Tuesday, Zeeke's school was closed for Election Day, so we met up with Tim, Tanya, Lettie & Winnie at The Franklin Institute. Zeeke and Lettie had a blast running around like little maniacs and they introduced us to some rooms we hadn't visited on our trip. After many, many hours, we headed home in the rain. At our polling place, Zeeke insisted on working the machine and was happy to get his "I Voted" stickers in both English and Spanish.
Friday, school was closed again, this time for Veterans Day. Fortunately, Tim & Tanya invited us and Nick & Zoe over for an afternoon play date. Lettie, Zoe & Zeeke played games, tortured each other, and put on shows while the grownups had some drinks.
Saturday, we went to the fabulous CraftNOW Create event at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Zeeke sewed a fabric flower, decorated a top, and made beautiful balancing dragonfly. We even got to see our friend Addie and her woodworking friends making chairs! After a quick lunch, it was off to art class.
Sunday morning, Steve & Zeeke went for a hike with the Family Nature Club. Zeeke got to try his hand at starting a fire with both a bow drill and a hand drill. In the afternoon, Karen & Zeeke went to library, where Zeeke happily discovered a Pokemon manga and played on the computers.
Conversations with Zeeke:
"Hi, Benjamin Franklin."
"That's not Benjamin Franklin, Daddy. That's Benjamin Franklin's butler."
"How do you know the word butler?"
"A book about Batman."
"Daddy, are there any dangerous jobs?"
"Sure. Soldier, police officer..."
"No, I mean super dangerous like... getting struck by lightning."
"I don't think there are any jobs where you get stuck by lightning."
"Or like any job where you get hurt and killed and it's super painful? What are all the jobs where you die?"