Spiders and Hot Chocolate

We saw a spider on a shrub near our house the first weekend we moved in, and she remembers it (fondly, apparently), and now EVERY time we walk by, she yells "CAN WE SEE THE SPIDER DADDY?!?!?!?!".

At this age, she has only two tones of voice:  1. Yelling, and 2. Sleeping.

Anyway - looking for Spiders:

Which we then celebrated with hot chocolate!

First Day of Daycare

All dressed up and ready for her first day of daycare!

Time Out! Times Two!

Moments after being released from a time out for throwing her book down when she was asked to put it on the shelf, she immediately threw it back down in defiance, then looked right at me and said "Time out daddy", and put herself in the corner.

Exhibit A

Time out 1:

Exhibit B

Time out 2:

Happy Birthday!

Halloween!

For her first experience Trick-or-Treating, our Korean Princess dons her Hanbok!

Someone Got Into Mommy's Makeup!

Mommy's shoes

Do you know why I pulled you over, miss?

Still Life with Dahlia

The only time she sits still enough to get a decent photo.

Helping Daddy

Dahlia's first Burger!

It was her very first cheeseburger, so we went to In-N-Out, of course.

She ate an ENTIRE cheeseburger all by herself!

Carousel

We took a ride on the carousel at the big play ground in Golden Gate Park this afternoon. Oooooo what fun!

Oh Man, it's Total Gridlock!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca-HZ7qiR0I&feature=player_detailpage#t=27s

Dishes are done!

Old Forgotten Friend

Dahlia stumbled across her old teething toy, Sophie Giraffe, today. She looked deep into Sophie's eyes for a moment, seemingly making the connection that she knew this giraffe a long time ago...then she apparently did the math, realized that means it's only been a few months, and tossed Sophie aside, only to pick up a purple bunny and proclaim "puh poh, PUH POH!!!" Instead of "purple, PURPLE!!!".

Good times.

Friends Across the Neighborhood, Friends Across the Globe

Sarah and Lucy were in town from Berlin, so after feasting on BBQ, we took a walk to the playground to celebrate a rare midsummer break in the fog.  

Guess who's house is on the way?  Zoe and Xander's!

It's a Zoo out there!

On Friday, we went to the Oakland Zoo with Zoe and Xander, and Jasper and Milo!

Dahlia enjoys some sugary cereal at the café.

Dahlia's day in the park

Dahlia enjoyed ice cream treats with her pals Zoe and Xander, and new friends Jasper and Milo!

Somebody's got crazy hair!

Filling in for Daddy at work

Dahlia waters the dahlia.