At day care, Zeeke still starts his
days with the babies, but now spends his afternoons with the older
kids. The director raved about how smoothly he's adapting to the
transition and said he'll soon be with the older kids full time. We
like the idea of him learning more skills from the big kids, but
we're going to miss his awesome teacher Berta in the baby room.
Zeeke has really been exploring how things work this week, figuring out how things fit together (like his Lego-style blocks and the letters from his alphabet mat) and how they can be taken apart (like his sippy cup which he emptied over himself at day care one day).
On Wednesday, all three of us played hooky and went to the beach. Jen & Kim and the twins were spending the week in Ocean City, NJ so we joined them, having tacos for lunch, ice cream, rides on the Boardwalk and a great time hanging on the beach. Zeeke enjoyed digging in the sand with borrowed shovels and being dipped into the ocean like a teabag.
Saturday, while at Target, Zeeke saw a bottle of Thomas the Tank Engine bubble bath and immediately heard the tv show's song in his head and started to dance. He loved the bottle so much that we had to buy it for him even though the kid still doesn't take baths (only showers). That night, when the show came on and the theme song started, Zeeke walked into the kitchen and brought back the bottle of bubble bath so that he could dance with it during the theme song.
Also, that evening, the three of us had a nice date night. We had Thai food at Tamarind on South Street. Zeeke wasn't crazy about his Pad Thai noodles, but he thoroughly enjoyed himself after dinner dancing to music on the South Street promenade and meeting a dog named Delancy.
Sunday, we we went to the car show on Passyunk with Zack, Leah & Jason. Zeeke picked out a hand made stuffed fox from the craft fair. We bumped into lots of people we knew and Zeeke showed off his walking skills for everybody. Later on, we went to Aunt Dena's birthday party, where Zeeke had lots of yummy food and a ride on the rocking moose. He enjoyed having the attention of many lady admirers.