1-29-13

I always tell Mike that Zach is tired when he cries a lot. I guess that ticks Zach off.  Zach has been crying a lot tonight.  At one point, he started crying about a Mickey Mouse episode he wanted to watch. He looked at me and yelled, "I'm not TIRED."
He gets really ticked if he catches you laughing at something he said like that.

1-29-13

We have a band of storms coming through this morning. Zach wanted to see the weather map. I told Zach that he might hear some thunder and if he did he would know that it was just a small storm. I told him he could even tell his friends that if they got scared.  He said, "Well. I'm not scared of anything." Then he thought about it and said, "I'm scared of thunder." I think he'll be ok.

1-28-13

Today on the way to Kidz Kabana, Zach said, "Look! Those birds are making an arrow."  It was flying geese of course. He then asked if babies grow up into big boys and I told him a little about how he started in my tummy then decided he didn't fit any more on Jan 4 etc.  He was enthralled. It was so fun.

Tonight he made a long line of the curlers he has played with since he was a baby.  He made up a game that the big bad wolf and itchy spider were taking the curlers.  He said something about itchy spider having a lot more of the curlers. I asked him how that was possible since itchy spider was smaller than the big bad wolf. He said, "because itchy spider has 8 legs."

1-19-13

I am making a concerted effort to beef up Zach. He has had another growth spurt and he needs some more meat on his bones.  He is helping by eating everything on his plate. He likes to push mommie over with his new muscles. Mommie gets a good ab workout with this new game.  He also likes his "tubbie treats," which are Flintstones multivitamins. Yesterday he had "11 new muscles" today he has " 8 new muscles."

Yesterday the exciting mornin drama was about that darn Itchy Spider.  Itchy Spider was after us.  He made Zach's knee itch once and he did not want that to happen again.  We had to look for a pink spider as tall as mommie and a orange spider with yellow spots as big as Zach.

Tonight Zach is going to Gavyn's birthday party, which is one of his friends from his old classroom.  He is doing ok with the transfer to K-Prep, but yesterday he asked where all of his Hut friends went.  Mike says Miss Stephanie was a lot more creative than his new teachers. I think he is probably right, but Zach has made some big strides in the last couple weeks.

On Thursdays, K-prep goes to the Colbern Road library.  They have a puppet show there. Picture was taken by Zach's teacher. I believe Zach is in green at the front right of the picture.

1-15-13

Zach is getting the difference between "I want" and "I need." He has been saying, "Mommie, I neeeed you," which is awfully hard to resist. He still gets a little confused by "I don't want" and "I don't like." When he doesn't any to eat something, he says, "I don't like that," instead of "I don't want that."

12-16-12

Mike told Zach it was time to brush his teeth. Zach said, "OK, that is a great idea.

We went to Mike's work Christmas party on Saturday night. Zach went to his teacher's house to make Christmas cookies. He had a great time. He apparently went poopie and potty at the same time (in the toilet) and played in Kyle's (teacher's nephew) room and decorated cookies. Xmas party was nice. I had a great dinner.

12-12-12

You'd think those guys that predicted the end of the world on 12-21-12 would have picked this day for marketing and drama purposes.

When Zach puts his pants on, he sometimes gets both legs in the same hole. When this happens he flips his legs and says he is a mermaid.  The things he picks up at school.

A few of many good pictures from Thanksgiving 2012.