look, a giraffe!

so friday we almost got out of daycare without injury. and then ms. mary opened the door and wacked mia in the head. oh well...today mia learned to sit on her butt and spin in a circle with her feet. it is time for a sit and spin, people.

saturday we headed to san francisco to attend the boo at the zoo with our friends and man...it was FUN! mia was a giraffe (of course) and josie was both a ladybug and a ninja (very versitile, that one).



there was screaming and giggling and hippos! and we almost made it out of the zoo without incident until an aver tired mia ran after a peacock (or a duck, all feathered friends are ducks) and fell flat on her face. there was screaming. and blood. she wouldn't stop crying for anythign until mama uttered the magic word..."duck?" the crying stopped instantly and we moved on to find the peacock. i'm sorry...duck.



sunday we went to the dios de los muertos festival in oakland with the josie and her parents - it was awesome fun. we found that if we stopped at a french bakery and a ordered "beignet" without sugar we would end up with a sopapilla and hooray!!! because we know that mama misses her new mexican food.

this weekend mia mastered "thank you". she's been copying it for some time now but this weekend she started saying it appropriately and all on her own. she's a genius.