It’s not often that Daddy gets to spend the day with Zoe all by himself, but yesterday was one of those days. Zoe and I had the day off for Columbus Day, but Mommy had to go into work. We spent the morning getting ready and having breakfast. Then Zoe hopped in the stroller and we went off to the “choo choo” (or the Muni). Zoe loves watching the Munis drive by and rarely gets to go on one. We took the L Muni to the end of the line and made our way to the zoo! Zoe ran around, watched grizzlies eat fish, monkeys get fed, giraffe’s snack on branches, and penguins swim around. The best part was that halfway through, her uncle Dan showed up since he also had the day off! Needless to say, Zoe was pretty worn out and slept for close to 3 hours (her normal nap is 1.5 hours). Afterwards, she ran around the house with Uncle Dan and waited for Mommy to come home.

I know she had a good time because today she woke up talking about monkeys, giraffes and penguins. She’s also been sticking out her tongue like the giraffe did. Check out the pictures below…

Jon Q

Waiting for the grizzlies to eat:

Look, they’re pink too!

That’s a big tongue:

Faster, faster…

Swan rides:

Getting a ride from Uncle Dan at the petting zoo:

Spider Girl:

Every morning when I was little, my mom would stand at our family-room window and wave to me and my sister as we headed off to school with my dad. I’ve been reminded of this a lot lately, since I’m now the one doing the waving. Q takes Zoe to Elena’s every Tuesday (my telecommute day), and I always wave down from our window as they zoom away. Zoe started waving back about a month ago (at first, she would just sort of stare up at me), and seeing her little hand and big smile is a really sweet way to start the morning.

-M