Ahpo

I had an especially fun evening with Zoe tonight. Vera has been in Chicago on business travel this week, so Zoe and I have been hanging out. We've both been sick with a cold, but we both slept well last night, so a night on the town was in order. After picking her up from day care, we went out to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen in Walnut Creek. Our table was situated by a window that looked across the street to the Apple Store. For those that know Walnut Creek, the Apple Store has a HUGE white Apple on the store face. Every time we pass this sign, whether walking or driving by, Zoe points and says, "Ahpo, ahpo!" which is her way of saying "Apple, apple". So all through dinner and on the way out of the restaurant, she kept saying, "Ahpo, ahpo!" I was reminded of my brother describing how he used to drive by the McDonald's arches with my then 2 or 3 year old niece, and she would point and say "Mmmm, french fries!"

Anyway... I decided to take her over to the store. We walked across the street and up the side walk to the store. At one point, we could no longer see the big Apple, and she said "Bye, bye" to the Apple. Once arrived in front of the store, I told her to look up and pointed to the big apple above. And then she saw it, "Ahpo, ahpo, ahpo, ahpo!" She just stood there looking up. I decided to take her inside the store. She would not have it. She squirmed out of my arms and ran back out the door. She just wanted to look up at the apple sign. A couple of the teen aged staff members of the store came to watch this cute little toddler look up and say "Ahpo, ahpo". I couldn't help but wish I had and iPhone to take a short movie of this to send to Steve Jobs. Hey, I need some seed money for Zoe's college fund!

We've had some fun visits in February. My parents were here for a week in mid February. I have not posted photos from that trip yet because I need to get the photos from my Dad's camera once they return from their mission trip to help rebuild homes in the New Orleans area. Check out the web site for their trip, Katrina Relief Mission. Also, my good friend Keith visited last weekend (see post from 3/3/2008).

A Visit from Keith

My very good friend, Keith, visited this weekend and met Zoe for the first time. He flew in on Friday, and left early this morning. We had a great time!! Friday we went to Walnut Creek for dinner. Saturday we went to the park and in the afternoon, Vera and Zoe went out while Keith and I geeked out and set up my Hogwarts Express Lionel train set (Finally! And, it blows smoke!)


Sunday we went out to breakfast. I dropped Keith off at SFO, and headed off to my soccer game, when Keith called me saying his flight had been canceled. Doh! He even works for the airlines, and we both forgot to check that before we left the house. So, we got to spend an extra night with him!! It was wonderful to see him. It had been close to 11 years since we last got together. I love it when you can finally see someone after that long and still feel the closeness as if we were both still in our early 20 and glued at the hip, never apart. Here are some photos from our visit.