Zeeke's favorite new "game" is lying down on the ground and declaring, "I'm sleeping. Don't wake me up!" He gets pretty upset if we do anything that he considers waking him up, but of course he doesn't respect our wishes when we make the same request of him.
Zeeke has been exploding with questions lately:
"How's your day?"
"Where we going?"
"Where you go?"
"What you doing?"
"Why you do that?"
He grills us (and anyone else around) with variations on these inquiries throughout the day and is quite content to repeat his questions if he isn't satisfied with our responses.
Tuesday, we drove down to Rehobeth for a beach week with Karen's family. Zeeke had a great time following around and playing with his cousins Riley & Bella. He got doted on and spoiled rotten by Grandma Joy. And he had some good bonding time with Grandpop Bob-Bob, Uncle Mike, Aunt Sarah, Aunt Kathy, and cousins Chris & Lily. He was a bit scared of the waves after one of them flooded the spot where we were sitting, but Grandma Joy got him through his fears. He loved digging, playing in the sand, dancing on the boardwalk and all of the trips to get ice cream.
Saturday, we were back in Philly, but exhausted from our travels, so after a trip to the playground (where Zeeke was very proud of his dinosaur drawing), we all relaxed and watched Frozen (for the hundredth time).
Sunday morning, we ran into his classmates Colette and Odin at the playground, which was fun. After his nap, we went to Liz & Kate's barbecue, where Zeeke ate smoked chicken, danced a special dance for each fruit in his fruit salad, ran around sticking magnetic letters to things and dunked his face in the kiddie pool about fifty times.
Conversations with Zeeke:
"Read me my favorite book, Daddy."
"Which one is that?"
"Bunnies Jumping On Moon Grass."
"Wait. What's the title?"
"Bunnies Jumping On Moon Grass!"
"Actually, that sounds lovely. I wish we had a copy."
Having finished with his own ice cream, Zeeke moved on to Karen's:
"Zeeke, can I have a taste of my ice cream?"
"No, Mommy!"
"Why not?"
"You had enough, Mommy!"