Walking, Walking, Walking and Stacking

Zoe is walking and loves it. She just walks and walks. She goes from the kitchen to the living room and back. She walks with her hands out in front of her, a bit out to the side with her elbows bent. She looks like the Mutant Enemy animation at the end of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer credits - "Grr Argh" It's tremendously cute.

The other day Vera was in the master bathroom brushing her teeth and Zoe was with her. Zoe walked away thinking Vera was following her. She got down the hall and once she realize that Vera was not there, she turned around and walked back through the bedroom to the bathroom.

This past weekend we had the quintessential family moment. We went out for breakfast as a family. Afterwards Zoe wanted to walk out of the restaurant, she made it very clear that she did not want to be carried. So Vera and I each took one hand and the three of us walked out along the side walk, Vera holding her left hand, me on the right. It was such an amazing feeling. Later we went into San Francisco and did the same thing walking down the street.

Zoe loves putting things away. She will stack blocks in the kitchen cupboard - one by one she will pick up a block, walk into the kitchen, open the cupboard place the block on a shelf, close the door, walk back to the stack of blocks and do it all over again. This kept her occupied long enough for Vera to make dinner the other night.

Zoe even helped me put soccer balls in the ball bag the other day. I had pumped up 5 soccer balls in the living room before my game. I said to her, "Can you help Mommy put the balls in the bag?" I didn't have to show her what to do, she knew! She picked up a ball, walked over to the bag carrying the ball and dropped the ball into the bag as I held it open. She did the same with each ball. It's amazing to realize how much she understands. I'm sure all parents feel their kid is extremely smart and we are no exception!