Zeeke had a great week at school. Listening ears are back and timeouts are gone. Perhaps those bad weeks were just a fluke or perhaps increasing his morning protein intake really did the trick. Either way we're happy to have our sweet boy back. On a sad note, his good buddy Gabe moved away to Florida on Friday. According to Zeeke, Gabe flew there on either a kite or a parachute.
He's been obsessed lately with a book called Animalia by Graeme Base, insisting on reading it once or twice a day. He loves studying the incredibly detailed illustrations, discovering the myriad hidden images. His new catchphrase is "I was just joking," which he usually says right after telling us something we particularlly do not want to hear.
Monday, Karen returned from her girls weekend. Zeeke handled her being away fantastically but was of course very excited to have her back. She brought him two presents, a dinosaur magnet and a poseable wooden robot, which he enjoyed tremendously.
Wednesday, Zeeke wanted to walk his friend Sadie home from school. On the way they discovered two long strips of grass near the local Catholic high school. They had a great time running and rolling around in the grass. When they got to Sadie's house, they had a dance party on her steps. After leaving Sadie, Steve & Zeeke ran into Zoe outside her home and the hijinx continued, then got even crazier when Delano joined them. It was definitely the longest trip home from school ever! That night, Zeeke not only slept with the lights off but got himself back to sleep after a bad dream in the dark and on his own.
Saturday, Zeeke wanted to take the subway to music class. He & Steve left early and walked around Rittenhouse Square and then through a street festival that was being set up, and finally did a very laps around the fountain at Love Park.
Sunday morning, all three of us went to the playground and ran into Zeeke's classmate Amelie. After his nap, we went to Jersey for an early celebration of Zeeke's birthday. Zeeke is getting used to sharing the spotlight with the new baby in the family and even starting to enjoy him.
Conversations with Zeeke:
Monday night, Zeeke decided that he wanted to dream about a dragon, so Tuesday morning:
"Zeeke, did you dream about a dragon?"
"Yes, Daddy! I did dream about a dragon and you were riding on it!"
"Oh, wow, I was flying around on the back of a dragon?"
"No, you were riding on its head."
"Oh, so it was a really big dragon then?"
"No, it was a little tiny dragon..."
Walking downstairs this morning:
"Do you want something to drink, Zeeke?"
"No, Daddy, I'm not thirsty."
"Ok, well, I'm going to get something for me to drink."
"Daddy! Why did you get thirsty without me?"