Zeeke has figured out how to escape his crib! Karen put him down for a nap this weekend and then went downstairs to get him some water. When she stepped out of the kitchen, he was waiting for her at the top of the stairs with a huge grin on his face. Sigh....
This weekend he started writing names all on his own (well, with a little spelling help). He wrote "Mom," "Pop Pop," and "Gigi." He's gotten so much better at making his letters a uniform size and getting them in the right order. He's also started doing little chores like sweeping and helping with the dishes.
Zeeke and his friends, especially Sadie, still love that strip of grass they call Purple Flower Mountain and demand to go there often after school. Sometimes we have to sneak in through the community garden. He even asks to go there on the weekend now.
Saturday was Steve's birthday. In the morning, he came downstairs to a birthday present and bag full of Father's Day gifts that Zeeke made at school. Steve & Zeeke got out to the playground while it was still relatively cool out, then hit the Acme on the way home. After his nap, Zeeke & Karen went to play at the fountain and picked up an ice cream cake and birthday candles for Steve. A great lover of candles, Zeeke had to hold them the whole way home.
Sunday morning we all went to the playground together. It had rained overnight so we brough a towel and dried off all of the equipment. Zeeke got very protective when another kid tried to draw too close to the space dragons he'd asked Steve to draw. After his nap, we drove out to Steve's parents for dinner. Zeeke had a swell time drawing and chatting and then amazed us all by devouring his dinner with gusto. He was eating ham as fast as we could cut it up for him. He did a good job with his cole slaw and green beans as well.