Monday, August 9, 2010

Kindergym


















Z loves her kindergym class.  Every class the kids do a different gymnastic activity.  Today it was the trampoline.  Z loves jumping so this was right up her alley.


















Z loves it!  She went three times.














We ran late so we missed the songs.  Z didn't seem to mind though. Here she was enjoying bubble time.














Super excited


















Grandpa came to class with us today, so he joined Z for marching with bells~

Z wanted some muffins















Z helped mixing all the ingredients together (yes, even cracking the eggs) and started filling each muffin cup after I showed her how.














Love those lil' chubby hands































Almost ready for the oven!














Saying "chee" to the camera














checking on her muffins














She kept checking to see if they were ready


















Finally they were done! They look good.  Now the taste test














Still too hot.  blow


















Z really wanted to eat it but couldn't














"Now? mama??"


















Touch test indicated it was still too hot


















blow.  Longest minute in Z's life.














Oh yay!


















All of Z's hard work paying off.  Good job Z!

OC fair 2010















Being the fair-natic that I am, I couldn't wait to go to the OC fair!  Last year when we took Z, she was almost one year old.  This year was much more fun with her because she could eat the fair food and check out the exhibits.














The elephant ride was right by the entrance.  Z loves elephants and she was really excited to see them!  I wasn't sure if she would get on since she loves horses too but wouldn't go on pony rides....to my surprise she was only a little nervous when we got on, and when the young college guy working there the attendant picked her up to put her in her seat she was actually ok with it!  The ride was short but super bumpy (& very expensive)!


















Yum! Roasted corn!  Z's face says it all...














This year's main attraction is the deep fried butter.  I wanted to try it but just couldn't find a way of thinking it as appetizing...


















Eating sweet potato fries under the big moo-moo...


















Z loves her ketchup just like her mama...


















We saw so many farm animals, Z was totally loving it!  Here were the sheep....



















The cows...















The Z cow.....














Petting the lil' piglets.














Saying hi to the lil' calf....














more piggies and their mommies.














This was the second food vendor that I found to be kinda gross...hmmm I don't know about eating raw fish at the fair grounds...


















This was made of bread.


















The big orange represents at the OC fair!



















After an afternoon of walking, time to relax the feet with a good massage....too bad Z's feet couldn't reach :0D














See you next year!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

This week 7/26-7/31














Busy putting lotion on her face while mommy got ready in the bathroom...



With just a little over a month to go til her big "2", I notice Z's increasingly opinionated.  It's not like she was ever not opinionated, but now that she's talking more she's expressing her exact needs better.  With words like "nononononono", "baobao" (pick me up), "down", "Ju" (juice), "Lai" (come), it's hard to act like we don't get her (like getting down from the shopping cart in the market which ultimately will always lead to running crazy around the place) because she knows we do!!














OMG!!














"yay! I'm just like mommy putting stuff all over her face! (my baby you look beautiful without anything)














She walked around feeling so done up and pretty















Signing "elephant" by pinching her nose


















She posed in front of the elephant after I asked if she wanted her picture taken with it.














She made friends with this little 5 year old girl....and they held hands and stayed together for the rest of our time at the Zoo (~ 1 hour).  We didn't leave them til the parking lot.  

Z has a strong affinity towards older kids lately.  She always seeks them out and tries to befriend them.














putting on lip palm in the car.














Thrilled to see her lips moisturized.














Just to be sure, one more coat while looking in the mirror.


















She loves all the cats & dogs posters around the shopping center.  "maomi!" (for kitty) "doggies!" she would shout when she spotted them.


















Riding the trolley (she calls "choo-choo") around Americana.


















little model at work.


















Distracted by the water fountain.


















She knew her pictures were taken.."Chee!"