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.

12-9-12

Zach put on his underwear and pants by himself this morning. "The tag goes by my butt!"  "Bottom isn't a nice word to say Mommy. I say butt."

He is learning Christmas carols at school. He is very good at the "Hey" part of Jingle Bells. We have started putting a sticker on the calendar everyday until Christmas. Christmas season is a big deal this year.  He ran right up to Santa at the Bethany Walmart and sat on his lap.

He asked if we should go see Rudolph at the zoo. I thought that was a clever connection. Exotic animals are at the zoo.  He has been talking alot about the zoo in Des Moines lately. He really liked the playground and the animals.

This is the first year for our artificial Christmas tree. I have to say, I am loving it. The allergy load in the house is much lower. Zach had a good time decorating the tree. Mostly he liked rolling the balls through the bows and onto the skirt. Mike and I set up the tree while he was asleep one night. His little face was so precious when he saw it the next morning. "Its beauuuuuuutiful."  Then when Mike and Zach were at Ace Hardware, Zach got some more balls to decorate the trees outside.

His favorite show is Team Umizoomi. He calls it Zoomy Zoomy.  Milli, Geo and Bot. I was just informed that "Bot goes to the the robot store. Milli goes to the flower and pattern store. Geo goes to the shape store."  Milli (millimeter) Geo (geometry) and Bot (robot with belly screen that helps solve problems) teach math skills like patterns, counting, shapes, sorting. The one that is on now just converted Umicar to Umisled to go down the snowy hill.  It is pretty slick. 

Zach loved spending time with Abby and Nate. He really likes and pays attention to Abby and has an immediate connection with Nate. It was so cute to see them wrestling together over Thanksgiving. 

I have been so anxious to sign Zach up for karate, but I didn't want to push him into anything too young.  Well, they offer a karate class at Kidz Kabana. The other day he told Mike that he wanted to do karate. So we signed him up. He'll start in January. With the new job, I'll be able to stop by and see him learning his karate.

Mike and Zach are making breakfast rolls. The timer just went off. Zach says, "Well what do you know. Good timing." "The ROLLS are done MOMMY." Then he started to spin around and laid down on the floor. " I got busy and then lay-ded down." "I got a Wocket in my pocket!" came next. He is saying a lot.

I accepted a job at Carondelet Home Health which will start somewhere around January 7. It is a transfer within the St. Marys/St. Joseph system, which will become part of the HCA system pretty soon.  HCA is not affiliated with any one home health organization, like some other hospitals. So Carondelet Home Health is excited about growth opportunities, especially around the huge HCA hospital in Independence called Centerpoint. Not so coincidentally, my territory will be a part of Independence.  It will be a big change, but I am excited for it. 

Last night I met some of my friends for the holidays. It was really fun. We ended up at a "Latin" restaurant on Southwest Blvd that is owned by the family of a Hispanic girl that Laura works with. It was really good.