The Silly Ways of Zoe

We love Zoe so much! She has always given us a lot of good laughs. We just wanted to share some of our funnest memories of her and some of the things she is still doing.

Translations (Zoe to English):
Efalint = Elephant
belax = relax
bemember = remember
assmorning = this morning
last day = the other day
qwount = count
bisgusting = disgusting
Anfernee = Anthony
Peter Potter = Harry Potter
Biona and Dohnkey = Fiona and Donkey
D..D..D..Dora = Dora the Explorer
shwimp and cwab = shrimp and crab (Zoe's favorites)
Gordita and Gordito = Ita and Ito (AkA Anthony's parents)
Just nothing = Zoe's response to, "What are you doing?" (When she is up to no good)
I just want something = Zoe wants something to eat, but is not sure what
I don't want anything (with one hand covering her bottom) = Zoe's response when she knows she is in trouble and does not want a spanking

If Zoe is done with her dinner she will say, "I am full and I don't want any dessert." This is because every time she said she was full, Anthony would ask if she wanted ice cream and she would yell, "Yes!" She finally caught on that she would not really get ice cream unless all her dinner was gone.

The other day she did not want to finish putting her laundry away and she needed an excuse. She decided that she would tell me that she was, "out of muscles" and that she could no longer work.

When there was snow on the ground Zoe was always sneaking some to eat. I would tell her not to every time. One day I was putting her in her carseat and she was chewing. I said, "Are you eating snow?" She replied with a look of disgust , "And sand!" as she chewed the dirt. She has since decided that it is not good to eat snow.

On our way home from California once, right after celebrating her third birthday, Zoe had to go potty really bad (#2). There were not rest stops coming up and she was three, so we had to pull over. I helped her go potty and then explained that this was only something we did in an emergency. She was baffled by the term, and started looking around. She saw some garbage on the hillside and decided that she did not know what it was called. Then she pointed to the garbage and said, "Look Mom, an emergency."