Zach is slowly turning into a Daddy's boy! This delights me since it is a welcome reprieve from being the sole tolerated comforter, feeder and entertainer. I can still sometimes pinch hit as entertainer but mostly daddy is a lot more fun! The highlight of the day is when daddy comes home to wrestle, run and "take shots" with the basketball.
Our male bonding began the other morning when Zach was left alone, for mere moments, with a small container of yogurt... we came back to find the yogurt covering the table and Zach's face. He innocently looked up at us and started rubbing his yogurty face and said, "shave".
Zach is also becoming more interested in playing sports with Steve. He has been learning how to "catch" with a glove (both with daddy's and his own), he has been hitting the soccer ball off the tee (this is the only ball Zach will tolerate having on the tee), and he loves to shoot baskets with daddy! (Oddly enough he never asks me to shoot baskets with him.) Steve can barely get in the door when Zach has already dragged out their sports gear for the evening.
"Other manly things" refers to new body parts Zach likes to identify. Thankfully, right now, this is taking place in the privacy of our home during bath time. But I just know one day soon this new found knowledge will be blurted out in the middle of church or in line at the grocery store. yippee.
Just thought I'd share this cute little moment with you all...Zach pulled 'baby' and a book into his lap and he proceeded to "read" to baby from the book. You might be able to tell in one of the pictures that baby is pointing to pictures and asking, "what's zis?". Zach was wonderful about answering all of his questions!
This past week it snowed!!! We received an entire inch that stayed on the ground for almost 24 hours before melting. I thought it would be a great afternoon activity for Zach and I to go and explore in our backyard... once we were all bundled up and outside a very sad little boy reluctantly came out with me for our fun adventure! Things looked bleak initially but I persevered and Zach finally decided that he wanted to swing. (No snowmen, snowballs or making footsteps through the snow.) 
Once on the swing things improved but he kept asking for his glasses. (He never wears sunglasses but I have them in the car and attempt to protect his eyes during the summer months.) Well he asked for them and I said that we weren't getting his glasses, assuming he was just trying out a new request that struck his fancy. Then he asked again, and again, and again! Finally I got the message!! Zach wanted his sunglasses! (I know brilliant, right?!?) 
So into the house I went to get the keys, back out to the car to get the glasses, and back to swing to give them to Zach--he then swung very happily in full snowgear and sunglasses for some time before we returned to the less dramatic indoors.
Our male bonding began the other morning when Zach was left alone, for mere moments, with a small container of yogurt... we came back to find the yogurt covering the table and Zach's face. He innocently looked up at us and started rubbing his yogurty face and said, "shave". 
"Other manly things" refers to new body parts Zach likes to identify. Thankfully, right now, this is taking place in the privacy of our home during bath time. But I just know one day soon this new found knowledge will be blurted out in the middle of church or in line at the grocery store. yippee.
