Week One Hundred and Ninety-Six

Zeeke is very excited about "Valencetimes Day" next week.  He wants to decorate the house with hearts and gets very excited whenever we walk past houses decorated for it.  

To help with Zeeke's adjustment to the freedom of his bed and the difficult sleeping that's resulted, Karen came up with new part of our bedtime routine.  Each night, before we read stories, we act out sleeping through the night with a purple sock monkey that Zeeke calls "The Kid."  It seems to be working.  Saturday night he actually slept through the night and even used the potty without waking us up.  

Saturday, Karen & Zeeke went to another cooking class the Free Library.  This time they made hot chocolate and sweet treats.  Zeeke was very proud of pouring the honey. 

Sunday, Steve & Zeeke made rainbow pizza.  At first he'd requested a heart-shaped rainbow pizza, but Steve wasn't confident the pizza would keep its shape.  It was actually pretty delicious.  After his nap, we took advantage of the non-freezing weather to make a short trip to the playground.