Friday, September 4, 2009

Around the House Pics

This the the closet under our steps. In July, Genia and I cleaned it out and painted it to make Zoë a little play hide away down stairs full of her toys. She loves playing in here.
How many kids will fit under the steps? Apparently 5 - Baylee, Dakoda, Zoë, Matterson, and Corey Jr.
Matt and Zoë playing

They have been blanket riding!

Picking flowers





14 Months Old with an ATTITUDE!

Last night Matterson was at the house as he is 2 nights a week now while his mommy is at school. He was trying to open a door to the laundry room and Zoë looked at him and said "No No Matt" while pointing her finger at him! We are raising a little mother hen. Zoë is very bossy and if she doesn't get her way then she'll just show you a little attitude and maybe a little hitting! Oh My Gosh, what are we going to do? Tuesday night she and MattMatt were playing. He had a little talking cookie jar. Zoë picked up the top to it. Matt pushed her, she pushed back, he grabbed the top, and Zoë slapped him and told him No!No! Needless to say they both got in trouble and the cookie jar was taken away from them both. PLEASE somebody tell me this is a STAGE!

I know I'm contradicting myself, but she is a sweet and loving child. She unfortunately has inherited the SHADDIX TEMPER! There is no denying that she is my daughter and that she has my temper. Who else am I going to blame it on? Genia? We all know my temper, but I can control mine (most of the time).

On to new developments:
1. Climbing onto the sofa, chairs, and tables (even when she's not suppose to)
2. Throwing away anything especially her diapers
3. Loves to dust and now has her own swiffer duster
4. Love putting clothes in the dryer
5. Climbs up steps - more like crawls up them in the speed of light
6. Comes down steps bouncing on her butt
7. Loves opening all cabinets - we are installing the tab things this weekend
8. Still takes a bottle (my fault, but she's still MY BABY)
9. Runs everywhere
10. Loves to ride the golf cart at Gramme and BeeBee's house
11. Knows too many parts of her body to name - her new favorite song is "Head, Shoulder, Knees and Toes"
12. Says War Eagle while doing the touchdown sign!

New Words/Phrases:
1. No No Matt
2. Sit down
3. War Eagle - sounds like OR EAGLE
4. Mine (she knows this one too well)
5. Trash
6. All done
7. Bye Bye Mama
8. Fly
9. Ear
10. Teeth
11. Nose

Those are all I can think of right now, but there are so many more!