Lilah Rose

So last weekend, Lilah, we went back to the Madrid Zoo to catch the Dolphin show and…well that was about it. As expected you enjoyed the show quite a bit, so much so, in fact, that we caught both the early and late show. Since there is nothing like the artists death to reignite the fanbase, Micheal Jackson provided the soundtrack for the event. You and mom also got your picture taken with a dolphin to go with your pictures of the seal and Sea Lions.

Before we left you also rode your first carousel which you enjoyed very much after having your fill of slushy and ice cream treats.

Other than revisiting the Monkey’s and Elephants we didn’t really tread new ground. Although you did manage build up your courage to let the Flamingos eat from your hand! You were tickled.

• Books are, and always have been, your favorite toys (though puzzles are closing in).
• I can get you to go almost anywhere by challenging you to a race (you don’t like to lose, and when you get there you declare “I RACED!”)
• “It’s alright Daddy, you can try it if you want to”
• The fact that we can tell how tired you are by the frequency of unprovoked “I Love You”s bestowed on us as you lay in bed on your way to sleep.
• A little while ago mommy told you to leave me alone because I had to an emergency at work that needed my attention. You then told me “Ima ‘mergency too daddy”. That one broke my heart.
• Just today your threatened me with “I will take your work away Daddy” apparently you think I like work in the same way you like your puzzles.
• “I Can do it all by myself”
• How you ask me to be Winnie the Pooh and get all tickled when I say “Oh Bother”
• When you are Eeyore and claim “It’s gonna rain”
• The unbridled enthusiasm when “Its morning Time!”
• “I Like to jump on ‘er fat belly daddy”