NYE at Dead Fish. Who knew all we need was mirrors to keep Zoe entertained?

And to all a good night...

Zoe quotes during family Xmas eve gift exchange

"It's from Santa so that means I'm on the good list!"

"This is the best day of my life!" 

"Best Christmas ever!"

Do a deer.... @Children's Creativity Museum

V and Z on their computers. Apparently, the wig helps Zoe work better.

Zoe quote of the day:

Z: There are 3 words that sound alike: right: like your  foot or hand,  wright like what you do with a crayon and right like you get something right. Me: Yes, very true. There's a word to describe that; when words sound the same but  have different meanings, I can't remember what it's called. Zoe: Confusing.

Ahhhhh, the warmth of the yule log (or is it the plasma?)

We're ready!

The Star!!!

And then I won't feel so bad!

Sing Along Sound of Music

Wow that's tall!

80 ft Xmas Tree at Union Square

Playing local tourists

Marcello's Pizza in the Castro

Dinner in the Castro

Zoe's First school performance

She's in the front row on the far right 

The Who Crew screams to Horton

This year our family vacation was at this AWESOME family camp for LGBT Families called "Camp It Up!". All three of us had an amazing time! Zoe Each year at Camp there is a theme for the week... This year was Dr Seuss. Zoe's counselor group (4 and 5 year olds) were called "The Who Crew". At one point during the week, we were told that all of us at camp were on a spec of dust, like in Horton Hears a Who. And that in order to save the same, we had to scream loudly so Horton could hear us. So each of the kids counseling groups took turns shouting to Horton. Below is a video of The Who Crew. Zoe is the pink hair little one on the right. Vera and I were on a day hike near by and could hear them screaming but did not get to see what was going on. I was so bummed to have missed it. This video was taken by Tess Karesky who graciously shared it with me!! Thank you Tess!

Partied out 5 year old.

Part of Zoe's birthday mural/montage

What I did on my 5th birthday mural

Singing and Riding

Zoe's Dance Debut

This is the dress rehearsal for Zoe's first dance recital. The dress rehearsal was yesterday, the actaul performance was today, and she did awesome!!!

Zoe Dance Recital Posed Photo

Cupcakes are good for tummies!

Ballet Pictures today

At the Detroit Zoo w Grandma & Grandpa

Zoe the Rockstar

punky sick girl sleeping on the couch

The Naked Chef!

Blue Bear looking inside

View from my Hotel to Denver Conf Ctr

Our Tahoe trip that wasn't

We didn't even make it up Donnor Pass. We caught caught in the backlog behind the multipe spin out crashed on 80E. We sait in one spot for over 3 hours. Finally inched our way to an exit, turned around to head back down and found there were accidents on 80W. So we pulled off at an exit where there was a small restaurant and waitied over an hour to get served dinner. while waiting the power went out. finally back up generators kicked in. Finally ate dinner by 10 PM. The waitress brought some pillows for Zoe and she fell asleep on the floor with Vera's jacket for a banket. By that point they were saying that 80 would not open back up until mornng and at all vehicles required chains. We had rented a 4x4 but no chains. So we started looking for hotels in the foot hills. everything was booked all they way to Rocklin. So we made the drive back home. Left the house at 12:30 pm and arrived back at 2 am. We were at the restaurant close to 2.5 hours. Which means we spent close to 12 hours in the car. We're glad and relieved that we got home safely but disapointed that our family weekend away didn't work out as we planned.

St Pat's tradition green scrambled eggs

Rainbow from our back yard

testing

Valentine's Day Activism

Zoe and I went to Contra Costa County Clerk's office on Valentine's Day to support those who were asking for Marriage Licenses. We're in photo number 7. Zoe's on my shoulders.

Here's a link to the article with photos

http://martinez.patch.com/articles/request-denied#c

Here's a video of a group of us singing "What The World Needs Now Is Love"