn’t at the show. She was like a little on the quiet side but I think it’s just cause she was in awe. Haha… I have to say after this show, DJ Lance is my favorite. He’s like lanky and dorky and way overly excited when he talks. I love. I even made Zoe a t-shirt for the special day.

                               
                                                      



 

                            



                                                        

Zoe’s Daily Funny:
We were driving to drop C off at the bus stop one morning last week and we were trying to get Zoe psyched about going to Dutch Wonderland over the weekend.

Me: Zoe are you going to talk to Duke the dragon this time?
Zoe: Mmmhmm. I’m gonna say “Can I ride the train?”
Me: You’re not going to be scared of him this time?
Zoe: Actually….
Me: HAHAHAHA Actually?!
Zoe: Mom, I’m gonna say “Can I ride the train?”
Me: Did you hear her hun?!
C: Did she say actually? hahaha
Zoe: I probably go to Dutch Wonderland and…
Me: HAHAAHHA Probably?! Where are you getting these words?
Zoe: I dunno.

Dude she cracks us up.

:: 09.09.10 :: Homework
So now that Zoe has been bumped up a class she got her first homework assignment this week. So cute! It was to trace her hand on a piece of paper and count how many fingers were on that hand. PIECE OF CAKE! She also gets a report sent home weekly on how she was doing that week and what they were were learning. Yesterday we got the first report and I read outloud to C…

Me: Child’s name Zoe. Had a good week. Ok hun the choices are fair, good, and super. Her teacher circled good.
C: Good?
Me: Yeah
C: (talking out loud as if Zoe was even paying attention to him) Zoe! Good? Just good? Not super? I WILL NOT SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY!

Hahahaha…. Anyhoots.