Maddy’s been obsessed with three things this week:
- Her “babies”
- “Airplane” rides from Dave
- Washing her hands (aka playing with water in the sink)

Photographed here are her fabulous dolls, which she loves to take care of. She puts them down for “ni-night”, feeds them, changes their diapers, takes their clothes off (wish she would put them back on), sings to them, rocks them, straps them in our infant carseat, etc. Hopefully a good sign for things to come… Thanks to Barbara, Monica and Lisa for the perfect gifts!

Today, we had our last Maddy/Mommy alone day, which was fun despite the fact that I’m starting to come down with a cold. We went to the cute little Palo Alto Zoo, where Maddy was almost as interested in the animals as she was in the 10 or so other kids her age. I don’t think she’s ever been around so many toddlers at one time. She really liked the geese, turtles, bobcats, raccoon and peacock. Near the owl building, she found mist and a puddle to splash in and loved that until she realized her sandals had gotten “yucky” and wanted to take them off.