Thank you

Hazel was saying thank you grandma and grandpa in this photo, but I didnt have enough room on my hpone to.get video. The blocks are really, really nice.
Hazel is Christmas shopping

We hadn’t been talking at all today about dad/grandpa, but she just picked up this teenage mutant ninja turtle watch set, and said, very seriously "I think grandpa will like this. "
The sun.

Hazel was playing with tinker toys on her own, and made this. She called it her "sun".
Music time

Just a photo I like a lot of Hazel, really getting into music time at the Kid’s museum.
At the zoo

I had fun playing photographer while hazel played at the zoo today.
Caterpillar

Hazel just asked me to take her picture. I can’t remember her doing that before.
Reindeer

I just asked Hazel what she wanted to get Kim for her birthday. She looked serious, and said "A reindeer" Me- "really? A real one?" Hazel started laughing, "nooooo. I’m just being silly. I’m joking around." So fun to watch her personality develop.
Whoa

Hazel is two, and the emotions are wild. Today, we dropped Kim at the train station, and as we drove off, Hazel started sobbing. I asked her what was wrong, and she said "I forgot to tell mommy ‘have fun at work’". Big, heaving sobs. I pulled over, and we called Kim. Got her voicemail, […]
Hazel is really into the beads today
Science museum

More pictures. Hazel loved the octopus today, and matching the butterfly dominoes. On Nov 20, 2013 12:55 PM, "Geoff Jennings" <g> wrote: It’s still early, and we’ve already used a lever to lift a truck, driven a hovercraft simulator, used lights to race solar cars, and raced wheels with different weight distributions down a ramp.
Science museum

More pictures. Hazel loved the octopus today, and matching the butterfly dominoes. On Nov 20, 2013 12:55 PM, "Geoff Jennings" wrote: It’s still early, and we’ve already used a lever to lift a truck, driven a hovercraft simulator, used lights to race solar cars, and raced wheels with different weight distributions down a ramp. [tag […]
Timeout

Hazel just said, while playing with her catapillar. "Caterpillar. I don’t like your behavior. You need a timeout. Tell me when you are a big girl. " Then she put caterpillar on the washcloth and said "stay there" while wagging her finger. Made me chuckle and feel a little bad at the same time. She […]
“Sunshine”

When we checked into our hotel Thursday, Hazel was offered her choice of small toys. The place is owned by the guy who made his fortune with "beanie babies" and the toys were made by company. Hazel picked a little pink poodle. Nothing worth mentioning, except for the first time, she picked a name that […]
I let Hazel pick what she wanted for lunch

Sushi!
Subtraction?

Today, we were driving and Hazel asked for three nuts. So I gave her three. A moment later, she says "you gave Hazel 3 nuts, but I dropped one so now I have two. " If she recounted the nuts, she did it silently. Normally she counts out loud.
Hazel picked her outfit out.

There are also jeggings under there.
My little entomologist.

This is one of those memory games, where you are supposed to find the matches while cards are upside down, which is a bit much for Hazel. But she is having a great time just digging through the pile. She yells "matching!" when she finds a pair. The pictures are all bugs, and she’s excited […]
We made a tinker toy man

And hazel insisted on posing like the man.
My little entomologist.

This is one of those memory games, where you are supposed to find the matches while cards are upside down, which is a bit much for Hazel. But she is having a great time just digging through the pile. She yells "matching!" when she finds a pair. The pictures are all bugs, and she’s excited […]
Passion fruit

Hazel loves them
Happy Halloween!

This was the first year Hazel picked her own Halloween costume.
Growing up.

Hazel wants the big kid swings now.
Working from home

Kim is working from home this morning, due to a meeting. Hazel insisted on getting her computer and working with mommy.
Well spent $2

Bought some racetrack for $2 at a garage sale. Money well spent, Hazel has been having a blast with it for a long time.
Boiling crab

We took Hazel to boiling crab tonight, a popular casual seafood place right around the corner from our house. She seemed to like it, especially the corn on the cob. Towards the end of our dinner, they brought out a cake for a nearby table, for a birthday. Hazel was super excited. She stood up, […]
Hazel Laughing
Signing the check

Hazel said "I want to pay…"
Elephant

Hazel and I made a tinker toy elephant with the set grandma sent.
One of Hazel’s favorite things…

…is to play ‘secret house’ with her blankets behind the sofa cushions. Thank you again for her lovely quilted blankets, Mom. Kim
One of Hazel’s favorite things…

…is to play ‘secret house’ with her blankets behind the sofa cushions. Thank you again for her lovely quilted blankets, Mom. Kim
Face to face

With a big spider. Hazel kept saying "helloooooo spider!"
Hazel touched a stingray!
Big kid swings

Hazel insisted on the big kid swings today. She was trying to copy the other kids and pump her legs.
Hazel touched a stingray!

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Chopsticks

Hazel is getting pretty good with them, tonight she was eating noodle soup.
Slide

Hazel has learned to climb the slide.
Walking

Hazel has been walking and running all day today. Very little being carried. She just looked at me, pointed at the curb, and said "daddy, I’m tired, I’m going to sit down and take a little break. " Then she sat down with a big sigh.
California condor exhibit at the LA zoo.

Hazel likes digging in the sand for bones. And playing in the carcass.
Out for a ride.

Hazel is now riding the ponies unaccompanied and not hooked up to the carousel thing. I absolutely love that Hazel gets to go to the zoo and ride ponies today with her awesome dad. Thanks for taking her. What a wonderful childhood. – Kim
LA zoo

Hazel likes digging in the sand for bones. And playing in the carcass. [tag zoo, gallery]
