After work today, Zoe made dinner while Enzo and played in the other room. Enzo ate a massive dinner of korean bbq. All during dinner, Enzo talked about his trip to Zoo. For some reason, he said all the animals were asleep today. He went down the list of everything he could remember - "camel sleeping. elephant sleeping. tiger sleeping. flamingo sleeping. orangutan sleeping." and on and on down the list. Even "alex sleeping". After discussing the zoo, Enzo sat quietly at the table playing with a little fireman and diverman. It was nice to see him so focused and playing by himself. We just sat back and watched.

We went for a long walk after dinner. Enzo decided to take his bike back from Wes. She wasn't home, so it was easy for him. We watched a bit of a movie to "calm down", and then bath and bed.

On our way to school, Enzo and I stopped for burgers and fries. "more french fries please", he'd say from the back seat. He ate many.

Enzo had a good day at school. He was doing some roughhousing with some of the kids, which caused a few tears here and there, but was otherwise really interacting well with everyone. It's really interesting to see them carry on little conversations. He fell asleep on the way home, and then crashed on the couch for his nap.

After work, Enzo and i drove out to visit Zoe in the new hospital. It is amazing. Enzo loved the loooong hallways. Plenty of room to run and run. All the nurses were impressed with his blazing speed and his electric blue crocs.

Enzo played with my iPhone on the drive home, and we went straight into the bath. He was so tired from sprinting through the hospital corridors that he asked for "one book", and then off to sleep.

Wes and Eric came over for sliders tonight. Enzo got a bit torqued out about not being able to drink milk from his bottle, but eventually he recovered and came back outside to join us for dinner. He and Wes chased each other around the yard holding their corn on the cob, and each wearing one blue croc. After dinner, we took a nice long family walk around the neighborhood. He would run down the sidewalk, and pause only to look at us behind him and yell, "catch you up!" (I guess he meant that he wanted us to catch up").

Mommy was off today so she ran some errands this morning and got home right after Enzo got up from his nap and they had lunch. He was eating his cheese and turkey and crackers when he spied the mac and cheese box and asked her to make him some noodles. She did, and he ate a ton of it, muttering, "macanoni and cheese" to himself the whole time. He played with his birthday toys, narrating to mommy the entire time. They had a very nice afternoon together.

He is very funny when he runs because he has such a funny gait. I hope he does not grow out of it. We played a funny game of "I spy" in San Francisco when we would look out the hotel room window into the traffic below - whenever he would spy a cab, he would kiss daddy. Whenever he spied a pickup truck, he would kiss mommy (why a taxi and a pickup truck - we don't know. Ask him) For some reason this has stayed with him, and on our walks whenever he sees a pickup he says "kiss mommy" and mommy gets a kiss. Needless to say, the better deal daddy had in SF turned into the worse deal here because there are no cabs in our neighborhood. So mommy changed it to whenever he spies an unpicked up doggy poop he kisses daddy.

When we got home, we played in the back with the hose and pool and puppies for a good long time. Enzo got soaked, and had to come inside and chill out before his nap. Mommy went to run some errands while daddy took Enzo to the pet store for another plant, some snails and more fish for the tank. Enzo crashed out when they got home.

When Enzo woke up, he had a good lunch of sushi and onigiri. He took a particularly generous bite of shrimp at one point, being a little greedy, then turned around again and said, "too big bite". We played for a long time outside with his new octopus water toy - he laughed so hard watching daddy jump over it and when daddy picked him up to jump over it.

Afterwards we just rolled around in the grass and sun, wrestling around and dodging the bees. he got excited when he saw a butterfly, "Fuzzy came back!" He played quietly by himself for a long time, and it was really fun to listen in on his whispered conversation with himself as he played with 4 plastic dinosaurs. They were all fighting at first, then they started hugging, then something happened, one cried and they all started fighting again. He then took
them all on a ride on his firetruck and all was well.

We watched a bit of Toy Story in the hottest part of the afternoon and took a walk. We had some Chinese take out for dinner and Enzo ate quietly at the table and ate a ton of noodles and pork and shrimp. We took another family walk with the dogs after dinner, and Enzo at one point ran out into the street (on a quiet side street, not the main drag. But still.) Ralph yelled at for him to stop, but Enzo turned around, started laughing and ran faster. When we caught him, Ralph gave him a VERY firm talking to about running out on the street.

It must've made quite an impression on him because right before he went to sleep tonight, Enzo blurted out something about running in the street, and the cars. He was able to say to us, solemnly, "no running in the street. Cars." and able to agree to STOP when mommy, daddy, or Allie told him to STOP. Daddy said, "Enzo scared daddy when he ran into the street" and Enzo looked so concerned as he said, "Enzo scared daddy. Sea lion scared daddy".

Enzo got dropped off at the Metcalfs for an hour before his party so that daddy could help mommy get everything together. The two of us singlehandedly decorated the pavilions, moved everything from the cars, and helped get the food set up. The guests all arrived right on time, but unfortunately, Jorge, our taco guy, got lost and showed up an hour late.

It was a great party, except for the hot weather, but there was plenty of shade in the park. Everyone showed up, we ate a lot of delicious tacos and drank a lot of icy water and juice box, and had fun getting balloon animals and getting our faces (and arms and legs) painted. Enzo ran around like a maniac the entire time. He had extra fun playing in the sand with Katie and Gabeluke, while Scott took photos of the party. He loved stomping down the castles Katie made for him. He spent quite a bit of time wandering around the party, asking, "where's katie?" He got to hang out with all of his buddies, and was very happy to blow out his candle on his cake.

When we got home, he took a nap, which was cut short by a diaper emergency. He bought himself a bath after that, then consoled himself with a little Toy Story. We opened presents (he was much more interested in scribbling on his cards than the actual presents themselves). he got a lot of loot. The big hits were the ride on fire truck, his new crocs, and a funny little animal hospital. He got lots of good books.

The Pfleeger Pfamily came over tonight to help us with the massive amounts of taco fixings that were left over from the party. Wes and Enzo ran around and played well together tonight. After they left, we played with some of his new toys, read some books, then went off to bed. He really had a great day. Mommy and daddy are really glad its over.

After work today, I took Enzo out to pick up the dogs, then back home to get Zoe. We went out for a burrito and grabbed a mango Jamba Juice. We were back so late, Enzo went straight into the bath, and then off to bed soon after. He needs to rest up for his big day tomorrow.

I took Enzo to Waldorf today. He had fun today, although not too many kids there today. He was just funny and cute — repeating everything anyone said, saying thank you, and just being silly. After snack, Enzo went outside to the dirt pile. Before I knew it, he was sitting in giant mud hole. What a mess. I rinsed him off under the pump, and then in the sink. Luckily I brought an extra set of clothes.

When Zoe got home, we went to the farmer's market. Enzo "run around crazy", and spent some time chasing Eliza too. Didn't spend much time eating dinner though. But of course we gave him ice cream for dessert anyway.

Back home, he chilled with mommy watching "brand new movie", and then into the bath. He needed some extra scrubbing tonight. "Dirty boy", he said of himself.

Mommy and Enzo met Katie and Gabeluke at Descanso Gardens this morning. It was a beautiful day and Enzo had a great time running around with the Metcalf boys and feeding fish and geese. The highlight was a short train ride around the gardens, and playing in the maze. Alex met Zoe there and had a good rest of the morning while Zoe went to her doctor's appt.

When Enzo and Alex got home from Gymboree he was pooped from his big day. He immediately asked for milk, and got upset when we brought it to him in a cup with a straw. He is throwing the old bottles away this week! Enough is enough! But we are too afraid to do it until after his party on Saturday.

He had a fun dinner eating his pasta with a pair of trainer chopsticks that mommy got for him. He spent a long time after dinner sitting at his kitchen nook table, drawing and talking to daddy. Off to bed at the usual time - back to his old schedule.

After spending a couple hours with Alex, I took Enzo to Waldorf. He had a lot of fun today. When he first saw Chloe, he said, "hey what's up?". Enzo and Chloe spent the whole class chasing each other around, struggling over toys, talking, hugging, and rolling around. They both were crazy. At one point they were wrestling on the rug, Enzo broke free, and stood up saying "settle down guys!"

When Zoe got home from work, we went to Whole Foods for dinner. Enzo ate a big dinner of bow tie pasta. And then scarfed a monkey cupcake. Back home, we wound down with a bit of ToyStory, then took a quick bath.

Our drive to the airport and rental car return and check in went seamlessly again. Enzo sat at the gate and ate some lunch before getting on the plane. He fell asleep the second we left the ground, and didn't wake up until after we landed.

Enzo was happy to be back home. He spent some time playing with Betty in the back yard, and then Wes stopped by to drop off a present. We lit a candle on a cupcake for him to blow out. We've been talking about his birthday a bit over the past few weeks. When asked, he always says, "birthday coming soon". It took us all day to convince him that his birthday wasn't coming soon anymore. And that it was today. "One. Two!" he says when asked how old he is.

Wes and Enzo really played together tonight. Talking to each other, laughing, chasing each other around. It is so cute to seeing them interacting, rather than just playing along side each other. They both have changed so much over the past year.

Despite Enzo going to sleep three hours after his bedtime every night while we were away, we put him to bed at about his usual bedtime to try to get him back on schedule. He cried for a few minutes, asking for "daddymommy", but drifted off to sleep after about 15 minutes.

After brunch, we headed across the Golden Gate to the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito. It was very well done, with a lot of natural structures to climb and explore. After two hours, we drove back into town, stopping to explore some shops on Chestnut street. We bought Enzo a little backpack. When he put it on, he started walking around the store saying, "going to work!"

We stopped at the hotel, and then went out to Zuni Cafe for a early dinner. Enzo fell asleep in the cab, and then slept on my shoulder through the entire meal. We stopped again at the Ferry Building to feed Enzo his doggie bag pasta and to grab a hot chocolate. We walked the six blocks back tot he hotel and it was windy and freezing cold. On the walk back, Enzo talked about the shops and office windows we passed, "many amazing things in there".

Given the choice between rain or bath, Enzo chose bath. Enzo stood on the window sill with Zoe for a long time watching the cars and trucks go by in the night for below. In bed around 10:PM. More thrashing, then sleep.

It was windy and freezing at the park where the picnic table were, and Enzo was not about to sit still and eat when there were so many things to see. So we left our stuff in the truck and went for a long walk around the lake. We saw ducks, geese with goslings, gulls, and turtles. And flowers. Lots of flowers. Along the way, Enzo picked up some rocks to throw in the water. When he said he wanted to throw rocks at the geese, Zoe had a long talk with him about throwing rocks. She made him say, "no throwing rocks at geese". For some reason, that really hit home with him, and became his mantra for the rest of our trip. In fact, we think it turned out to be the main thing he took away from the entire vacation. Ask him about the trip, he won't say, aquarium or airplane or ocean. He'll say, "no throwing rock at geese"

We stopped by the hotel to change and then drove across the bridge to Oakland to get dinner at Chez Panisse with Chris and Kala. We left Enzo at their house with Betty, Sophie's nanny. We were nervous that Enzo would get upset that we left him there, but he was fine of course, and we had a nice relaxing dinner.

We didn't even bother trying to put Enzo in the crib tonight. Another enduring an hour of thrashing around, he fell asleep at about 11:PM.

Around 1:PM, we said goodbye to the aquarium, and went back to hotel to pack up our mess. Our drive back up north was uneventful, and Enzo slept for the entire two hour drive. Our hotel in SF is great. After dropping our bags, we drove over to Japantown for dinner. Enzo ate an insane dinner of sushi and noodles and whatever else he could get his hands on. He worked on his chop stick skills.

Back at the hotel, we chilled out with some Bee Movie, and then attempted to put him in the hotel crib. Yeah, right. Back into our bed to flop and kick for an hour before finally curling up to sleep.

Enzo slept as we drove around looking for a place to get a decent cup of coffee and something more to eat. We stopped at this little beach next to the Coast Guard pier right on the edge of Cannery Row to wait for him to wake up. When he did, we walked along the sandy beach, picking up shells and bits of squishy algae. We also watched a group of "diver mans" put on their gear and swim out to their dive spot.

We walked out onto the pier to see the sea lions warming on the rocks. They were very close, and when I leaned out to take a closer photo, one snapped his head around and barked at me. I jumped right out of my shoes. Enzo and mommy thought that was funny. And some lady laughed at me too.

We bombed around a bit, waiting for Kala to drive down from SF to meet us. She brought sweet little Sophie with her.

We all went into the aquarium around noon. Needless to say, Enzo loved it. It was pretty crowded, so we needed to keep him close. But he just wanted to run from one tank to the next. I tried to let him ride on my shoulders for a while so he could see over the people, but he was yanking on my hair, and sticking his fingers in my ears and up my nose, so that didn't last long.

There are a lot of interesting tanks that you won't see at other aquariums, but without a doubt, the most amazing exhibit is the 1.2 million gallon Outer Bay tank. Enzo stood in awe as all his favorites swam by - hammerheads, white sharks, turtles, massive tuna, mahi mahi, and sting rays. But the biggest thrill was the mola mola fish. I think it's the only aquarium that has one, and Enzo couldn't believe it. He'd seen it on his Planet Earth DVD, so knew it right away. "Mola mola fish!", he squealed. Then he started running back and forth along the face of the huge tank, pointing out all the fish. "Mommy daddy, come quick! Look!"

We worked our way around the rest of the aquarium, and stopped to play in the kids area to play in the water and take pictures in the giant clam, before both kids started to fade a little. We piled them into the truck, and we went on the 17 Mile Drive, while they slept. At one point, Enzo woke up to tell Zoe, who was driving, "mommy too many bumps".

Back at the hotel, Enzo and Sophie played with toys, ate some snacks, and discussed the aquarium before Kala and Sophie headed back up to SF. "One shark swam by Enzo", Enzo remembered. We took Enzo out to get a pizza, and then came back to the hotel. Enzo took a shower with daddy for the first time. He had mixed feelings about the "rain". After our shower, Enzo quickly taught himself how to climb in and out of the little pack-n-play in our room. So shortly after putting him to sleep, he was standing next our our bed asking to climb up. Enzo rolled and trashed and kicked and flopped around for an hour, then right before he fell asleep, he sat up and said in low whisper, "someone there at front door. look, someone there". Kinda freaked us out.

We kept Enzo awake all day, so he'd sleep on the plane, and he did. The airport, flight, rental car, and baggage all went perfectly, and our drive from SF to Monterey in the afternoon was beautiful without much traffic. On the drive down, Enzo drank a big bottle of milk. After finishing, he handed it to me and said, "drank too much milk. made me sick"

We dropped our bags at the hotel, and then went back out to get some dinner and to pick up some groceries. We got some dried up old sandwiches from the store down the street, chocked them down, and went to sleep.

At around 3:30AM, Enzo woke up crying, asking to go "back home". After about an hour of him saying "back home" over and over, we were ready to go back home too. As too were the guests in the next room probably. Finally he collapsed in our bed, and we all got a few more hours of sleep.

Alex took Enzo for a couple hours, and then I took him up to school. We stopped for a hot dog bagel on the way up, but Enzo wasn't too interested. He didn't sleep before class, which made me nervous but he ended up having a really good day — playing by himself and interacting pretty well the other kids.

I thought it was going to be the best school day we'd ever had until Enzo swallowed a polished glass gem (aka, fairy tears) about the size of a dime. I saw him put it in his mouth, so I reached out to grab his arm as he walked by. He spun away from me, lost his balance and landed flat on his back. He started to choke, so I spun him around and thumped him on the back a few times. Too late, it was gone. Scared the shit out of me and him. We managed to pull it together to finish up class, and I brought Enzo home and put him to sleep. Or so I thought.

Enzo was tired and fussy tonight, so we just chilled with some rat movie, and ate dinner on the couch. He liked his leftover pasta again tonight. We went for a short walk before bath. He got upset because I wouldn't let him bring his rake into the house, and cried through his bath. Tired boy drank his milk and listened to a few stories before going to bed a bit early.

After work, we took Enzo to get a burrito, and then home for a walk around the neighborhood. Enzo was intent on banging his wheelbarrow into everything he saw tonight. He also spent some time gathering sticks. He asked me to "walk again" around 7:PM, which turned out to be a mistake. By 7:30PM he was overtired and upset and asking to go to sleep. We gave a quick bath, and then to bed.

We met the Pfleegers at Pfleeger bakery for lunch and Enzo liked his soba noodles. He has been imitating Wes a lot lately, asking, "what IS that" about everything (saying it just like she does). After lunch we headed back home and watched a little rat movie and some books before he went down for another almost 2 hour nap. The last book we read to him before he went down for his nap was "Kitten's First Full Moon", a book we had read to him a hundred times before (although he hasn't looked at it in a couple of months). This time, though, when we got to the part where the kitten falls into the pond, Enzo burst into tears and we had to reassure him that the kitten was okay and made it out of the pond safe and sound to get a bowl of milk at home. This book was the first thing he asked for when he woke up again - he wanted to make sure again that the kitten was ok.

When he woke up he was in a great mood again, and spent a long time in the pool with the dogs again, until he was chased out by some bold bees. We went for a walk then had dinner, then went out to the park after dinner. He ran around a lot after dinner, rolling down the hill and playing hide and go seek with mommy. We stopped for an ice cream cone and a peek into the fire station window before we went home.

When we got home he had a bath, the books, then bed. He was sweet and funny and full of mischief all day today. We are really looking forward to taking him to Monterey aquarium this week!

We went to the park after breakfast to run him around and he had fun sliding down the slide and playing with the other kids. We hit Borders after the park and Enzo was running around and took a spill. We heard him say to himself, "Run too fast and fell down!"

When we got home we had lunch then he sprayed the hose for the dogs and we filled up the pool - Wes and her daddy stopped by as well. It was hot in Pasadena, a sign that summer is on its way! After about an hour of splashing around in the hot sun, we brought him inside for his nap. It was an epic weekend nap - the longest one ever - almost 2 1/2 hours! Mommy and daddy and he dogs took a nap as well and that's probably why he slept for so long - the house was quiet and dark and cool.

After we all woke up, we had a snack and headed out to the grocery store. Enzo was in such a good mood - its amazing what a 2 1/2 hour nap will do for you. We went over to the Pfleegers for dinner, and even though Enzo did not eat much he had a good time hanging out with everyone. We came home after dinner, watched a little Ocean Deep, had a bath and some books and off to bed.

When Zoe got home, we went up to the park to meet some of Enzo's friends for a picnic. Gabe, Luke, Jack, Wes, and Harlow were there. All the kids had fun running around playing with the lacrosse sticks, golf clubs, kites, and various balls and bikes. Enzo really liked the kites. Good thing Jack told his dad to bring an extra one for him. It was great to finally get everyone together. We've been taking about doing it for a year.

Enzo was exhausted after his huge day. He got a short bath and went to bed a bit early.

Everyone was happy to see Zoe at school today. Having both parents there is kind of against the rules, but we got an exception today because Zoe hasn't been able to take Enzo to class in a while. He was happier today too. I think he really liked having us both there. While Enzo was playing outside after snack, Zoe tried to sneak off to her meeting, but Enzo spotted her. On her second try, I distracted him with the water pump. In the car on the way home, he sang "morning has come. night is away." and did the hand movements.

I took Enzo to Thursday market to get dinner tonight. After waiting in line for too long, I let Enzo loose from the stroller, and he was off running. He ran around the picnic area, saying hi to strangers, watching the big kids play, picking berries of the bushes, and occasionally checking back in to get another bit of his quesadilla. He saw his friends Jake and Eliza, and made a point to walk up a say goodbye to Eliza when she left. On the way back to the car, we stopped for a mint chip cone.

Before bed, we walked around the block, stopping to say hi to the Pfleegers on our way.

Around 5:PM, I could hear Enzo yelling up the the stairs, "daddy whereyou? daddy whereyou?", so I closed my computer and came downstairs to relieve Alex. Enzo played with Betty in the backyard while I fixed some pasta with the sauce Zoe made last night. He ate a ton.

Right when we were about done with dinner, Wes and Eric stopped by for a few minutes. It was fun until Enzo knocked a picture frame off the wall with the Swiffer. He was pretty shocked when it hit the floor and broke apart.

Enzo and I walked with Wes back home, and then continued around the block. Walking with Enzo just one block takes a lot of time because he has to walk into everyone's yard, pick every daddylion, point out every "dog poo poo", backtrack, and occasionally sit down to rest.

Back home, we chilled with some Totoro for a few minutes. When I told him it was time for bath, he said "want something". I asked him what he wanted, and he said "dinner. finish noodles." So we ate some more, then bath, then bed.

Enzo had fun slurping his noodles tonight but very meticulously picked out all the offensive pieces of beef he could find. We took a family walk after dinner and hit Pfinkberry with the Pfleegers. Enzo and Wes ate their mini cones for awhile but then got more interested in their mommies' cups because of the chocolate chips.

Enzo spied a police car in the parking lot and just as we walked over to check it out the cops came out of the restaurant so we asked them to turn the lights on for a second and they obliged - Enzo was thrilled. All the way home, and even in the tub when we asked him about his day, he said "police turn light on for Enzo".

We revisited the Dinosaur books tonight - they're a little wierd but Enzo was into them for awhile about 6 months ago - then off to bed without a peep.

I came down to get Enzo from Alex at about 5:PM, and when I asked him about his day, he said "saw amazing things!" and waved his hand in a big circle.

When Zoe got home, we were "throwing ball betty" and grilling in the back yard. He was happy to see mommy, and didn't want to let her out of his sight. It was all about mommy for a while there, and at one point he told me to go inside so he could have some alone time with her.

Enzo really liked his kalbi short ribs and rice tonight. Zoe helped him with dinner while I read his Tonka truck book over and over and over.

We stopped by to say Hi to the Pfleegers on our family walk. Enzo and Wes played well together - sharing some toys, and goofing in the cardboard house. Back home we chilled with a few minutes of rat movie, then bath and bed.

Afterwards we went over to the park to run off some of the sugar we ate. It was the first time really that we saw Enzo actually play with another kid instead of just doing "parallel play". He had a really great time.

When we got home we released Fuzzy the butterfly into the wild. The second Fuzzy crawled up on to the flowers next to the house, he rolled out his long tongue and slurped down some nectar. A second later, he was off, flying up into the air and over the neighbors house. Afterwards Enzo said it was "amazing!" It really was pretty cool.

After the Great Butterfly Release of 2008, we ate some lunch and tried to put Enzo down for a nap but were utterly defeated. We took the dogs to the dog park and mommy dropped us off while she went to the store but I had to give her an SOS call about 20 minutes later because Enzo took a massive poop in his diaper and I had no spares. It was so big I couldn't wait for Zoe so I took it off and let Enzo sit on a bench just in his shorts. He looked up at me and said, "daddy, pee pee" and let 'er rip, right there in his shorts. Mommy showed up just in time.

When we got home we chilled and watched some rat movie then packed up again and went to Garfield park. We ran into Enzo's friend Eliza, who is going to be one of his classmates next year.

We had a nice family dinner and he ate a ton of noodles. We went on a family walk after dinner, then had a quick bath, some books and an early bedtime because of the no nap situation. Mommy is heading to work for an overnight call tonight, so I expect to be up alone with him at 6:15AM.

"love angler fish so much. look all day. sharks rays, all day. clownfish, all day. humpback whales, all day. fish, all day. everything, all day."

Each time he slowly said "aaaaalllllll daaaaaayyyyy", he made a big circular motion with his open hand. It was amazing and funny and so cute.

We made a quick run to the store, and then met Zoe at Pfleeger bakery. He was soooo happy to see her, and would not let her out of his sight. We had our usual coffee and croissant and sat outside. It was very nice. We walked over to the park to play on the structure and we both chased Enzo around the field of clover until he was utterly out of breath and exhausted. Or so we thought.

On our way back to the car we ran into the Pfleegers and went back in to the bakery for a bit. When we got home, we threw the ball for Betty for awhile and fed the fish. Enzo noticed Harriet chewing on his stuffed sea turtle, and said "hey! hey! not harry's turtle. enzo's turtle!". We went out to the grocery store and invited the Pfleegers over for dinner. Enzo took a very short nap, and woke up cranky but quickly rallied.

Then the mail came!

Enzo got into Pacific Oaks Children's School for the fall! Such good news, we were so happy and excited about it because it is so hard to get into that school. Enzo had no idea what all the hooting and hollering was about but he was excited as well.

When the Pfleeger clan came over, we hung out in the backyard with the dogs, had some burgers and beers, and had mini ice cream cones for dessert. Enzo had a great time with Wes and they played well together. It was nice for him to see how well she can use her words and express herself verbally.

After the Pfleegers left, the Frekking clan came over and hung out for awhile. Enzo was happy to see Jack and his friend and little brother. It was such a busy day for him, he was absolutely bleary - eyed and exhausted and we put him to bed easily after a quick bath and some books.

Zoe is on call tonight, so Enzo and I went to Senior Fish for a burrito. Enzo had a good dinner of his new favorite — beans, rice and avocado. After, we went up the street for a mint chip cone. We sat on the bench out front and watched the cars go by.

Back home, we played lacrosse with Betty and Harriet, and then played in the front yard with the dump truck.

As I was getting Enzo's post-bath milk ready, I glanced over at Fuzzy, and much to my surprise there was a big butterfly sitting there looking back at me. "Fuzzy turned butterfly! Fuzzy turned butterfly!", I yelled. Enzo jumped off the couch and ran into the kitchen. He couldn't believe his eyes, and then wanted to "see fuzzy right now", which means i want to reach in there and grab fuzzy right now. I brought out his step stool and we looked at the new and improved Fuzzy for a few minutes, and then I mixed up some sugar water for him. Hopefully he'll live until morning, so Enzo can let him go.

It was getting late, so we had a quick bath and a couple books before bed at 8.

After work, we took Enzo to the Farmer's Market. We bumped in to Eliza and then Wes too. Wes and Enzo got in some good running around. Enzo barely ate, but he had fun.

Back home, I let Enzo throw the ball for Betty with his new lacrosse sticks from Grampa Buzz and Gramma Dee. He picked it up on the first throw, and really had fun. Lacrosse sticks can also be used as a rake, shovel, and axe apparently.

Zoe tried to get him a bite to eat before his bath. After bath, Zoe read stories. Enzo is getting so picky about what he wants to read. After he reads something a few times, he seems to have it memorized and not want to look at it again. Always wants what's new.

We went for a short walk before dinner. Enzo scrambled up into our neighbors yard, and was grabbing these little red berries from their bushes. I told him not to, and took step toward him. Of course he thought we were playing some berry picking chasing game, so he squealed and ran around laughing. When he went back to pick more, I said "i'm not kidding", but couldn't stop smiling. So then he started running around saying "not kidding. not kidding." Nice.

He ate a very diverse dinner of bento box bits from the Japanese market. Then Enzo carried a Kewpie mayo bottle up to the Pfleegers. There was a guy up in tree with a chainsaw cutting limbs. Enzo said, "man up there fighting tree."

Back home we chilled some rat movie and a bite of desert before bath. Again, after a few books, he asked for "one book then teeth". When we put him in the crib, he was wide awake. I think he just wants to have some time by himself before bed. Sometimes we hear him in there talking to himself recounting the day.

I watched Enzo for a bit while Alex went to Kidspace for a few hours. We met Wes and Eric at Garfield for some digging and climbing, and a few bites of lunch. Enzo ran way down the hill by himself, and then fell in the mud. He walked slowly back holding his muddy hands for me to wipe, and then ran off again. After the park, I drove him around and around but he wouldn't fall asleep.

When mommy got home he was in a much better mood than when she left. He said to Alex as she was leaving, "Bye bye Allie, see you later!" He was full of funny things tonight - all stuff he must have picked up from Alex or kidspace: "Peee-eeew! Smells like poo poo" "Hock a loogie" "Un-de-leivable!" He just throws this stuff out, randomly, and it always cracks us up. He also has started singing a lot more - he will say in a rather tuneless, singsong voice, "Harriet, harriet, laaaaaa" (if he is singing about Harriet), then will turn to you and ask, "like that song?" You can get him to sing about pretty much everything, but it is always the same general theme: "(blank), (blank), laaaaaaaa...like that song?"

We had yummy sliders and tater tots for dinner - Enzo promptly broke apart his burger and dipped his bun in ketchup and licked the ketchup off, then broke apart the burger and ate it in chunks. We had the organic, whole foods tater tots. Definitely inferior to the trans fat ore-ida tater tots.

After dinner we took a family walk and met up with all the neighborhood kids: Ava, Estrella, Jack, Trey and Wes. We helped Nacho learn to use her doggy door by using Harriet and Betty as temptation. It worked like gangbusters! When we got home we took a fun bath, had more milk then read books until Enzo said, "one book then teeth".