TENT & DANCING

When we were traveling alot when Zachery was a baby we purchased this wonderful small traveling size tent for him to sleep in, not that he actually slept in it during that time, but it was nice to have when we were traveling and didn't want to lug the pak-n-play. Anyways, I got it out the other month for him to play in and the other week he asked if he could sleep in his tent. So he has been taking naps in his tent, which is hilarious. We could resist taking a picture! Charlie has been taking Zachery to the mall periodically to play and at this particular mall there is an ice skating rink in the center and Zach enjoys watching the ice skaters circle the rink. So he will pretend like he is ice skating around the house and do the turns and jumps that they do on the rink. The video is a preview of our son pretending to ice skate. One can't help but laugh! What can we say our son LOVES sports!!

ZOO

We welcomed Charlie home about four weeks ago. I have to say it is wonderful to have him home! His time was a little switch around, but it only took him about a week to get back into his normal sleep schedule. The weekend after Charlie got back from Africa we went to the Zoo and Zachery had the best time! So we went the following two weekends. The second time we went we went with our friend Ava and they had the best time playing in the children's area at the zoo on this big spider web made out of rope. They also ran up and down the man made river that was in the children's area. It was fun to watch them interact with one another, they truly are best friends! The third time we went to the zoo we took the DART, which is the public train transportation here in the DFW Area. Zach loved riding the train.

Other than that we are just listening to Zach talk all the time and repeat almost everything we say. He has really gotten into movies this summer, like Ice Age, Horton, and he just started asking to watch the Jungle Book. Besides hanging out inside we have been spending alot of time at the pool this summer. The other week Zachery told us, "under water by myself". So we watch him get ready to go under water all by himself, which is hilarious to watch and then he does it! Over the past couple of weeks he has develop some confidence and will stay under for a longer period of time. He will also jump off the side of the pool and put his face in the water, which are all great learning steps for not being scared of the water! Yes, so one of our new words is "myself", he wants to do it himself. Another funny phrase he has been saying is "don't do that mommy or daddy, don't do that". He is growing up way to fast!