Dark, cold and rainy tonight, so we didn't go out. We just watched some sharks, played in Enzo's little house, and ate some dinner. I broke out a new toob of zoo animals near the end of dinner, which Enzo was very excited about.

He had a very hot bath, followed by very cold bottle of milk. Zoe read him books, and I made him a tunnel with his legos. He tried to play "isn't it so very interesting" right before bedtime. Pointing out all his little animals to us one by one, saying "wow" and "oooh". We played along for a while because it was so cute.

Zoe went on to work, and Enzo and I went to get Jamba Juice. Then we drove over to the construction site, where we sat on the wall, drinking our juice. The construction site was very busy today. Enzo really liked the front loader that was moving gravel around. We stopped in Borders across the street and then headed up to school. Enzo fell asleep on the way there, and stayed asleep for about an hour.

He had a great day at school for the most part. He really got into opening circle, doing some of the hand motions at the beginning, and then he laid on the floor gazing up at Adrienne singing songs. For the first time he didn't ask to go outside or drink milk halfway through class. Instead he just kept playing and say "hi!" to everyone ten times, until it was time for snack. He sat for a long time today, and ate a lot. He asked for a third portion of mandarin oranges before dumping out his bowl. We went outside to play with the class, but when it was time to come back in for closing circle, he didn't want to leave the sand pile. I picked him up and brought him to the door, but he got upset, so we just left rather than force the issue. We went home, and Alex came at about 1:30 to take him.

Zoe came home and made dinner, while Enzo and I watched sharks. After dinner, we just sat around reading books and playing with puzzles. We went on a very short walk with the dogs. After bath, Zoe read Enzo a stack of books. He was falling asleep in her lap so we brushed his teeth and put him to sleep a few minutes early.

When mommy got home he was happy to see her and tell her about his day - he covered his ears and said "loud!" and "mon-eys!" (monkeys). We had dinner then daddy took Enzo to PetCo to look at the animals again. Its hard because it gets dark so early these days - not much to do in the hours between dinner and bedtime - daddy and Enzo saw several young families at PetCo doing the same thing they were. When he's seen enough of one animal, and is ready to move on to the next one, he says "no", which at first made me think he didn't want to be there at all. He really likes the salt water fish, especially the clown fish. He calls the chameleon - "eyes".

We had a fun bath, lots of books, then an early bedtime for Enzo.

Enzo was nuts when I got home. Running around screeching and chasing the dogs. After he settled down, we read some books waiting for mommy to come home. After dinner, we sat on the couch reading books about fish, turtles (eating "grass"), sharks, and firemen.

Just before going up to take a bath, Zoe noticed there were some words that Alex had spelled out with magnet letters on the fridge. She called Enzo over and asked him what the words were, and he quickly went down the list - "cat", "meow" and "no". We were amazed that he remembered the words so easily.

Then as a goof, I spelled out a new word. D O G. And asked him "what's this word?"

He pointed at the word, turned to Zoe and said "dog".

Enzo had a short early nap today, and when I got him from Alex around 5:PM, he was tired and upset. As I carried him around, he buried his head against my shoulder and cried. I made him laugh a few times, pretending to drink his juice and showing the fire captain's mustache, and he quickly settled down. He was happy to see Zoe when she got home from work, and rushed into the kitchen to say hi.

Zoe made his all-time favorite pancetta pasta tonight, and he ate a big pile of it. After dinner, Enzo chased the dogs, and read some more books with Zoe. He got a new turtle book today. His favorite picture is the sea turtle eating "grass". In fact he pretty much only wants to look at that one picture, and say "grass" over and over.

After bath, Zoe read another stack of books, including Alligators All Around, which she sang four or five times. Before bed, Enzo and made up a new game hiding little animals under his stacking cups. We stacked and then lifted the cups looking, of course, for the "turdle!"

Enzo watch some giant salamanders on tv and then we went to the park for some "climbing" and "i slide!". We chased squirrels (they don't like cheerios), and rolled down the grassy hill. Zoe had to sing, yell, and poke Enzo all the way home, so he didn't fall asleep in the car.

It was easy putting Enzo down for his nap, but for some reason, he woke up suddenly only about 40 minutes into it. He was still so tired, and he fell asleep in my arms for another ten minutes or so. But when he woke up again, he sure was sour. I gave him some milk, and took him for a short drive which calmed him down.

Back at the house, we all played in the backyard with the dogs for a long time. We also managed to take a couple potential holiday card photos while we were at it. Enzo loves to play with Betty, who of course is always ready to play. Sometime it's hard for him to get the ball from Betty. He follows her around the yard, yelling "come" and "drop". Enzo picks up the slimy ball, cocks his arm, yells "i throw!", and let's it fly.

Enzo had a snack, and we headed over to get his hair cut. It was really getting out of control. We happened to get the nicest woman who gave Enzo the best haircut ever. Enzo was so good sitting in daddy's lap in the chair. Might have been the lollipop and video on the tv. We can't believe how much older he looks now.

Back home, we played in the dirt more and then played with the dogs again. The Pfleegers came over for fish tacos, and then Wes and Enzo played in his cardboard house.

Enzo took a nice long bath as per usual, and then books with mommy. He hasn't lost his touch finding Goldbug despite not seeing it for a while.

After his dirt and hot chocolate, we cleaned up and headed out for some breakfast. He had some fruit and had fun watching the trains. We tried to see the crane, but they weren't working today. We went to the bookstore and he picked out a shark book.

We tried to get his hair cut but he got tired and we realized it was an exercise in futility. We went to Play-Well to get our backyard playground order in - we were told to get the order in well before Christmas so we would avoid the rush. We are very excited!

At home we watched some Planet Earth - he was particularly enamored with a giant salamander from Japan as well as the river otters and the fresh water fish. He had some lunch then took a nice long nap.

We took a walk after his nap - we had planned to walk down to the Rose Bowl in order to get a look at the blimp, but the game ended as we were heading down and the blimp flew directly overhead on its way home. Enzo was so excited to see it so close and so loud. We fed the ducks and Enzo quacked and quacked even though he was too nervous to give the big duck any bread himself. He has been nipped once too many times! He surprised us by pointing to the coots and saying, "coot". Even Zoe did not know what they were.

We had a nice dinner out and he ate well. We went to the pet store after dinner for kitty litter and he got to see the turtles, lizards, chinchillas, fish, and mice...but his absolute favorite was the chameleon with its googly eyes. He couldn't say "chameleon" but he would say "eye"

He was funny and sweet all day today.

After letting Alex go, Enzo and I drove out to get the dogs, while Zoe made dinner. Enzo was in such a happy mood when we got home despite the giant goose egg on his forehead. We hung out, played in his new house (he pointed out the new drawings on the house including the drawing of the cat in the back), read some books, chased Betty around, wrestled on the bed and was generally very silly but happy. He ate very little of his dinner but shockingly enough rallied enough to finish his pop.

We had a nice warm bath and watched some of the UH football game (2007 WAC champions and undefeated!). Enzo was excited to watch the game. Karen and JJ came over just in time to say hi to Enzo before he went to bed. They noticed how much taller he has gotten since the last time they saw him. Enzo was super shy and did not say much except to yell "YO!" after someone on tv caught a ball. At about 8:15, he put down the cracker he had been chewing on, and started up the stairs. I asked him if he was ready to go to bed, and he said "yesch", so we brushed his teeth and he went right to sleep.

Mommy was so happy to see Enzo. He was running in and out of his cardboard house and pulled her into the house first thing. They had fun opening all the windows.

Mommy and daddy got started on the Thanksgiving cooking they had to do while Enzo watched a little bit of Planet Earth. A-ma invited us to ichat, and she had her mom and sister with her (Enzo's great grandmother and great-aunt) They had a nice time ichatting, even though Enzo was shy at first. But he really got into it and showed off his belly button and gave A-ma some kisses. After we said goodbye, while mommy was making Enzo some lunch, he kept saying A-ma, A-ma, so we invited them to ichat again. There is nothing that chinese women like more than to see a relative eat, especially when it is an only grandson/greatgrandson eat noodles with a pair of chopsticks. They clapped after he took each bite and Enzo was mightily amused. He even said E-ma (Chinese for great aunt). Many kisses later we said goodbye.

Mommy and Enzo read a bunch of books together while daddy took the pups on a walk, then we packed up our beautiful apple pie and gorgeous pumpkin cheesecake and drove to Manhattan Beach for dinner with Leah, Paul, Maya and Michael.

Enzo had a healthy nap in the car and was in a chipper mood when he woke up. We had an AMAZING dinner that Leah slaved over, with little Michael tethered to her hip all the while. Turkey, potatoes, yams, cranberries, gravy - yum. Enzo especially liked the whipped yams. Dessert was decadent and delicious and Enzo even got a little bit of ice cream.

After we got home we had the usual bath, books and bed right on time. Enzo said "love you" to mommy for the first time tonight. We are thankful for our happy and healthy little bug.

Enzo was playing in the dirt in the front yard with Alex when I got home this evening. Zoe is on call tonight, so Enzo and I got some dinner together. His on-call dinners are usually pretty random, and tonight was no exception. Bologna, rice, edamame, and pears. And a cookie. He actually did OK, and didn't beg for a "pop" tonight.

After dinner, we assembled Enzo's new cardboard playhouse. He really enjoyed it. We both sat inside for a long time, commenting on how "dark" it was inside, that the doors and windows were "closed", and discussing the similarities between a "house" and a "tunnoh". Betty and Harriet both spent some time inside there too, not necessarily by their own choosing. Enzo chased Betty out of the house yelling "down". And he kept chasing her around the living room, laughing and screeching the whole time.

After the house, we briefly watched some "fisch" and "turdle" on Planet Earth. We took a nice long bath, and then read some books, including Madeline, of course, and an old standby Blankie ("blankt").

We played with his little bugs, reptiles, and dinosaurs. At several of the schools I toured, they used these little animals to teach kids about diversity and taxonomic similarities. Mixing all the critters up, and asking the kids to sort them into piles of similar animals.

We also played a brief game of fake owie on mommy's bed. After I brushed his teeth, he gave me big kiss, and curled up his crib, ready for "night night".

When Zoe came home, we worked on getting dinner together while Enzo watched "shark", "turdle" and "fisch". The Pfleegers came over around 5. Enzo was very eager to show off his trains and tunnel ("tunnoh"). He was kind of a nightmare at dinner, throwing food all over the place, without eating a bite. Even though he kept yelling, "quiche, quiche, quiche", he didn't really want any. I think he was showing off for Wes. After dinner, the kids just goofed around, playing with trains, puzzles, and books.

He was very sweet tonight during our usual wind down to bedtime. He read books with mommy, and then looked at pictures in his new animal encyclopedia that daddy got him. Of course, he kept wanting to go back to the shark and turtle pages.

When mommy came home, Enzo was happy to see her and went running into the kitchen and asked for a kiss right away. Then in his next breath he asked to watch the fish on tv. Funny that he had been home with daddy for awhile before mommy came home and he didn't mention the tv at all. I guess we know who the push over is.

He did great with dinner, and ate his pasta and ribs. He managed to gnaw on a little riblet. After dinner we played with his trains for a long time then he sat on the couch with mommy and went through the entire Jolviet ZOO-ology book and he pointed at and named as many animals as he could. He impressed mommy because he knew "baboon".

We had a nice bath, then read lots of books (his current favorite is Madeline, which mommy loves because of all the Paris pictures), then played with his pile of frogs, dinosaurs, insects and turtles. We are looking forward to seeing him in the morning.

We ran some family errands, and Enzo took another 2 hour nap afterwards. We were talking about how Buzz thought the playground set cost $15,000 and we thought that was "nuts!" Enzo said "nuts!" for the rest of the afternoon.

Before dinner Enzo ran around in the backyard with the pups and was throwing the ball for Betty. He started throwing the ball into the big planters and Betty would jump in and grab the ball and he thought it was the funniest thing. He did great with dinner, although we had to resort to the age old airplane-flying-into-the-hangar-with-a-chunk-of-turkey-meatloaf-hanging-off-it trick.

After dinner we played with trains, wrestled around on mommy's bed and learned how to jump, played bucking bronco with daddy (Enzo says "bronco"). We the usual bath, books and bedtime right on time.

When we got home, we had some lunch and watched some Planet Earth while daddy dealt with the nightmare that is the wall project. Today is the great sprinkler installation nightmare. Enzo took a whopping 2 hour and 15 minute nap which gave mommy the opportunity to do her Thanksgiving shopping.

Unlike this morning, Enzo woke up in a super sour mood after his nap and had one of his inexplicable meltdowns. We let him writhe around on the floor in the living room to work it out, checking on him every minute or so to let him know we were still around but not giving him any extra attention. It seemed to work - he got over it after about 10 minutes then was fine.

We had a great dinner and afterwards ran some family errands in Old Pasadena. Afterwards we played a rousing game of hide and go seek and Enzo played "Bucking Bronco" on daddy and mommy and he thought it was the greatest thing. The dogs were confused and while daddy was on all fours with Enzo riding on his back, they were attacking him and biting his arms and feet. Enzo loved that best of all.

Alex told me that when they went to see Grandma Jean today, he pointed at her and said "gamma jeeeen!". Grandma Jean was thrilled.

After work, Zoe and I took Enzo to Whole Foods to get dinner and milk. Enzo didn't eat much dinner but he enjoyed his tapioca pudding and chocolate milk, a treat he's only had twice in his life. Back home, we watched "shark" and "turdle" on the Planet Earth DVD, then took a bath. Enzo had fun dumping water on daddy's head, and didn't get upset when I dumped it on his. Mommy read him some books, and we played "trot trot".

Alex took Enzo to play at the park and then met me up at school around 11:AM. Enzo had another good day at school, following the usual pattern of wanting some milk about half way through class and then re-joining and continuing on with no problem. He was kind of goofy today, running around with a little wooden duck, yelling "duck!" at anyone who would listen. He was also into falling down and rolling around on the floor being silly a lot today too. He dumped his snack bowl in the trash almost immediately, and then just ran around yelling while the other kids sat and ate. We played outside in the dirt pile, and then came back in for some serious "trot trot".

Enzo and I went to see Zoe on call tonight. We had our usual beefy thai omelet with "pea", which Enzo loves. He was very sweet and cute just hanging out in the call room. Gave mommy some nice little kisses too.

He stayed awake on the way home which was good. We saw three fire trucks go zooming by when we got off the freeway, "truck".

Enzo took a very long bath tonight. We played the man jumping off the edge of the tub into the water game for about 15 minutes. He can say "jump", "splash" and "man". It was getting late so we only read a few books before brushing teeth and hitting the sack.

We got home early today to find him decorating leaves in the kitchen nook with Alex. We had a lot of fun playing at the park this afternoon - he is getting so good at climbing and sliding. We played out in the front yard with his trucks and gardening tools. He ate a hot dog while waiting for dinner, then picked at his dinner but found time for a fruit bar afterwards.

We ran around with the dogs, had a nice bath, tried to poop on the big potty (no such luck), had some milk and lots of books before bed.

Alex came by to take Ezno to the park, and I got myself ready to meet them up at school. As I was leaving the house, I noticed that Betty was limping. There was a bee stinger in her paw, and her face was starting to swell up rapidly. I rushed her to the vet, where she got a few shots. She's still swollen up a bit but OK.

Enzo had a great day at school. He asked for his milk right after opening circle, so I gave it to him and he was fine for the rest of class. He spent a lot of time handing toys to Miss Adrienne, sweeping, and pushing the little stroller around the room. He was anxious for snack to start, and then couldn't wait to get up and dump his food into the trash bin. He quickly regretted that decision, so I gave him another chance to sit and eat. After snack, we played outside for a few minutes, but he asked to go back inside. He helped Miss Adrienne wipe the table and chairs, and she was very happy about that. He loved the "trot trot" closing circle, and held Miss Adriene's hand in closing circle.

Enzo was kind of nuts after Alex dropped him off tonight. He was up and down from his seat and dinner a few times without eating much. He got mad that we were sitting at the table too. Zoe did trick him to get back in his chair for a few more minutes by giving him a lamb chop (aka, meat pop) to gnaw on. After dinner he continued to act out a bit. Not sure why.

He settled down after his bath some. We let him watch the sharks on the Planet Earth DVD, and he drank his milk. We went back up to his room to read some books. We were just hanging out when he got up, walked up his crib, pointed, and said "night night". So we quickly brushed his teeth, and put him in the crib.

After Enzo and Alex came home from kidspace, A-ma and Andy came over for a visit. Enzo was shy at first but ended up in a funny silly mood. He ran through a long list of tricks at the table — animals names and sounds, pointing to various body parts, and learning everyone's name. He did not eat much and A-ma was shocked at what a mess he made despite his small appetite. He did, however, finish his "pop". After dinner, Enzo impressed everyone with mastery of his puzzles, some dancing, and more words from one of his books. A-ma kept asking for kisses, and Enzo would reply, "no!" then A-ma would say, "yes!" and then Enzo would say, "no!" and so on and so on. Not a game we wanted him to learn, but eventually he gave A-ma several very sweet hugs and kisses. He high-fived Andy.

We had our usual bubbly bath, books and rolling around before bed right at 8.

We toodled around the neighborhood on his trike, played with his trains, read books, ichatted with grandpa Buzz. He took a 2 hour nap today, the likes of which we have not seen in a long time. He woke up in a happy mood.

We went back to PlayWell to figure out the configuration of Enzo's playground set. He was climbing on everything and was absolutely fearless. Daddy had him climbing up a climbing wall until mommy made him stop.

We had a great dinner of Dungeness crab and homemade mac and cheese for Enzo. He was fascinated with the crab carapace, and said "crab" over and over. He was holding onto a donut hole left over from breakfast and it was hilarious to watch him try to keep it away from Betty and Harriet. He was telling them both "no! no!" over and over and Harriet and Betty didn't mind at all.

After his blue poop in the potty (leftover from his blueberry dinner last night) and his very bubbly bath we were all wrestling around on mommy's bed, and we discovered that he has a penchant for faking "owies" for kisses. He did it over and over again.

A-ma is in town and Enzo is looking forward to seeing her tomorrow.

We stopped into Borders across the street to look for a new book. I'm feeling like we own every good children's book in his age bracket. We looked for 30 minutes and found one book we liked.

After Borders, we headed across town to get dim sum. It took forever for our food to arrive, but Enzo hung in there, and then devoured his shumai and sticky rice in lotus leaf. He was close to falling asleep on the way home, but we made it back and Enzo got a second wind. We played with trains, rode around the block in his new tricycle, and watched some Planet Earth, Deep Ocean.

We headed out to check out some Play-Well playground equipment we're thinking about for Christmas. He thought we were at the best playground on Earth. Must have been 50 slides, forts, swings, and a whole row of little houses too. He was going bananas running in and out of the houses. Yelling, "ma ma", "da da".

When we got home, he was very ready for a nap, and slept for a little over an hour.

We played around the house a bit, and then went up to the Metcalfs to eat dinner and watch the USC game. Enzo, Luke, and Gabe had a great time playing together. Enzo of course liked all their train gear. All the kids did well at dinner, and then got a Rice Crispy treat for dessert. The highlight of Enzo's night was sitting slack-jawed in front of Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin for about 10 minutes.

Back home, we did our usual ritual — bath, books, brush and bed. During his bath, Zoe ran the faucet to entertain Enzo. We kept asking if he was done, and he kept saying "more". We let him sit there for a while, then Zoe finally said, "OK Enzo, one more minute". Enzo paused, looked at her, and said "two".

When Zoe got home from work, we went to see the new Whole Foods in Pasadena. It is pretty unbelievable, and apparently the biggest one on the West Coast. We sat and had dinner there. We wondering why he was sitting and eating so quietly, then we realized he was watching a cooking show on a tv above our table. Whatever works. He ate a lot, and has been for the past few days. Another growth spurt.

We stopped at a little old school toy store to get Enzo a wooden fish puzzle to help him learn his colors. He can say most of colors, if you say the word, but he doesn't really know them yet. His stock answer for "what color is this?" is "bloooo".

When we got home, he started chasing Harriet around the house yelling "heddy" over and over. Every time Harriet jumped up on the couch, he would yell "down!"

We took a long bath, then read books, and worked on the new puzzle. Right near bedtime, Enzo asked to go down stairs, and then said he was hungry. Zoe made him some mini PB&J cookie cutter animal sandwiches, which he quickly ate. Soon after, he was ready to crash.

We had a light breakfast of PB&J cookie cutter animals and fruit, and then took the dogs to play fetch at the Rose Bowl. Enzo and the dogs had fun as usual. Enzo walked the lines of the soccer field saying "line. line. line. line." He also had his own tennis ball thrower today, trying to throw the ball, and saying "thow" each time.

We stopped by the house to drop off the dogs and then went over to Heirloom to grab a coffee and a scone. Enzo was starting to fade at around 9:45, so I gave him his milk. Soon after, he drifted off to sleep. I parked down the street from school, and waited until about 11 to drive over.

Zoe was there to meet us, and she took Enzo to class today. He had another great day. Miss Adrienne is very proud of Enzo for doing so well lately. He really has come a long way just in the past two months, and has changed a lot. Everyone mentioned how much he's talking now, and he's so outgoing now too. Always saying "hi!" to everyone, and handing them toys. Today he said the name of one his little classmates, "Chloe", or something close to that. After school, Zoe dropped Enzo off at home with Alex.

Enzo fell asleep in the car on way back home from Gymboree with Alex. When she woke him up to get out the car, he got very upset. He didn't really cheer up until Zoe came home with dinner. He was very hungry tonight. Sat in his chair, ate a big pile of fried rice and beans, and said "yummmm" with each bite.

It's dark so early now, there's not much do after dinner but goof around the house, play with trains, read books, and do puzzles. To add some excitement to the night, Zoe gave Enzo one of his Christmas presents, a toy Bosch cordless drill. Enzo was so happy. He was walking around the house, holding the drill over his head with both hands, yelling "drill" (more like "drew").

After bath we read more books. Poor Zoe, who got no rest on call last night, was putting herself to sleep with all the bedtime stories. He started getting a little fussy around 7:45PM, so we put him to sleep.

Zoe on call tonight, so daddy made dinner for Enzo and Wes too. Wes ate a huge mound of mac and cheese, while Enzo cried to get down from his chair. He's back into no dinner mode for some reason, but eating a lot during the day. Maybe just wasn't hungry. Wes and Enzo played in the train room for a bit after dinner.

After Wes left, daddy and Enzo shared a bowl of cereal and bananas while we read books on the couch. Enzo asked to use the potty and ran into the bathroom, but he'd already done his business by the time he got there. I gave him huge praise for asking though. We took a deep bubbly bath, followed by milk and some books. At exactly 8:PM, he put his head down on his blanket. I scooped him up, gave him a big kiss, told him that I loved him, and put him in his crib.

Alex took Enzo out to play and then met me at school. He slept in her car for about an hour, so was ready to go. We had a Jamba Juice and a few grapes, and then joined the class. He had a great class today. He was really relaxed and outgoing, saying "hi" to everyone and handing toys to people. We stepped out for a spot of milk about halfway through, and then rejoined the class. He was very excited about snack today. He politely asked the teacher for "moooore". We played outside with a little Radio Flyer wheelbarrow, and then went back inside for closing circle. He held Miss Adrienne's hand, which made her very happy.

After work, I assembled a new tricycle for Enzo. It was tough going until Zoe found the instructions online. He loved it. But was more interested in pushing it than riding in it. He was pushing the tricycle and running full speed down the sidewalk. Scary.

The Pfleegers stopped in for dinner, and then we took a nice hot bath. He was really sweet and funny tonight. We took some good video of him just goofing around, kissing the dogs, and doing some of his tricks. Enzo is a little off his schedule because of daylight savings time, but we tried to string him out until 8:PM. He didn't quite make it, so we're expecting early tomorrow.

Daddy spent part of the morning doing another school tour. He looked at a Montessori school that looked like another good option for Enzo.

Enzo was in a great mood when Alex brought him home from his big day. He stood at the fence and threw rocks out onto the sidewalks, yelling "throw" and, inexplicably, "ah-choo!" He would not leave Zoe's side, and took her by the hand wherever he went. He got upset when she just walked down the driveway to get the mail. At dinner, he insisted again on sitting on a regular chair, even though the table was way too high for him. We are getting a booster for him tomorrow!

We had so much fun after his bath, he was in such a funny mood, rolling around and roughhousing on mommy's bed, stomping around in his shark house shoes, playing his harmonica, looking for Waldo.

He surprises us every day, saying things out of the blue that we have never taught him: tonight, he put his index fingers together and his thumbs together, looked at us and said "diamond!"

He also started saying "no" which he's heard a few times. He says it in this funny low raspy voice that cracks us up every time. I'm also pretty sure he said "shit" five or six times in a row after hearing me say it. We hate that he is growing up and getting older but look forward to the little person he is becoming.

Mommy made breakfast, and the neighbors came by for a bit. After breakfast, we all went to Costco for an epic bulk shopping spree. We got all sorts of great stuff, including a huge pack of organic raisins and a big box of frozen mini pig-in-a-blanket. Enzo had those for lunch when we got home.

Soon after, Li and Neil came by with little Elijah. We couldn't believe how big he's gotten. He can crawl very well, and is starting to try to pull himself up on the furniture. Enzo, said "baby!" We watched some of the Patriots game, and ate brunch. Zoe made some great oatmeal cookies too.

It got to be 3:15PM and Enzo hadn't slept all day so I took him for a short drive. He fell asleep within about 2 minutes. After about 30 minutes, I brought him back to the house. He chilled with Nemo while mommy went to the store and made pizzas.

Eric and Wes came over for dinner and "pops". After dinner, he had a bubbly bath and then read books with Zoe. Well actually, read book. He asked Zoe to read his new Mo Willems book, I Am Invited To A Party about five times. I was downstairs cleaning up and I could hear Zoe reading, "party! party! party! party!" over and over.

We strung him out until 7:30PM (really 8:30PM for him), and after a good brush of the teeth, he went straight to sleep.

We got back just in time to meet Zoe coming back from work. We drove across to get a Jamba Juice. Enzo started saying "jahmb jooooz" which is hilarious. He loves the mango a go go. We met Katie and Luke at Garfield Park, had some lunch, climbed around on the equipment, and played in the dirt.

Zoe dropped us off at home for a nap while she ran some errands. I managed to put Enzo down in his crib and he slept for nearly 90 minutes, a rarity on the weekends.

After nap, we went to a 3 year birthday party for some triplets we know. It was a really mellow party, and Enzo had fun. He did wipe chocolate frosting from his cupcake on daddy's white shirt, which was probably the highlight of his day.

We headed home, had another snack and then just chilled at the house. We played inside and out, read some books, and watched some Nemo. He also got new tunnel for his train set today ("tunnoh"). After dinner, we took an early bath and played upstairs. Zoe read some books, and we played with his new alphabet puzzle. Enzo made daddy smell his feet, and then jumped up and down on his stomach, both which made Enzo laugh.

He was cooperative and very sweet as usual at bedtime.

I took over from Alex around 4:PM today. Enzo was in a very silly mood. Screeching and laughing over and over. After running up to grab Nacho, we just hung around the house goofing around. I got some good video of him doing some of his classic tricks — pointing to various body parts, making animal noises, and saying "hi", "happy" and "tunnel". Later in the night I taught him that a fly says "buzz".

He wasn't too stoked about his lasagna, but he ate some cheesy veggies and a few bites of bread, and some fruit for dessert. He seemed exhausted by 6:PM and was rolling around with his blankets on the living room floor. He got upset when I brought him upstairs for bath, and the only thing that would calm him down was his milk. So we did things a little backward tonight.

After bath, we read a couple books and played with puzzles and Legos. Right before bed, he heard Mr. meowing downstairs, so he stood at the top of the stairs and said "meenow, meenow, meenow". He was fading at about 7:45, so I told it was time was bed. He walked to his crib, asked for his blanket, gave me a kiss, and went straight to sleep without a sound.

Daddy took Enzo to school today, and it went very well. We arrived just in time for opening circle. Enzo was very calm and sweet today, and played with everything in the room. He especially like the new handmade musical instruments from Columbia that one of the mom's brought. He did a lot of talking and saying "Hi!" to everyone ten times. He took a short milk break, and then was ready to play some more. He was very ready fro snack, and was first in line to wash his hands. After snack, Enzo walked around trying to kiss everyone. We played outside, and then happily joined in closing circle.

Enzo watched some of his new Knuffle Bunny animation before dinner. He wasn't so hot on the crockpot ribs, but he loved his buttery peas.

Despite not getting much sleep, Enzo was really fun and cute tonight after bath. He read books with mommy, and then played with a couple of his puzzles. He is really getting the hang his Tupperware Shape O Toy, which is classic. He was getting really silly, falling down and laughing when Zoe would hide behind the blanket and say "boo!". He also loved his Eric Carle rubber duck story. When he pressed the sqeaky button, he held his hands up to his mouth, "oh!".