Dane's Halloween Party

Zoe and Dane are big buds at McKendree and they live about four or five miles down the road from us.  Anyway, they had a big party and invited us to come.  Dane and his older sister London were dressed as the Mad Hatter and the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland.  I must say that Shannon did a wonderful job putting their costumes together!

Dane as the Mad Hatter

Kitty Kitty Zoe

London as the Red Queen

London, Dane & Zoe

All the kids

My sweet girl!

Swining in the tire swing

Still just swinging



Here Kitty Kitty.....

Zoe decided to dress up as Mermaid for Halloween, but when I put the costume on her she could barely walk in it.  I told her there was no way she was walking around trick or treating like that.  So, she then decided she wanted to be a cat, but we couldn't find a "cat suit" for her.  We finally settled on Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz; however, Mommy remembered the "cat suit" Zoe wore a few years ago and I pulled it out.  What do you know?  It actually fits her now!  I remembered that I had had to buy the costume a little large because they didn't have one in her size.  Anyway, we went to a Halloween party at Dane's house tonight and decided she could be a cat tonight and be Dorothy tomorrow night for Halloween.  Check her out....M E O W!



Halloween at School

Yesterday Zoe's class didn't have a Halloween celebration per se, but her teacher did fix a great lunch for them and I put Zoe in her Halloween shirt, etc.  Man, I wish could put on anything and look adorable in it like she does....

Her Mean Pose....

That's better..

Posing with her "My Little Pony"



Dressing Up with the Twins

Last weekend we went over to eat and visit with the Riggs.  The girls decided to dress up for us and it was hysterical.  Let's not forget to mention just how good the food was, too!

Cowboy Anna, Dr. Zoe & Darth Vader a/k/a Ashlyn

Cowboy Anna Needed a Break

Dr. Zoe

Darth Vader

Cowboy Anna & Dr. Zoe

Dr. Zoe and Vader Ashlyn

I'm thinking Zoe might be the next Doogie Houser...

Vader taking out Cowboy Anna (they were acting)

Cowboy Anna getting back at Vader Ashlyn



Too Cute for Words

Enough Said!

Tori's Birthday Party

As promised, below are pictures of Zoe at her friend Tori's birthday party......

My Beautiful Girl

Her favorite toy...the doll house...any surprise?

Pirate Zoe

Sooo sweet

Zoe & Ryan

Something must be funny!

Her First Envelope Addressed to a Friend....

I took Zoe to Tori's birthday party a few weekends ago at a place in Hendersonville (pics to follow later).  I have to say that this was honestly the first time I told Zoe how to spell a name and she just wrote it without any help from me.  I'm so stinkin' proud of her....

October Self Portrait

As I've explained before, each month Zoe's class will do a self-portrait.  They place the new one on top of the old one so you can look back and see how well your child has progressed.  For the month of October, she did great; however, when her teacher asked her to complete it Zoe explained that she needed to draw something for me first.  So, this is what she drew for me...

I asked Zoe to tell me about it and she said it was a picture of her in my belly.  I'm not quite sure what the little drawing is to the right of "me," but I found his absolutely HYSTERICAL!  Then, Zoe drew her self-portrait for October and this is what she drew.....

I've got to say that her October self-portrait is much better than her September self-portrait.  Plus, my child has become quite detailed!  I asked her what the little dot was in the center of the body and she told me it was her belly button.  I asked her about the "scribble" toward the neck area and I thought she was going to tell me it was a necklace.  Do you think that's what she told me?  NOPE!  She said, "Those are my boobies, Mommy!"  Oh my.....



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Daddy's Ariel Drawing

Usually when Zoe wants to draw pictures, Mark is the one who draws with her.  I mean, I'll try, but I'm really horrible at drawing.  I can color with the best of them, but when it comes to drawing something, I can barely manage a stick figure.  On the other hand, Mark can actually draw some stuff pretty well.  He drew Ariel the other day for Zoe and we hung it up on the fridge.  Check it out:

Didn't he do a great job?



A Self-Portrait

Now that Zoe is in the Older Preschool Room at school, she will be doing a self-portrait once per month and it will be posted on the board at school.  The idea behind it is to show you how much she will grown in her artistic interpretation throughout the year.  My girl has drawn herself at home before and it looked nothing like this.  I said, "Zoe, don't you think you forgot to add a few things?"  She said, "Yeah, I forgot my hands, feet, legs, hair....just everything!  I promise I'll draw myself better next time!"  

Square Frogs

Zoe has been having small group time and studying frogs at school.  I don't know where she came up with the idea for this drawing, but when I went in to pick her up, this was hanging above her cubby.  Since her class was in the gym, I immediately went out to the my car and snapped a picture with my phohe.  I think it's pretty funny!  The caption says, "These are my square frogs."

Grocering Shopping with Mommy

Zoe is such a big girl and loves to go grocery shopping with me....especially at Kroger!  They have little shopping carts for kids and she thinks she is the biggest thing pushing that cart around the store and helping me shop!  Such a big girl...



A Day at the Zoo

Zoe's school closes four times per year for teacher training.  And they always close at least two consecutive days in the Fall so they can attend a conference of some sort.  Anyway, they were closed this past Thursday and Friday so Mommy decided she would stay home.  I can't begin to tell you how nice it actually was to have four days off!  We met up with Dane Ivie and his mom, Shannon, at the Nashville Zoo to let the kids run off some energy.  While we were there, we ran into their classmate, Jack, and his little, Elle.  It was a McKendree reunion!

Zoe & Dane...My girl wasn't going without her skinny jeans and pink boots on!

Running and having fun!

Looking at bugs!

Looking at fish now!

Petting a goat!  I thought the goat was going to kiss her!

A face only a mother could love!

Eating snacks and watching flamingos!

Zoe, Chloe (a neighbor of Dane's) and Dane

Zoe, Jack & Dane

Sweet Elle!

Zoe, Dane & Jack

This will give you an idea of how tall my girl actually is!

Those flamingos are crazy!

More running!  Needless to say, my girl was worn out!