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Climbing the Mountain

Every day it becomes more and more obvious to me that Zoe is most likely part spider monkey. She climbs all over the place including, but not limited to, the couch, the bench, playground slides and "the mountain." What is the mountain you ask? Well, the mountain is created by removing both cushions from the back of the couch, stacking them on top of one another and then draping a gym mat over them. This creates and relatively safe indoor slide, which Zoe loves. Just take a look.



Something else Zoe has recently discovered is that her tongue does not need to be confined to the inside of her mouth. She had her tongue hanging out of her face for a good long while today and these pictures help to illustrate that fact.



This behavior was not limited to inside the house. When we got to the playground in the afternoon, she was up to the same thing again. Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe she's using it like a snake to sense changes in the weather? Or maybe she thinks it makes her look like Michael Jordan? Regardless, she's super cute.



Honestly, there are more of these, but you'll have to go to Zoe's set on Flickr to see them because I'm not putting any more here; however, I will share a few other pictures. Today we assembled the water table and tested it out on the porch. It wasn't too cold out, but even if it was, I'm sure it wouldn't have stopped Zoe from all her splashing. She's going to love this thing once the weather is warmer.



So that was our Saturday. Hopefully you've enjoyed seeing the pictures from the day as much as we enjoyed taking them.

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  1. UnknownApril 17, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    Super cute as always. Love the mountain, great idea. Thanks for sharing!

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