Zeeke had a great time at the beach this week: digging and building and drawing in the sand, sitting at the edge of the water and letting the waves wash over us, walking from jetty to jetty looking for shells. A nice lady who combed the beach with a metal detector each day gave Zeeke a toy car and a toy alligator she'd found. On Monday, Zack & Leah came to visit. They had fun chasing each other around the beach and nearby tennis courts. On Tuesday, we went to a great storytime at the library and Zeeke enjoyed playing with this board that changed colors from the heat of your hands. One day, Katy made hot dogs and Zeeke amazed us by eating two whole hot dogs plus mac & cheese and chick peas.
The downside to vacation was Zeeke's sleeping. For some reason he woke up earlier and earlier every day. When he woke the house with a scream at 4:37 on Friday, we realized it was time to go home and get him sleep trained again. We had one more pancake breakfast, one more trip to the beach and then packed up the car while he had his afternoon nap and then tried to beat rush hour traffic back to the city.
Zeeke has been coloring like crazy and telling us what it is he's drawing (including letters, numbers, and Princess Anna from Frozen). One day, he wouldn't let us leave the playground until Steve took photos of the shapes he'd drawn on the floor.
We took it pretty easy on the weekend, doughnuts on Saturday morning, a couple trips to the playground, and dinner at Steve's parents' Sunday night. Zeeke was not thrilled about having to share the attention of Steve's family with his new cousin Jackson and frequently found excuses to leave the room whenever the spotlight shifted to the baby.
Conversations with Zeeke:
"Why you singing that song, Daddy?"
"It just got stuck in my head. Has a song ever gotten stuck in your head?"
"I have an A in my head."
"An A? What does it do?"
"It sings A B C D E F G...."
While listening to Mary Lambert sing "I love my butt and I won't shut up" in the song "Secrets," Zeeke cracked up laughing and announced:
"That girl likes her butt!"