Zoe's Rocks

I just have to take a few minutes to write about Zoe's Rocks.  My daughter is addicted to rocks.  She has to pick them up every where we go.  If we show up anywhere there are rocks present (especially Paul & Laurie's driveway), she immediately heads to the rock saying "Rocks, rocks" over and over.   I have started a little collection of them for her.  I'm trying to get a least one from each of her scavenges. 

This picture was taken on a trip to Matagorda that we took with David, Amie and family in August.  We were at a playground just off the beach and as usual, Zoe was picking up small rocks from the playground area.  We were just heading out to leave when she spotted these off to the side of the playground.  You should've seen her eyes - they got big and round just like you'd expect from a kid on Christmas morning!  She was very upset that she could not pick these rocks up and I had to finally pick her up and take her away!

I'm not sure where this obsession with rocks comes from.  She'll have 3-4 crammed into each little fist and will still try to pick up more.  She used to give them to either me or Jeff like a kind of present, but no more.  Now they are hers and you better not try to take them away.  Now the only time she gives them up is to collect more.