our week with zeeke

Zeeke's been teaching himself some new skills this week. First he figured out how to slide the wooden stacking discs onto their peg, which required not just good aim, but also carefully keeping them perfectly level while lowering them. Saturday, he decided that he wanted to start walking up the stairs like an adult does, instead of crawling up them. Later that day, he figured it was time to climb to the top of the sliding board. Despite quite a few unintended slips, he was determined, eventually striking on the idea of using the sides as handholds, and pulled himself up to stand triumphantly at the top three times before moving onto his next activity.

But it's not all work. The boy's also happy to ham it up by wearing a bowl of food as a hat and then looking around to make sure everyone sees. He had a couple rough nights of sleep this week. We thought it was from bug bites at first, but it turned out to be tooth number eight!

Monday night, we went to the playground where we gave away Zeeke's push car to a friend with a new baby. Now that he can walk, Zeeke hasn't been as into it, and all of us were going a bit deaf from the clamor it makes. A few days earlier, Zeeke had become fixated on a green triangle someone had drawn on the ground and as soon as we set him down he headed right back to it to study it some more.

Saturday, we had a great play date and lunch with Elspeth & Augie, who was very generous in letting Zeeke play with his toys.  They sent us home with delicious leftovers and great hand-me-downs including a Thomas the Tank Engine hat that Zeeke treasures. 

Sunday, we went to the Please Touch Museum with Moira & Tara & Matt. Like last time, Zeeke surprised us by stacking the crude wooden blocks, which he almost never does at home. After that, we all went to Han Dynasty for a delicious feast. Zeeke was wild about the green beans. Then we all took a nap and ended up being late for dinner at Steve's parents. Zeeke had a great visit with Connor, Uncle Chris, and his grandparents.