They moved Zeeke up to the bigger kids class at school last week and the transition's been a little tough on him. He really misses his old teacher Annie and his friends that won't move up until next month. He always used to say, "Good!" when we asked him how his day was, but now he just says, "I want to go back to Annie's class." It's sad, but he does say that he's enjoying the writing practice the bigger kids do and he's gotten great at writing his name.
Shoes have become an ongoing concern. His favorite pair of blue sneakers are falling apart, but he still insists on wearing them. We took him shoe shopping and even found ones with his favorite cartoon characters on them, but every pair was either "too tight!" or "too loose!" Finally we found a pair of broken in shoes in the exact same style as his favorites and he declared the fit to be "perfect." But after we walked half a block home, he changed his mind and said that he couldn't wear them because they were brown instead of blue. Three year olds!
Saturday, the construction was done at our old playground (Colombus Square), but Zeeke insisted on going back to Gold Star to see his dog friend Luna again. Sure enough, Luna was there and we got to pet her and even draw her picture. Unfortunately, we found out she's moving to California in two weeks. Sad! After naptime, we got out the watercolors and made a bunch of paintings.
Sunday morning, Zeeke drew an amazing snowman and then we headed out to test the new ground coverage at Colombus Square. We found it better for running and playing, but worse for chalk drawings. It was nice to have the swingsets back. Jen & Amelie joined us for a while and then after they left Ali & Delano came by. After naptime, we spent a while tracing his Play Dough creations and coloring them in. After that, we met Liz for dinner at the pop up garden.
Conversations with Zeeke:
Sadie: "I'm going to walk with Zeeke!"
Zeeke: "I'm going to walk with Sadie!"
Sadie: "I'm going to walk with Zeeke!"
Zeeke: "I'm going to walk with Zeeke!"
Sadie: "Wait, how are YOU going to walk with Zeeke?"
Zeeke: "Two Zeekes!!!"
After we read a book where Henri Matisse was drawing pictures of his grandchildren:
"Daddy, I want grandchildren! Can I have grandchildren?"