"You know what? I have a destiny!" "Oh yeah?" "Yeah! My destiny is to do art! And you know what?" "What?" "And when I’m a grownup I’ll do a play about Star Wars and if you’re still alive you can be in it and you can be a good guy and you can be a [...]
Zoey is in the living room testing out my speakers which didn’t work earlier. Audioslave and Show Me How To Live was the testing song of choice. Imagine rock music coming out of tiny speakers. Zoey: "Can you turn that down, please. I am trying to read." Daddy: Speechless.
Howling is heard in the living room. Mommy: "Is that a coyote I hear?" Zoey: "No mommy. That was a Pink Poodle Princess Scratcher."
"So, how was preschool today?" "It was great. Everyone adored me!"
"Someday you’re going to discover you’re not invincible, and it’s going to come as a shock." "Daddy, what does ‘shock’ mean?"
In case you were wondering about the bluesy strains coming over the baby monitor a while ago, no, Keegan’s nap didn’t "take," and yes, apparently Zoey left a harmonica in his crib.
"Thanks for getting more gorilla bars!" "You’re welcome, Zoey." "I’m so proud of you, Mommy."
"Once-upon-a-time there was a Princess and she was lost in the woods. She found a dragon and the dragon killed her. She never saw the dragon again. Because she was dead."
Keegan’s new word is "Hi". He will peek over at you and say "hi". It is the cutest thing! He also can eat. Yesterday he ate a whole sweet potato in two sittings. He has eaten a whole banana in one sitting. That’s our boy! Look at those teeth! Yeah! Keegan won.
I just want to point out how much I love it that Zoey calls a sippy cup a zippy cup. I mean, come on—who wouldn’t want to drink from a zippy cup?!
