Zo? turned 2 years old today. We had a toddler birthday party with her gang from the neighborhood, with cupcakes with pink icing and cherries on top as per the birthday girl’s request. That’s right, she was very specific–she saw Little Bear having them on a tape and referenced them in her selection.

Zo? is the consummate pretend picnic hostess. “Let’s have a picnic! Want coffee, DaDa?” Her favorite must-read bedtime books are “Snow” by P.D. Eastman and Roy McKie, and Sandra Boynton’s Pajama Time. She likes olives, blue cheese, and smoked mackerel. Life is a cocktail party, and it’s never time for bed–and never time to get out of her striped pajamas.