A Zoo-tastic Day

So, Maggie has added a new word to her morning requests. Every morning with Hubby or I get her up, Maggie always starts with "Pool?". She repeats "pool" a few times and when she gets nowhere with that entreaty, Maggie switches to "Park?". It is usually a 5 minute morning ritual until she either accepts that we won't be doing those things right then, or is distracted by something else, usually breakfast.

Well, Hubby and I took the Doodle to the zoo this past weekend, and now when she wakes up, "Zoo?" is also in heavy request rotation. The girl had a blast.

  

I love that she wipes her hand off after touching the goat. She is so my child :-)



I think the zoo is going to become a regular outing for our little family. I know Maggie won't complain.

P.S. I love my new camera!

We've Got Ears...

...say 'Cheers'!

Maggie the Music Maker (in training)

Our girl loves music. Singing it, making it, dancing to it, Maggie enjoys it all. One of the things we gave her for Christmas was a little Mickey Mouse drum with sticks, maracas, harmonica, recorder and a clapper inside. Maggie’s favorites are the recorder and the drum. Tonight, she made her very first “drum kit”: 1 drum head and 1 empty mint tin. She would bang on one, then the other, then back to the first, and so on, making her own little beat. It was brilliant.

Maggie also enjoys playing guitars with Daddy. She has a grand ole time strumming those strings from top to bottom, making all the different sounds she can.

Also fun are the knobs and switches, though (warning!) this can happen:

I suppose accidents come with the territory with an almost-2 year old :) I’m glad our Doodle Bug enjoys music so much. Hopefully it will make those mandatory piano lessons 3 years from now fun :)

The Invitations Have Been Mailed