Zeeke's behavior at school started getting bad again, so he & Karen implemented a new system to keep track of how each day goes (utilizing the basement door chalkboard): red sad face for a bad day, yellow expressionless for a so-so day, green smiley face for a good day, and some sort of rainbow star for a great day. Zeeke was very proud when he broke his bad streak! Fingers crossed!
Saturday, Steve gave Zeeke the mission of chatting up at least one of the other students at his art class and finding out their name. Unfortunately, he said everyone was too busy working and he didn't want to disturb them, but as we were leaving the building, a boy named William called out, "Hi, Zeeke!" and then the two of them played an imaginative game of superheroes (with William's little sister) for twenty minutes. So mission accomplished! Sort of.
Sunday, all three of us went to the Franklin Institute for the day. We made buildings and then demolished them with the earthquake machine, watched astronauts training via virtual reality headsets, ate freeze-dried ice cream, and saw many planetarium shows.
Conversations with Zeeke:
"What are you eating, Zeeke?"
"I think it's a hashtag."
Our friend Pauline asked Zeeke to complete some well-known proverbs and his answers were pretty amusing:1. Don't change horses... "get them harnessed."
2. Strike while the... "missile is coming at you!"
3. It's always darkest before... "it's lightest."
4. Never underestimate the power of... "sight."
5. You can lead a horse to water, but... "you can't lead a horse to air. Do you know why? Because air is all around you. There's no place where it just isn't."
6. Don't bite the hand that... "is bad."
7. No news is... "wrong news."
8. A miss is as good as a... "hit."
9. You can't teach an old dog new... "dance moves."
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll... "lie down with cats."
11. Love all, trust... "all."
12. The pen is mightier than the... "soul. Get it, pen-soul! Pencil!"
13. An idle mind is... "nothing!"
14. Where there's smoke there's... "fire!"
15. Happy the bride who... "has a wife."
16. A penny saved is... "a quarter."
17. Two's company, three's... "already there."
18. Don't put off til tomorrow what... "you can put off today."
19. Laugh and the whole word laughs with you, cry and... "the whole world cries with you. I knew that one!"
20. There are none so blind as... "people that need to read braille."
21. Children should be seen and not... "stolen."
22. If at first you don't succeed... "you keep trying!"
23. You get out of something only what you... "think can get you out of it."
24. When the blind lead the blind... "everyone will become blind."
25. A bird in the hand... "of a tree."
26. Better late than... "still there at the end of the day."