Zeeke can now
count to ten! It's pretty incredible how fast he's picked it up.
He's also suddenly manifested the ability to identify pictures of
farm animals and can even tell us what sounds they make. Of course,
he still loves his letters too and is only struggling with a few of
them now.
When he finishes what he's eating, he says "all done," which is either his signal that he wants us to give him more or that he's done eating. Other new words this week are "taxi," "comb," and the one that every parent loves to hear, "no." Another new thing with him is that when we go into his room in the morning, he won't let us take him out of the crib until he's handed us each and every stuffed animal and blanket to be taken out first.
Zeeke's favorite book of the week: Wild Animals of America ABC by Hope Ryden
Saturday, Zeeke wowed Steve with his psychic abilities. While they were driving to music class, Zeeke was in the back of the car in his backward-facing seat happily babbling to himself when he suddenly shouted "Kitty cat!" and then a split-second later a cat ran in front of the car! When they got back from music class, Jen, Kim & the twins were arriving at the house for a play date! After playing for a while, we all went to lunch at Birra, where the boys all did a great job. The waitress even brought them out raw pizza dough to play with. After a nice long nap, the three of us went to Clark Park where our friend Stephanie was having a s'more party. Zeeke had fun running through the leaves.
Sunday, we headed to West Philly again for a play date with Abby and Moira (and of course their parents). A fun time was had by all and then we joined Matt, Tara & Moira for lunch at Han Dynasty, where Zeeke got to eat lots of noodles and green beans.