I’m a Present!

Posted by Todd on Jan 5th, 2009
2009
Jan 5

Zoe put this ribbon around her neck (bad parenting, I know) and proudly proclaimed, “I’m a present!”

I’m a Present!

Playing with Derek

Posted by Todd on Jan 4th, 2009
2009
Jan 4

The Diesel Engine, that is.

Playing with Derek

And for the heck of it, converted to quadtone:

Playing with Derek (Quadtone)

New Year’s Eve Dinner (2008)

Posted by Todd on Jan 3rd, 2009
2009
Jan 3

Hah! No (or very few) food-related pics! This year, it’s all about the people. (Who are, of course, likely to kill me later for posting all of this.)

Zoe on Ed’s head, thinks he’s a drum, dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum

The (Camera) Right Half of the Table

Zoe, Involved in Conversation (and Pots De Creme)

WINE!

More Wine!

Did you see that under the table?

You mean this???

Uh oh, caught me!

And here’s Michelle with a duck on her head… because… just because

 

Stretched Out

Posted by Todd on Jan 3rd, 2009
2009
Jan 3

With some concern

Posted by Todd on Jan 2nd, 2009
2009
Jan 2

Caught by surprise

Posted by Todd on Jan 2nd, 2009
2009
Jan 2

The title of this post and image are significant only in that the picture didn’t have a title.

Caught by surprise

December in Review

Posted by Todd on Jan 1st, 2009
2009
Jan 1

December produced more than its fair share of images that I really like, have some intrinsic meaning to us or just came out really durn well. Here’s my pics for December of 2008…

More serious pictures!

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Cat Hat Scratching Post

Posted by Todd on Jan 1st, 2009
2009
Jan 1

This was all well and good until the cats decided to use the scratching post…

Cat Hat Scratching Post

First posted pic of the new year

Posted by Todd on Jan 1st, 2009
2009
Jan 1

Ignoring, say, the previous thread where I posted 12 images, this one’s never been posted before.

Mommy and Zoe watching… something

12 Months, 12 Pictures

Posted by Todd on Jan 1st, 2009
2009
Jan 1

Here’s one photo of Zoe each month. I tried to grab something with a face in it. These aren’t necessarily the best images, but I wanted to grab one from every month as a 2008 retrospective… here goes…

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Zip It

Posted by Todd on Dec 31st, 2008
2008
Dec 31

At the Ready

Posted by Todd on Dec 30th, 2008
2008
Dec 30

An important question, in a 3-year-old context

Posted by Todd on Dec 29th, 2008
2008
Dec 29

Zoe was in the bath and, apropos of nothing, looks at me, very concerned. “Daddy, am I getting old?”

“You’re still very young, sweetie.”

“Am I getting older?”

“Every day. Everyone is.”

“Am I going to die?”

Now let me pause briefly to say that this single question will actually bring a moment of horror to a parent’s thoughts. I don’t want to think about that day for me let alone for her.

The best response I could come up with was, “Everyone does, Zoe. But it’s a very, very long time away.”

She seemed to pay as little attention to the answer as she does most of my answers. She got a smile on her face and said, “Can I color now?”

So I handed her the new bathtub crayons.

“Thanks, Daddy,” she said.

I Shall Take the Leaf of Kings to Gondor

Posted by Todd on Dec 29th, 2008
2008
Dec 29

Concerned about the banking industry

Posted by Todd on Dec 29th, 2008
2008
Dec 29

Well, at least Zoe was. About how to get all of that change in her little kitty bank.

Concerned about the banking industry

Sunset 12/27/2008

Posted by Todd on Dec 28th, 2008
2008
Dec 28

The stuffed animal crew, relaxin’

Posted by Todd on Dec 28th, 2008
2008
Dec 28

The ‘crew’ checking out Zoe’s new bed…

That’s Elmo (mostly pictured), Spider, Kipper, Felix (hiding), Softbear, and the legs of Flying Frog. Also in frame, half blanket, half stuffed animal… it’s “Totally Flat Frog”

New Bracelet

Posted by Todd on Dec 28th, 2008
2008
Dec 28

When teaching goes awry

Posted by Todd on Dec 27th, 2008
2008
Dec 27

As Zoe loves to help us cook, we have taught her certain lessons and enforced certain behaviors in the kitchen in some attempt to keep all of her digits attached until somewhere close to adulthood. We have instilled in her the caution around ovens, near burners, and, especially, around knives.

This is, of course, all well and good until I break out the pocket knife at the pizza parlor to cut up her piece of pizza (the plastic knives never cut it… literally… and figuratively), at which point she jumps up on to the bench, on her feet and proclaims, quite loudly, “DON’T CUT ME, DADDY!”

Louie vs the Sock

Posted by Todd on Dec 27th, 2008
2008
Dec 27

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