Zoe and her Easter Bunny...

"And here is my singing bunny that I love so much!!!"

Easter 2006

Easter 2007

Easter 2008

Easter 2009

Why does she have to grow up so fast?

By the way, Zoe cried and cried when I packed away the bunny this year...it was so sad.  It made my heart ache.  She loves that bunny so much!

Easter Egg Hunt!

The day before Easter, my friends "E-Lo" & "Uncle D", held a big Easter Egg Hunt in their backyard for their family & friends' kids.  

E-Lo planned it all out very carefully...each kid had their own colored bag and looked for eggs in their assigned color.  Zoe had pink, of course.  It was an easy choice since there was only one other girl in the sea of boys!!

 

Let the hunt begin...

Found it!!

Uncle D gives a hand to Zoe up the hill...

and points her in the right direction.

Got it!!
 

Searching and searching for more eggs...

Zoe takes a step back to survey all the activity.

Hey, I think I found one!

Yup...

Got it!

Taking a moment to inspect all the trinkets and candy

After the egg hunt, we feasted on way too much food and delicious birthday cake for Uncle D.  Just look how content and independent my child is...hey, wait Zoe, what are you eating???

Big globs of butter cream frosting!  Oh my!

Thanks E-Lo and Uncle D for the hospitality and the feast and the fun!!! 

I pick out my own outfits!

Zoe wants to dress herself so badly - "I do it!" is a common phrase when trying to get her dressed.  With gentle guidance I get her into at least matching clothes...but there just wasn't anything I could do about the pumpkin hat!

Monkeys & More...

Time to catch up on a month's worth of happenings!!

Back on March 29th, we went to a local junior college that specializes in exotic animal training for their annual spring fest fundraiser.

Zoe met up with one of her boyfriends, Nicholas, to check out the zoo and all the activities.

We all got enamored with this gibbon.  He was very loud with a myriad of noises.  We couldn't believe that just this one primate could make so much noise. 

  

You can hear for yourself in this little video (click on the arrow buttons.)

 

But clearly, climbing the fences is so much fun!

Brian compares his wingspan to the California condor!

One of the kid's activities was to "fish" for prizes...Zoe thought that was quite neat. She caught some stickers, tattoos and a beaded necklace!

 

 

Another activity was a treasure hunt for more prizes where she found more stickers and tattoos.

After we left the zoo, we had lunch at a local mall and the kids were treated to a train ride.  Thanks E for riding with the kids!

All in all, Zoe had a blast!

All she really needs is...

Yup, it's classic...

a kid could have all the toys in the world...

but the best thing in the world to play with is...

a box!!!

Hours of entertainment!!

Ah, to be a kid!

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy & Dancing with the Stars!!

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy performed on the Dancing With The Stars results show back on March 17th.  And, yes, I got to go too!! I love that show!!!!!

Here's Brian in the teeny tiny Red Room... 

and he is safe to dance another week!!!

Here's the band killing time waiting to go on...(the performance part of the show taped at 5pm and the results part started at 6pm for live feed to the east coast.) 

Julianne Hough and Scotty chit-chatting away...

Scotty waving to me in the crowd...(he's really waving at his parents.)

Dirk & Kurt gettin' ready to perform...

The judges are in place and ready to start the show!

In case you missed the performance...here it is, for you to enjoy!! (click on the play arrow)

My friend Safi was my guest for the show and afterwards, we got to hang out backstage by the press line.  (Safi is just as crazy for the show as I am...and for Maksim too!!) So we got to meet the dancers and celebrities in-between interviews.  Yeah, we were 'stalking' them...calling their names to catch their attention, waving at them to come over to us...and it worked!

Here's Safi, Derek Hough and me...

and with Cheryl Burke...

and with Karina Smirnoff & Steve Wozniak...

and with Mark Ballas...

and our favorite Maks!! (Maksim Chmerkovskiy)

oh yeah, and Denise Richards...

and my favorite to win it all, Gilles Marini...

and even scary Lil Kim...(by the way, she's shorter than Shawn Johnson, the gymnast!)

Ouch, my feet are killing me by this time of the night!  Time to head home!

(Thanks for taking all the pictures for me Brian!)

Just to prove I was there...there's me in the audience -on the right, 5th row up on the aisle! 

Hey, look I'm on TV!

And, here's me and Brian along the press line...

Look at me scoping out who I can bug next!!

I had so much fun!