We did our usual Thursday night dinner at the farmers market. We accidentally got the same meal for him as last week, forgetting that it was a disaster. Rice and Enzo not a good combo. We also gave him a couple big fat strawberry which he smushed and smeared all over. He made a pretty impressive mess of himself, and that was our cue to head home. Right as we were leaving a little girl walked up him, grabbed him and kind of bit him on the side of the head. I think it was just kind of a rough kiss. Enzo was stunned, and just gave this little girl a look like, "what in the hell was that?" He went through his usual routine back home, and hit the sack early.

He was in good mood after work today. Zoe had a chance to spend some time with him this afternoon, which I think made him happy. We didn't do much, just hung around waiting for Zoe to cook dinner. Enzo ate an entire peach, and then smeared peach juice and chunks all over himself while we waited. We changed him into old man pants right before dinner, which was hilarious. He was walking around laughing with his pants pulled half way up his chest. We went for a long walk with the dogs after dinner. Enzo tried very hard to fall asleep on the walk, but we didn't let him. Bath, books, and bed after that.

Zoe is on call tonight, so Enzo and I got some take out Chinese. Enzo had is usual chow fun, with some shrimp cakes and some mango custard. He accidentally spit some custard on Betty's back while she was eating noodles off the floor below the highchair. He really was a mess after dinner. I took everyone on another long walk after dinner. My legs are going to be sore in the morning. That's sad.

Enzo had a nice long bath, and we read books until about 8:30PM.

Enzo took a monster two hour nap when we got home, which gave me a chance to do some work. He was all sweaty and had major sleepy face when I went up to get him at noon. We headed out to South Pasadena to get Enzo a piece of quiche at his favorite lunch place. Zoe met us about half way through our meal, and then she took Enzer to the store while I went downtown to work for a few hours.

Enzo and Zoe had a fun and rare afternoon alone together. Lots of rumpusing around the house and front yard, and no naps. When I got back home, Enzo and I took the dogs for a long walk around the neighborhood. Enzo got his bath soon after, and a few books later was ready for bed.

After a ten minute morning nap, we headed out to the valley to go to the big book store, Storyopolis. Enzo found a lot of things to pull off the shelves, chew on, and carry around the store. Unfortunately none of those things were books. We did find a couple winners among the thousands of really bad children's books. The two he likes the most are Leonardo the Terrible Monster and Ten Rubber Ducks. We read him Leonardo at 10 times this afternoon and tonight.

Enzo got tired pretty quickly, so we aborted lunch and came home. He got pretty upset in the car, and went down for a nap right when we got home. He woke in a cranky mood. He felt a little feverish and had some GI issues, we think related to his teething. After getting some more motrin on board, he settled down. Zoe made dinner, and then we played in the front yard with the dogs. Enzo thought it was very funny when I sent the dogs down the slide, over and over.

After we all woke up, Enzo and I took the pups out to day care which Zoe stayed and made Enzer some breakfast. We had a nice ride out there, Enzo happily munching on Chex the whole way. We stood and watched the dogs run around behind the glass wall. Enzo was laughing at Betty chasing a big purple ball, while he danced to the music the early morning pet shop crew had blaring.

After work we went out for Friday night sushi. Enzo was pretty nuts at the restaurant - running around, screeching, dropping food on the ground, etc... He didn't eat much, and Zoe and I took turns taking him outside. We stopped by Borders to pick up a few more books for Enzo, and he had a blast walking around, pulling stuff off the shelves. We added four or five new books to the collection. Unfortunately, he was so tired when we got home, he didn't get a chance to read them. Pretty much straight to bed after his bath. Expecting him bright and early tomorrow, if not sooner.

After breakfast, I took Enzo and the dogs for a long walk up behind the house. I brought a pocket full of little crackers that Enzo munched on happily as we went. It started to get pretty warm out by the time we got back to the house, and daddy and the puppies were hot and tired.

Tonight after work we went to the South Pas market as usual. Enzo had the traditional cheese quesadilla. We also bought him a bunch of fresh fruit, including peaches, cherries, and apricots. He kept trying to eat whole cherries, which we would then have to pry out his mouth. He scattered cheese, rice, and fruit all over our blanket, and was pretty much the messiest kid there. Two moms that we don't know walked by and said, "Is that Enzo? I know him from Gymboree!" Apparently he's some local celebrity.

After work, we grilled some steaks and made Enzer some noodles and veggies. We went for a walk after dinner with the pups. Enzo's got many teeth coming in right now, so he's been fussy the last few nights. He was pretty good tonight after we played outside for a while. He settled in to some books with Zoe, and was pretty easy to put down.

After work, we got dinner going right away. Enzo had some left over pasta and broccoli. We went for a nice walk with the puppies around the neighborhood with Enzo in the backpack. Back at the house, we just played in the living room with the dogs. Betty was jumping on and off the ottoman, and it was cracking Enzo up. He was laughing so hard. He had a nice bath, read some books, and went to bed at 8:15PM.

We had a great dinner of wagon wheel pasta and beefy pasta sauce. Enzo was choking down huge wagon wheel, one after another. Kind of scaring us. Also guzzling large quantities of water. He was very focus on his meal so we left him alone. He was also using a fork all by himself tonight. Actually managed to successfully stab some pasta and transfer it to his mouth. After bath, Zoe read Enzo some books, and then he played outside for a while in his pajamas. It started to get dark, so we went back inside for a few more books. Then bed at 8:PM.

After Enzo's morning nap, we went to Toys R Us to spend a gift card that Enzo got for his birthday. We got some awesome stuff for the front yard. A little fort type thing with a slide, a water table, a ocean explorer set, and a tonka truck. Wow, the front yard was totally transformed into an Enzo playground in about five minutes. He was so stoked, loved the water table, got completely soaked right away. Tried and failed to put him down for a nap in the afternoon, I think too excited about all his stuff.

Metcalfs came over for BBQ tonight. Was fun to see Enzo with the other boys. He had a good dinner, and had a screeching competition with Gabe. After dinner, the boys played in the living room. Enzo even sat in Scott's lap while he read a book to Gabe. Wow.

Enzer was kind of hyped up from his exciting day, and didn't get to bed until 9:PM tonight.

We came home and played in the house for a while. I thought Enzo might want to take a real nap, but he just wanted to roll around with his blanket, read books, and try to open the toilet lid. When it became clear he wasn't going to sleep anytime soon, we went to South Pas to get some lunch, and then we had a picnic in the park.

Zoe called about an hour into Enzo's nap, so I grabbed him and went to the airport to pick her up. Enzo was happy to see mommy. We dropped off Zoe's stuff and then went across town to Little Kuts, a kid haircut place. They weren't too busy, so Enzo got a chair right away. Oh man, he was not happy about that woman cutting his hair, but we managed to make it through. He hair looks nice, but he looks so different. Really looks like a little boy now.

After haircut, we grabbed some Chinese to go, and had another picnic in the front yard. Enzo made a huge mess, but he had fun, and the dogs cleaned up. He got an early bath, some books read my mommy, and was ready for bed right on time.

Apparently Enzo had a good day (after his morning nap), and he was a lot of fun tonight. On the drive out to get the dogs Enzo ate a couple cookies and listened to music. We had a big piece of lasagna for dinner, and Enzo ate a lot very quickly. He loves to eat bites off the fork. We had a good long bath. Enzo laughed every time when I picked up his two ducks and said, "yellow duck, blue duck". He also thought it funny when I asked him if he had mmmmmeat! for dinner. Not sure why. We read some books before bed. He liked Not a Box tonight.

Enzo was in a good mood after work today. We had a very successful dinner of ravioli, corn and peas, and tater tots. He held his fork, and every time I stuck something on the end of it, he put the fork in his mouth and ate the bite. After dinner, we took the dogs for a good long walk up behind the house. Trash night though so Betty was stressing out about all the trash cans lining the streets. We took an early bath, which Enzo really enjoyed. Then we read some books, ate a few bites of watermelon, brushed our teeth, and went to bed a little after 8:PM.

I made Enzo some dinner of mac & cheese with tuna right when I got home from work. We're thinking that feeding him sooner will help him get through dinner without getting over upset. He seems to get over hungry and there's no bringing him back. It seemed to help tonight. He was pretty good in his chair and ate an OK dinner.

After dinner we went for a long backpack walk up around behind the house. Good exercise for dad. Enzo was fine in the pack for about 30 minutes. Gave him an early bath so I could be ready to put him to sleep at the first sign of crankiness. We read books for about 45 minutes. He loves Bruno Munari's ABC book. The W page shows a huge watermelon slice. Enzo loves watermelon and he gets very excited about this page. He literally sat and giggled at this page for 10 minutes. Every time I tried to turn the page, he would turn it back. Then I actually gave him a few bites of watermelon while he was looking at the watermelon page. Pure joy!

This evening was a mad scramble to get Zoe to the airport. We packed and tried to eat some lame mexican food. Enzo ate a few bites and then decided he'd rather run around crazy in the house looking for small choking objects, sharp things, protruding corners, open cabinets, toilet paper, cat litter, electrical cords and outlets, remote controls, phones, stairs, small mammals, shoes, coins, magazines, dirty socks, eye glasses, and dog water.

In the car to the airport, Zoe and Enzo were having a back and forth screeching match. Enzo won. On the way home, Enzo chewed on the dog leash for a while, but then cried most of the way. He cried through his bath too, and he went straight to bed right at 8:PM.

Enzo was in great mood after work today. We played out front and then watered the grass in the back while Zoe fixed us dinner. Enzo had a pretty good dinner of ribs and mac & cheese and peas. He stayed in his chair for longer than usual. During dinner Zoe got Enzo waving his arms like a monkey, just like in one of his favorite book. He got a kick out that. After dinner we went for a family walk around the block. After that Enzo rolled around in the living room with a blanket. Then bath, then books, then bed.

After nap, Enzo and I ran a quick errand, and than came home to eat some lunch. Zoe and I took Enzo to get his first haircut with video camera in hand. Unfortunately, the place closed early today, so Enzo escaped for another week. We stopped in next door and bought a Kelty kid carrier backpack thing. Enzo liked being carried around, so we walked down the street for an ice cream. He was actually kind of crazy for Zoe's ice cream.

After his afternoon nap, we all headed out to the dog park. I carried Enzo in the new pack, and he seemed pretty relaxed back there. We fed Enzo dinner when we got back, but it was a challenge. He wanted to eat while playing in the front yard rather sitting in his chair. He got tired early tonight, sort of upset right through his bath. Zoe read him some books and the he crashed right before 8:PM.

After breakfast,we stopped by Gymboree for some rumpusing. Enzo had fun. He crawled up ladders, over obstacles, and slid down slides. He was ready to leave a few minutes early as per usual. Not sure why he does that.

We stopped by the house to pick up some things, and then we off to Orange County to visit a friend with a pool. The drive down was terrible, but at least Enzo got a quick nap in. Our friends brand new house was nice, and her pool was warmed up just for Enzo. He LOVED the pool. He walked around, floated around, dunked his face in a few times, and drank handfuls of water. He was in and out of the pool for a couple hours. Makes for some really wet diapers. The drive home was twice as bad as the drive down. Took 1hr 40min to get back. Every freeway was backed up. Ugh. Enzo and daddy took short naps.

We ordered some really bad Thai takeout for dinner because we were too tired to cook. It was incredibly lame, Enzo barely ate it either, and we gave most to the dogs. We gave Enzo an early bath because he was looking pretty tired after his big day. We went for a walk around the block with the dogs, and Enzo was ready to crash pretty soon after.

Zoe and I went out to dinner with Li and Neil tonight to celebrate both of our anniversaries and Mothers Day. We didn't see a while lot of Enzo tonight. Just popped in after work to change. Enzo was fussy and clingy. Just hungry and missed us too. Traffics was insane in both direction, and dinner turned into a 4.5 hour trek. And we just went to the Westside.

From work, I picked up Zoe at LAX and we went home. Zoe was nervous about how Enzo would respond to her after not seeing her for a week, but the moment she walked in the living room, he got a big smile on his face, pulled himself up and walked toward her to give her a hug. He was so excited.

Zoe and Enzo hung out for the rest of afternoon while I went back to the studio. They ate lunch and went to Gymboree. Enzo was so happy to have his mommy home that he didn't take an afternoon nap.

When I got home, we went to the farmers market for dinner. Enzo unenthusiastically ate a quesadilla and then devoured an entire yellow peach in about two minutes. He scraped the pit clean with his teeth, and cried when I took it away from him. Needless to say, we bought 10 more peaches. Soon he'll be sick of them.

He was very tired when we got home. Quick bath, some books, and down for the count.

Enzo didn't want to sit in his chair to eat dinner tonight, so we sat and read book on the couch while we ate instead. After dinner, we played in the front yard. We also practiced a few of his new tricks, so we are ready tomorrow to impress mommy. One trick Enzo learned tonight was putting a finger puppet on his own finger. The first time he did it, he was laughing out loud. He spend some time walking around the house with a little lion finger puppet stuck on his index finger. He went down without a fight around 8:30PM.

Enzo was actually a bit of a crank after work tonight for a while. I didn't get him his dinner until 6:30PM, and I think he was over the edge by then. I briefly considered rolling the dice and trying to put him down at 7:30, but I'm glad I didn't. He finally calmed down around 7:45PM and then was in great mood until bedtime, walking all around the house again and again looking for stuff to get in to - dog food, dog water, toilets, stairs, electrical cords. I think the time has come to child proof the house. He has gotten so confident with his walking just in the last day or two. Walking is the number one mode now.

Enzo was in a fine mood after work. We spend some time when I first got home just rolling around on the couch. I gave him some very big hugs, and he was giggling and laughing a lot. I put the batteries in the new bubble machine and we turned it on in the front yard. It really freaked him out to have 1000 bubbles come flying out of that thing straight at him. I turned it off after getting some video.

We ate lasagna dinner again and again he loved it. I think I've probably come to the end of the lasagna line though. I also made him peas, corn and french fries. He carried around french fries for the rest of the night, alternately eating them and smearing them into the couch and carpet. And of course feeding some to the dogs. Piece of cake putting him down right at 8:PM.

We swung by the house and picked up the mutts to go to the dog park around 9:AM. They were beside themselves with joy. Betty was flipping out in the back of the wagon when we pulled into the parking lot. I got a few comments about my multi-tasking abilities - throwing ball for two dogs, holding baby, picking up dog shit, taking photos, sending picture mail, and occasionally dousing the dogs with water to cool them down.

Solid morning nap when we got home. I tried to lay down for a few minutes also, but the minute I fell asleep, Mr starting yowling. I tried again with a pillow over my head, but then Enzo woke up about 15 minutes later. Oh well.

After nap we got some lunch in South Pas by the train tracks. Enzo and I shared a big piece of ham and cheese quiche. He ate most of it, along with a small bowl of fruit. We accidentally got an ice cream cone next door also. And then we drive down the street to the dinosaur toy store to see if Enzo needed anything. There were a lot of cool things there but mostly toys for older kids. We hung out for a while though, and Enzo played with and chewed on a number of different dinosaur species.

On the way home we stopped by the park. We just rolled around in the grass under a tree and played with a couple sticks for about 30 minutes. Such a beautiful afternoon, and Enzo was in the best mood.

After second nap, we went to the UHaul store to buy some boxes because daddy is trying to clean up the house and he needs something to put all of our stuff in. Stopped by the store again because I forgot milk the first time. Enzo munched on watermelon and apple slices the whole time driving around.

Back at the house we didn't do much. Laid in the front yard, snuggled on the couch, read some books, and watched some hockey. We talked to Zoe on the speaker phone which made him smile. I fed Enzo his dinner at 5:30PM, about an hour earlier than usual. It seemed to help. He devoured his lasagna, and fed himself with a fork a number of times while sitting in my lap. He was so excited that he ate another full plate of dinner. I thought it was the cutest thing until he suddenly spun around and jabbed me just below the eye with his big boy fork. Scared the hell out of me. End of that game.

After dinner and bath, Enzo ate a huge bowl of fruit as we rumpused on the couch and read books. Not sure what got in to him today, but he ate a lot of food. Not to mention he guzzled about 30 ounces of milk today too.

We had our milk and then we left for Peets. Enzo had his usual Saturday morning lox & bagel and honeydew melon. After breakfast, we went to Gymboree. All the usual suspect there. The theme was Push again, and yes, Enzo hates pushing the big air tube. He was a little clingy but he had fun and did some good walking and climbing. I couldn't take many pictures because every time he sees my cell phone, he gets upset that he's not holding it. He didn't interact with the other kids too much today, except for taking away a truck from some other little boy. I pulled him out of the dreaded parachute spin ride thing, which upsets him every time. That seemed to help him finish up class in a good mood.

He tried to fall asleep in the car on the way home. I had a train and two detours on the way home, so I did a lot of loud singing to keep him awake. He played in the living room with Betty for about 30 minutes before getting fussy. It was hard to get him sleep. He kept waking up, and Betty barked once. Good thing I got a fresh new battery for the bark collar yesterday.

After nap we got lunch at a little chinese place next to the hardware store. Enzo loved his beefy noodles. We picked up a fence thing to keep the dogs off the newly planted grass seed in the backyard. We then headed out to REI to exchange my Crocs. Unfortunately there was a giant sale going on, and an hour wait for the register, so we left. Back to house for nap number two.

After a very short nip nap, we went to KidSpace. It was crowded, but we had fun anyway. He was walking all over the place in the indoor gym. Enzo had fun playing in the stream and looking at the bee hive. No train running today, but Enzo was soaking wet anyway. On the way out, I heard a little girl say to her mom, "I am not! I am not being negative!", which cracked me up.

Back at the house, Enzo and I played in the living room and out front while we waiting for the giant lasagna to cook that Zoe made before she left. Enzo was getting pretty hungry by the time it was done around 6:30PM. He really loved it, which is good because we'll be eating it for the next five days for lunch and dinner.

After bath, Enzo and I read some books. I brushed Enzo's teeth and then he was ready for bed. He actually kind of likes getting his teeth brushed. When he sees the brush he just sits there very still with his mouth open. So cute. He crashed pretty hard. Big day.

Enzo and I headed out to pick up the dogs right when I got home. He liked watching the dogs through the glass at PetSmart. On the way home, Enzo was trying hard to close his eyes and take a nippy nap, but I shouted, sang, whistled, and clapped my hands to keep him awake. Kind of freaked out the dogs though. Enzo didn't eat much for dinner tonight, but I think he had a big lunch. Just wasn't hungry.

We sat and read books after his bath. I gave him a cracker to eat and a few bites of watermelon. He kept leaning over and giving me kisses, like maybe 20 kisses in about ten minutes. It was very sweet, until the last one when he he bit me on the cheek.

Crazy night tonight, running around getting Zoe packed and then off to the airport. Zoe didn't to spend much time with Enzo because we were running late. She tried to feed him some dinner on the way to the airport, but he didn't eat much. Dropping Zoe off was rough. Enzo and I both miss her already and she just left a few hours ago.

Enzo was tired and hungry and lonely in the back seat, and he cried the whole way home and through his bath too. I thought about putting him to sleep at 7:30PM because he was in such bad shape, but I brought him downstairs to see how he'd do. We read some books and I fed him some more dinner. He really rallied after getting some bites. In fact he rallied for another 90 minutes and again didn't go to bed until after 9:PM. He was a lot of fun though, just being goofy and laughing. Enzo loves to be chased and startled. He was really excited and screeching tonight when I was crawling after him in the living room.

After work, Enzo and I took Harriet to the vet. She hurt her knee the other day and is still limping very badly. Enzo had fun watching the fish in the big tank in the lobby of the office. We attempted dinner when we got back, but Enzo was kind of a crank and didn't eat a whole lot. After bath, we read books and had round two dinner of cereal, fruit and bagel. Figures the rare night Zoe is on call that Enzo decides to stay up 90 minutes later than usual. He was flaming around the house all night. He crashed hard once I finally put him down, and didn't drink much of his bottle. Expecting him up later tonight again.

Zoe made a nice dinner for us tonight. As per usual, Enzo was OK in his chair for about 15 minutes, and then he finished up his dinner in our laps and walking around the backyard. He got tired again early tonight. He has on a new pair of funny pajamas tonight. Have to get a photo in the morning.